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Agenda Packet - 1999-05-27 AM 1 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 44. Steering Committee Meeting Agenda Thursday, May 27, 1999 10:00 to 12:00 noon Council Work Room,City Hall,380 A Avenue Lake Oswego, OR 97034 For Information: 697-7422 I. Roll Call II. Approval of May 4, 1999 Steering Committee Minutes III. Discuss format of Neighborhood Meeting on June 3 IV. Discuss 3rd Draft of Neighborhood Plan V. Discuss City website • VI. Set Next Meeting VII. Adjourn Members Ken Sandblast, Chair Greg Springate Laurie Hilliard Peg Trippe Laurie Mahar Mary Ellen White Cathy Shroyer Jane_h/Rurikgrv/agenda5-27-99 A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE RURAL LAKE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO 1111 RURAL LAKE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE Meeting May 4, 1999 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at approximately 10:10 AM on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, in the Municipal Courtroom of City Hall, by Chair Ken Sandblast. II. ROLL CALL Committee members present were Chair Ken Sandblast, Laurie Mahar, Cathy Shroyer and Peg Trippe. Staff present was Jane Heisler, Project Planner, City of Lake Oswego Planning Department. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the April 20, 1999 meeting were approved as modified. IV. DISCUSS APPROACH TO COMMERCIAL LANDS AND TREES • Prior to the commercial lands and tree discussion there was general discussion on some other items. Ken indicated that John Williams, a neighborhood resident, would submit a Letter of Intent for the Neighborhood Enhancement Program, for a pathway between Kimball and Inverurie to improve access to Waluga Park. Staff will prepare a draft flyer for the June 3, 1999 neighborhood meeting and email to the Committee for review along with the draft plan. Ken mentioned that he went to the LONAC (Lake Oswego Neighborhood Action Coalition) on Saturday. He suggested that more Rural Lake Grove officials attend. After some discussion,the Committee agreed to not propose any additional commercial areas or any areas to study for the possibility of commercial uses, within the neighborhood. Reasons cited included a sufficiency of commercial with the West Lake Grove Plan adoption as well as the possibility of raised expectations when naming a study area. It was concluded that property owners who wanted to propose commercial could rely on the City's existing comprehensive plan policies, but the neighborhood plan would indicate that additional commercial was not desirable. Another related issue discussed was whether the Carman/I-5/Lake Forest area should be designated as a study area for higher density housing. The Committee concluded that indicating this as a study area would raise expectations and would be too undefined. The question was raised about whether a developer could develop under County standards and then annex. Staff would look into this and get back to the Committee. Staff will also • explore the question of whether the UGMA or the Neighborhood's Plan policies would take precedence if they were found to be in conflict. It was determined that in regard to Minutes of Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee Page I 5-4-99 rezoning of the unincorporated area,that the UGMA contained a substantial amount of positive and helpful language,but it gave the County's regulations too much authority for • rezoning. The Committee concluded that policies should be developed which restate some of the UGMA language that any comprehensive plan amendments and zone changes in the unincorporated area shall be compatible with the City's comprehensive plan policies. Further, these proposals should be compatible with immediately adjacent and contiguous property zoning. Regarding trees, the Committee indicated that it would like to identify obvious groves of trees in the neighborhood as "lB tree groves". This refers to a Statewide Planning Goal 5, Natural Resources, designation of a potential resource that has not yet been fully inventoried. When the City has money and resources to fully inventory these sites, they may or may not be determined to be resources that would be protected by the Sensitive Lands regulations. Staff will examine an aerial photo for possible tree groves. If Committee members have suggestions, they should bring them up as well. Much discussion took place regarding whether and how to regulate trees. It was determined that the City's proposed regulations were likely too cumbersome for the neighborhood. Other options were explored, such as regulating tree cutting of trees over 15 inches that were going to be cut or situations where a property owner was going to remove over 30 %or 40% of trees. The Committee also discuss only requiring a tree- cutting permit when development was being proposed. Discussion ensued about what the criteria for a permit could be. It was determined that policies would be created to ensure the 1 B tree groves were fully inventoried and protected, if warranted, and as property • annexed,tree groves would be protected. VII. SET NEXT MEETING The next meeting was not scheduled. Staff will mail or email a draft flyer and plan. Committee members will then determine whether an additional meeting is needed between this meeting and the June 3 neighborhood meeting. VIII. ADJOURN Chair Sandblast adjourned the meeting at approximately 12:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Jane Heisler Project Planner Minutes of Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee Page 2 5-4-99 Draft 5/5/99 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Perspective The Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood (RLGN) lies at the easterly end of Lake Oswego. It is bounded by the I-5 Freeway on the west, Boones Ferry Road on the South, Waluga Drive on the east and Meadows Road on the north. Most of the development in Rural Lake Grove is residential, and, although the bulk of the neighborhood was platted in the 1920's, little development occurred prior to the 1940's. Today,the neighborhood contains over 1000 homes on 350 acres. Rural Lake Grove is characterized by tall evergreen trees, narrow streets and fairly large lots. While the overall density today is about three units per acre on average, at least 200 additional units could be constructed under Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan densities. The challenge to the neighborhood lies in how to define and protect its valued character, defined by a quiet, natural setting, in light of future changes, including additional homes and surrounding commercial development and related traffic increases. Neighborhood residents would like to ensure that through-traffic is limited and all traffic is slowed. Narrow roads with minimal improvements keep speeds low now. With redevelopment, RLGN would like street standards to provide for pedestrians, bikes and autos, while keeping roads drivable, yet narrow and utilizing natural roadside drainage where feasible. Rural Lake Grove residents also recognize the potential difficulties which may arise in an area • that exists within two governmental jurisdictions. With a portion of land within the City of Lake Oswego and a portion under Clackamas County's jurisdiction, concerns such as differing land use standards, public utility service providers, levels of natural resource protection and transportation requirements,have arisen. While the City and County work together on projects and planning in the unincorporated area,this area within the Urban Service Boundary will eventually be in the City limits. The City and the County have an agreement, the Urban Growth Management Agreement(UGMA,Appendix 1), which outlines roles and responsibilities of each jurisdiction. The UGMA specifies that the County is responsible for all implementing regulations and land use actions on unincorporated lands within the Dual Interest Area*. When any land division or multi-family, commercial or industrial development application is proposed, however, the Agreement requires annexation to Lake Oswego, if City water or sewer facilities are required for the development. This offers the neighborhood some degree of certainty for how land will be divided and developed. However, the City can not serve some areas of the neighborhood with sewer. Those parcels which can be served by the Unified Sewerage Agency (USA)sat+ ser-ye3 may be served with sewer if property owners sign an annexation agreement for future annexation. Therefore, some development could occur under County development standards. Commentary: Do we want to add any more to the commentary? Other issues? I have heard several times from various individuals that flag lots are not favored for the neighborhood. If this is true, then should we create policies somewhere in the plan requiring the construction of streets • to address redevelopment potential? Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 1 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan O Goal 1: Citizen Involvement Summary of Maior Issues: This chapter of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan recognizes that opportunities must be provided for all residents to become involved in issues that affect them. It also emphasizes communication with surrounding neighborhoods and the City and County. Goals: 1. Ensure that all residents in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood have the opportunity to be involved in all phases of the land use planning process. 2. Ensure ongoing, two-way communication between citizens and Neighborhood Association officers and board members,and between the neighborhood and City and County elected officials. Policies: 1. Become a recognized City of Lake Oswego Neighborhood Association in order to receive all City communications, receive City funds for ongoing neighborhood communications and receive notification regarding developments that are proposed in or near the • neighborhood boundaries. 2. Assist the City and County in determining the priority needs for the Neighborhood and the-City, through neighborhood involvement on i.City and County Boards and Commissions, in the Capital Improvement Plannine nrocess and in legislative changes to the City and County Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Code and Development Code. Commentary: I tried to make this more"multi jurisdictional". 3. Ensure that coordination occurs between Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Association, other neighborhoods and County Planning Organizations (CPOs)* in regard to land use, public facility planning and construction, and other matters which have impacts on neighborhood residents and business owners across neighborhood boundaries. 4. Provide timely information and notice so that all neighborhood residents have the opportunity to participate in land use and public facility planning decisions and other issues of significance to the neighborhood and City. 5. Provide residents a copy of the adopted Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan to ensure awareness of the plan's content and applicability. 6. Establish the future boundaries of the neighborhood that will be maintained following annexation of unincornorated narcels to the City. Commentary: This was changed to avoid confusion about what kind of annexations (e.g. annexations to service districts. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 2 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan ght'tvht,i, tiler Commentary: It seems this policy will not be needed since the City is going ahead with a process to set the future ultimate boundaries of each neighborhood. 8. Ensure the neighborhood has adequate opportunity to understand and develop effective comment and testimony on land use applications by: a. Notifying the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Association Board as soon as land use applications are accepted as complete, and; b. Providing the Association Board an opportunity to meet with City staff at least seven days prior to the required availability of the staff report* to discuss the application and staff's analysis of the proposal. 8. Ensure that City-required pre-application neighborhood meetings* between the applicant and the neighborhood are meaningful and that the attendees' concerns and issues are accurately communicated to decision-makers by requiring: Commentary: Only the City requires pre-application neighborhood meetings. a. The applicant to agree with the Neighborhood Association chair upon a mutually• convenient meeting date, time and place; b. Written minutes to be taken and meetings clearly audiotaped. The developer shall mail minutes to the attendees and the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Chair or designee. Recommended Action Measures: i. Support the activities of the Lake Oswego Neighborhood Association Coalition* (LONAC) as the means to communicate issues and provide opportunities for discussion among the City's various neighborhoods. ii. Encourage elected and appointed City and County officials to periodically meet with Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Association to ensure its opinions and needs are communicated directly to the City and County. i Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 3 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan O Goal 2: Land Use Planning Summary of Maior Issues As discussed in the Perspective. the City of Lake Oswego is responsible for eventual provision of services within the entire neighborhood association area. Providing the highest level of coordination between the City and County to ensure a smooth transition from County to City regulations is a high priority for the neighborhood. The areas of ) hest priority to Rural Lake Grove include the process and approach to land development. the protection of neighborhood character and livability, ensuring high standards of urban design compatible with the desires of the neighborhood. protecting and enhancing neighborhood character and protecting and enhancing natural resources. Goal: Commentary: The following changes result from the Steering Committee's January 19, 1999 meeting discussions. Ensure that adopted a land use processes and policy framework serve as a basis for all decisions and actions related to the use of land with in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. Policies: III1. Proposed Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map amendments and development applications within the neighborhood shall be afe subject to the requirements of the Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan., Development Code and Zoning Code. 2. Additional Commercial Plan and Zone designations within the neighborhood shall be limited to the area shown in Figure 1._ 3. When City sewer service is necessary to serve property proposed for development. annexation to the City of Lake Oswego will be reauired.—Requite a anaEYo1s-to the 4. Require a consent for future annexation prior to any expansion of the Unified Sewerage Agency Boundary within the neighborhood. 5. Within the unincorporated Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood, encourage Clackamas County to: Ctr.;f.Liilak, s—Apply Systems Development Charges(SDCs)derived from development to projects which directly benefit the area. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 4 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Recommended Action Measures: i. Encourage Clackamas County to grant land use planning and development authority to the City for lands within the unincorporated Urban Services Boundary. • • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 5 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 5: Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Resources and Natural Resources Summary of Maior Issues: A defining feature of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood is the tree canopy that exists throughout the area. The neighborhood is also ringed with wetlands, tree groves and a stream corridor, Carter Creek, to the north. The health of these resources is of special importance to neighborhood residents. Currently, the majority of the neighborhood lies within the unincorporated portion of Clackamas County, outside the Lake Oswego City limits. There are no restrictions on tree-cutting in the unincorporated portion of the neighborhood. Within the City limits, however, Lake Oswego regulates the removal of trees on large parcels to preserve the wooded character of the City and to protect the health and cohesiveness of existing tree stands. On lots that can not be divided into more than two parcels, a permit is required for tracking purposes for trees 5" in diameter and larger, but no further review is completed. The 1997 Neighborhood Survey contained several questions regarding tree cutting. About one- third of the 223 respondents indicated that they would not want any tree cutting restrictions. About one-third indicated that tree cutting permits should be required and should only allow for the removal of diseased or threatening trees and limbing of healthy trees. An additional one- • quarter favored tree cutting restrictions based on the diameter of the tree. I., al, about 61 of favored tree cut in rmit c stem o • In order to balance various views on tree protection,policies were developed which focus on • Determining the location. aualitv and auantitv of significant tree groves within the neighborhood and protecting them according to the City's Sensitive Lands protections as they are annexed to the City of Lake Oswego. • Commentary: At the May 4, 1999 meeting , the Steering Committee determined that tree cutting protections were,perhaps, a large obstacle for many neighborhood residents. A sense was also expressed that generally, property owners do not cut down their large trees. Trees generally are cut in preparation for development. When development occurs, typically annexation to the City is required. Then the City's approach to tree-cutting would apply,which offers good protection. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 6 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • • T.requiring, when practicable, tree planting for all new development including single family homes; • emphasizing protection of significant trees and maintaining tree health, rather than allowing removal and subsequent mitigation through replanting; Commentary: Does the Steering Committee want to include the two bullets above? The City's development policies and Comprehensive Plan policies are based on these principles, so in some sense they are repetitive. • Te providinge property owners the opportunity to preserve trees through participation in a City adopted Heritage Tree Protection Program*. • T'e protecting and enhancinge significant trees within the public right-of-way and on other public lands, and; • To monitoring the Neighborhood's tree canopy over time through a City-maintained data collection and inventory system. Commentary: Does the neighborhood want street trees or does it prefer the informal and more random planting that currently exists in the right-of-way? • There is one site in the neighborhood of historical significance for its architecture, which was inventoried in 1989 as part of the City of Lake Oswego's Historic Resources Inventory. The Cecelia Arildsen House at 16480 Lake Forest Blvd., was built in 1937 by Simon Bigham,a noted stone mason. The property was noted for its architectural significance . It was not placed on the City's Landmarks List, as it is not in the City limits. State regulations relating to historic resources now call for voluntary,rather than mandatory,property owner participation in protecting significant resources. This could affect whether this structure receives protection under Goal 5 with either the County or, eventually,the City. The RAMs in this chapter identify several sites as candidates for landscaping and beautification suggested by neighborhood residents. Commentary: This seems repetitive since we list these in a RAM in this section. i Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 7 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 5: Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Resources and Natural Resources Goal: Preserve Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood's natural resources and wooded character. Policies: 1. Preserve Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood's stream corridors, tree groves*, and wetlands* as designated by the City's Goal 5: ESEE Inventory* (Figure 2) for parcels within the City. Commentary: This language is proposed to be added to clarify this point. The County cannot enforce the City's regulations. 2. Require preservation and maintenance of open space reserves * consistent with conditions of development approval including: a. Preventing the removal of trees and non-invasive vegetation* except as provided by the Lake Oswego Tree Code (LOC 55); b. Removing invasive vegetation* and replanting with native plant species where • appropriate; c. Preventing the dumping of garbage and yard debris in open space areas through enforcement of nuisance provisions Lake Oswego Code (LOC 34.08.490), and d. Not allowing the encroachment on open spaces of structures, yards, landscaping or other private improvements. a. Requiring developers to maximize the preservation of trees to maintain and enhance the cohesive quality* of existing tree groves; b. Requiring, when new development is proposed, open space dedication* of the land on which there are significant trees, and; 4. The development review process shall emphasize protection of significant trees rather than allowing removal and subsequent mitigation through replanting.- 5. Provide property owners the opportunity to preserve trees through participation in the City adopted Heritage Tree Protection Program*. 6. Protect and enhance significant trees within the public right-of-way and on other public • lands Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 8 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 7. Ensure public works projects in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood are designed, implemented, and maintained to protect trees, significant vegetation and other natural resources. 8. When trees are removed in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood in violation of the Lake Oswego Tree Code (LOC Chapter 55) ensure that: a. Tree planting which is required for mitigation occurs within the neighborhood's boundaries, and; b. Any fines paid into the City's tree fund are used to also plant trees within the neighborhood. 10. Monitor the condition of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood's tree canopy over time, including the identification and progression of disease such as laminated root rot, through a City maintained data collection and inventory system.* 11. Restore the natural resource functions and values* of Carter Creek and the other City inventoried stream corridors, wetlands and tree groves in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. 12. Require storm drainage and water quality management measures* and facilities for all • new development within and outside Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood to ensure Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood properties and natural resources are protected from flooding, erosion and sedimentation and other effects of increased water run-off. Recommended Action Measures: i. Implement a Lake Oswego Community Forestry Program which: a. Provides for an ongoing tree planting and maintenance program in public rights- of-way , natural areas, open spaces and parks, and; b. Provides information regarding tree care to the general public. ii. Encourage property owners and citizen groups to landscape with native plants along stream corridors and adjacent to wetland buffer areas. iii. Encourage the identification of historically significant buildings and features in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. iv. Encourage the dedication of conservation easements* to protect natural resources and open space. v. Develop and maintain landscaped entry features and focal points within the Rural Lake • Grove Neighborhood at the following locations: Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 9 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • • Neighborhood entryway planter at Carman Drive on the east side of I-5. • Washington Court near Lake Forest and Boones Ferry • Bonita Road at the Hunt Club Apartments Commentary: Suggested at the January 19, 1999 meeting. vi. Foster continued community support for tree protection in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood by encouraging City staff to provide prompt and reasonable determination of citizens' tree removal needs. vii. Review and adopt, if feasible, a tree cutting process for the incorporated portion of tho • a. Requiriing all tree cutting to be subject to a Typo II Permit* p ,ant to the T ake �. R2/f/i.siv g T.. Ri , , Commentary: All of the above items(in vii.) are now required of developers or are being examined as part of a revamping of the tree code and do, or will, apply to all development. For this reason, they seem repetitive. 411 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 10 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 6: Air, Water and Land Resources Summary of Maior Issues: The Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood lies within the Oswego Lake Drainage basin. The surface water that collects in the neighborhood eventually finds its way to the Willamette River, through an interconnected system of creeks, and natural and piped drainages. Thus, water pollution anywhere in the drainage basin can affect downstream waters. As the neighborhood grows, natural surfaces that used to absorb surface water may be covered over with streets, parking areas and buildings. Excess rainwater, often carrying pollutants from these impervious surfaces, flows directly into storm drains and ditches. This creates high water levels which result in flooding, erosion, sedimentation and damage to wildlife and vegetation habitat. In addition, water pollution can come from many other sources such as septic tanks and chemicals used to maintain lawns and landscaped areas. The City of Lake Oswego adopted a Surface Water Management(SWM) Plan for the area within the Urban Services Boundary in 1992. This is the City's primary document to guide enhancement of water quality within the USB. Its main objectives include promoting the use of natural drainage systems rather than closed pipe to convey water runoff, preventing pollution from getting into runoff and allocating costs in an equitable manner to all who will benefit from improvements. • Rural Lake Grove is interested in retaining its natural drainage systems to control runoff, ensuring that land development processes and methods protect and enhance water quality, and responding effectively to potential pollution problems such as septic failures in an efficient manner. The Rural Lake Grove neighborhood would also like to maintain its quality of life by minimizing noise from the I-5 freeway. Transportation is a significant source of continuous noise affecting properties near I-5 and major streets such as Boones Ferry Road. Noise problems are harder to solve after development has occurred, however. Therefore, Rural Lake Grove may want to consider evaluating potential noise problems as part of development review so that noise sensitive uses, such as parks and special use housing, are not located near noise generating activities or mitigation occurs as part of development when these uses are adjacent. Encouraging buffering and planting will also mitigate negative air quality effects of these transportation corridors. s Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 11 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 6: Air, Water and Land Resources Air Quality: Goal: Minimize air pollution and improve air quality in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. Policies: 1. Preserve and enhance the natural tree canopy in Rural Lake Grove and other open space and natural resources, to sustain its positive contribution to air quality. 2. Maintain and increase the opportunity to use alternative transportation as a means to reduce air pollution. 3. Encourage land use patterns which reduce dependency on the automobile. 4 Encourage ODOT to reduce air pollution as a result of I-5 though additional plantings within the right-of-way • Recommended Action Measures: i. Require safe pedestrian and bicycle facilities within the neighborhood. ii. Ensure major streets can accommodate existing and future transit needs. iii. Encourage the preservation and planting of trees to improve air quality. Water Quality: Goal: Reduce surface water and groundwater pollution. 1. Ensure that future land use activities protect and enhance neighborhood water quality. 2. Promote natural drainage systems for the conveyance and treatment of surface water. 3. Promote the maintenance of existing septic systems to ensure proper functioning. Promote In areas where failing septic systems are contaminating ground and surface waters, the sewer extension program shall be implemented. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 12 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 4. The sewer extension program shall be implemented Minimize impermeable surfaces to • reduce runoff. 5. Restore the functions and values of wetlands and stream corridors as a means to enhance water quality. 6. Require water quality facilities and above ground water detention facilities to be attractive and function properly so as to contribute aesthetically and functionally to the neighborhood. Recommended Action Measures: i. Cooperate with Clackamas County to educate and inform residents about proper septic system maintenance. ii. Develop standards which require flexible setbacks and lot coverage, revegetation and preservation of natural vegetation to reduce and enhance the quality of surface water and ground water. Commentary: The City's Zoning Code provides for variances for setbacks and the Planned Development section of the Zoning Code provides for flexibility in setbacks, lot coverage, and other standards to preserve trees and vegetation. Does the neighborhood want to specifically develop more flexibility to enable changes in setbacks without a variance process? iii. Inform residents of methods and costs of sewer extension and provide administrative assistance with the sewer extension process. iv. Encourage the use of permeable surfaces for parking, including"grasscrete" and "geoweb"-type products. Sound Quality: Goal Reduce noise levels in Rural Lake Grove and maintain the quiet character of the neighborhood. Policies: 1. Reduce noise levels in the neighborhood. 2. Prevent noise problems by reviewing the compatibility of noise sensitive and noise- producing land uses during Zone Changes and Comprehensive Plan Amendments. Separate uses where feasible. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 13 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 3. Locate, design and buffer new residential development in such a manner as to minimize the negative impacts of noise sources such as transportation facilities and active recreation uses. 4. Work with ODOT and other jurisdictions to minimize noise impacts of existing and future transportation improvements. Recommended Action Measures: i. Encourage traffic management measures that discourage through-traffic from using local residential streets. ii. Inform and educate City residents in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood about City noise ordinances and enforcement. iii. Require a noise mitigation report to be submitted as part of development applications when multi-family or commercial land uses are proposed abutting single family residential land uses. The purpose of the report is to determine whether the new use will produce noise level s above the existing ambient residential noise levels. If noise levels associated with the new development will be higher than existing ambient levels, a noise mitigation plan shall be required. I • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 14 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 411 Goal 8: Parks and Recreation Summary of Maior Issues: The City of Lake Oswego provides diverse recreation opportunities and experiences for all residents with in the City and its surrounding Urban Service Area. In terms of neighborhood park space, the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood is primarily served by Waluga Park, located on Waluga Drive. This 53.2 acre park provides active and passive recreational opportunities. Rural Lake Grove residents have identified concerns regarding the continued protection of the wetland within Waluga Park and improved pathway access to the park. Ultimately, the Rural Lake Grove neighborhood will be under City jurisdiction. The City is responsible for planning for facilities and services within the Neighborhood. Residents have expressed a desire to ensure the City identify and acquire any additional lands which could satisfy long range neighborhood needs within Rural Lake Grove. • • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 15 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 8: Parks and Recreation Goal: The City shall maintain existing City park facilities and expand park facilities where feasible, which are safe, provide both active and passive recreational opportunities and are accessible by a variety of transportation modes to meet the needs of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood as well as surrounding area residents. Policies: 1. Preserve and enhance the sensitive lands within Waluga Park through limiting uses that conflict with the functions and values of the wetlands and tree groves. 2. Examine opportunities for additional recreational facilities opportunities within the neighborhood,when planning and acquiring additional park land. Commentary: Staff thought this might be an improvement over using "opportunities"twice. 3. Plan and develop a system of pathways to connect open spaces and park facilities in the neighborhood with existing pathways and transit lines. • 4. Require developers to pay their fair share of future park acquisition and development costs. Recommended Action Measures: i. Implement an Adont-a-Path program in the neighborhood to encourage nathwav cleanup. I Commentary: Suggestion from January 19, 1999 meeting. ii. When additional uses are proposed for Waluga Park. encourage an analysis of impacts on natural resources within and around the nark. ii. Encourage acquisition of a parcel or parcels near the center of the neighborhood for a tot lot. picnicking. or other low-intensity neighborhood uses. Commentary: I added some recommended action measures since there were none. (The steering Committee may not feel the need for any). Is there a desire for some kind of park facility that would be closer for some residents than Waluga Park? Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 16 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 9: Economic Development and Commercial Lands Summary of Maior Issues: The boundaries of the Plan as proposed contain no commercially zoned land. However, the Kruse Way office/commercial area lies to the north and the Lake Grove Commercial District lies to the southeast. Additionally, the West Lake Grove Design District, which is proposed to contain a mix of office/commercial and medium density housing is being proposed as an extension to the Lake Grove Commercial District. The neighborhood relies upon the commercial areas for its daily shopping needs. Some residents may also work there or in the Kruse Corridor, so maintaining vitality in these areas, as well as compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood, is important. Within the boundaries of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood,there are also several Metro 2040 Growth Concept designations which may affect how development occurs. The overall principles embodied in the Metro 2040 Growth Concept and the Regional Urban Growth Goals and Objectives *(RUGGO) include encouraging a compact urban form in specific Design Type areas including Town Centers*, Employment Centers*, Main Streets,* Regional Centers and Transit corridors* (Figure 3). An additional intent of focusing development in these Design Type areas is to enable established neighborhoods outside of Design Type areas to develop at existing comprehensive Plan densities rather than requiring amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to intensify densities and uses. In this way, the bulk of additional units that jurisdictions are • required to provide to meet targeted dwelling units for 2017 will be located in Design Type areas. The following Design Types exist within Rural Lake Grove: A Main Street on Boones Ferry Road, extending from Kruse Way south to Washington Court on the north and the Southern Pacific right-of way on the south(to include the West Lake Grove Design District area); Transit Corridors on Boones Ferry Road and Kruse Way, which are to receive frequent, high quality transit service; the Kruse Corridor Employment Area and the Lake Grove Town Center. These Design Types are illustrated in Figure 3. These areas are designated with existing zoning which allows compact development, or zoning which may be updated in the future to allow more compact development and attractive pedestrian- and transit-friendly development. This chapter is proposes policies which address future transportation improvements that could reduce traffic and increase safety as well as limit the extent of commercial expansion along the neighborhood's borders as shown in Figure . Commentary: At the meeting of May 4, 1999,the Steering Committee determined that it would not propose any additional commercial areas or any areas to study for the possibility of commercial uses. Reasons cited included a sufficiency of commercial with the West Lake Grove • Plan adoption as well as the possibility of raised expectations that sometimes occurs when Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 17 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan naming a study area. It was concluded that the neighborhood plan would indicate that additional 1111 commercial was not desirable. It is important to stress that representatives on the Steering Committee agreed that it was appropriate to establish a boundary beyond which the Rural Lake Grove Commercial District would not expand into the residential portion of the neighborhood. This Boundary is specifically outlined on the map in Figure 1 and in Policy 7. II • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 18 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 9: Economic Development and Commercial Lands Goal: Promote policies and actions which limit expansion of commercial uses into the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood and ensure provide compatibility of any new commercial in commercially zoned areas, with the character of the residential area of the neighborhood. Policies: 1. Ensure that future improvements to Boones Ferry Road maintain or improve safe access to area businesses for the automobile, transit, pedestrians and bicyclists, while maintaining the function and character of adjacent neighborhood collectors and local residential streets. 2. Minimize the number of driveway access points to Boones Ferry Road through use of wide consolidated driveways of sufficient width to allow simultaneous ingress and egress. 3. New commercial development shall protect existing natural resources, including significant vegetation, to the extent possible through implementation of approved protection plans. Significant vegetation which is removed, including trees, and especially • mature Douglas Firs, shall be replaced consistent with approved landscape plans. New trees shall be installed whenever possible along streets, pedestrian ways, building setbacks and within public places within commercial areas. 4. New commercial and multi-family development shall provide landscape buffering and screening between differing land uses to enhance aesthetic quality and mitigate visual, noise and operational impacts. 5. Ensure that land use regulations foster compatibility between commercial and multi- family development and surrounding residential neighborhoods through measures such as: i. Outdoor lighting controls; ii. Separating noise sources from adjacent noise sensitive uses; iii. Containment and screening of trash collection areas; iv. Utilizing setbacks, buffering and screening to mitigate the visual and operational impacts of outdoor storage areas and other outdoor activities; v. Enforcement of prior conditions of development approval per LOC 48.02.055 - 48.02.075 6. Allow commercial and multi-family expansion per the West Lake Grove Design District Plan(Figure 1). Expansion beyond this boundary shall not be allowed. Additional multi- family or commercial rezoning may be allowed in accordance with applicable Lake • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 19 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Oswego Comprehensive Plan policies and policies of this Plan, but is discouraired by this Neighborhood Plan. 7. Control and license home businesses within the residential zones of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood to ensure they will not increase traffic and noise or disrupt in any other way the livability and nrivacv of the residential area. Recommended Action Measures: i. Encourage intra-city transit connections between the Rural Lake Grove Commercial District and other business districts and employment centers and with the City's residential neighborhoods. I Commentary: This has been done with the West Lake Grove Design District. iii. Encourage Metro to work within the policy framework established by the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan to ensure application of its Main Street concept to the Lake • Grove Commercial District is consistent with the Plan's goals and policies. s Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 20 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 10: Housing/Residential Land Use Policies Summary of Maior Issues: Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood is comprised of primarily modest single family homes on relatively large lots. As sewer becomes available to this area, pressure to redevelop parcels may increase. The Neighborhood has expressed interest in preserving as many trees as possible, maintaining the "country lane" appearance of streets and blending and screening new development as it occurs. This chapter primarily focuses on these types of issues. A zoning proposal to allow some additional higher density (approximately 10 units per acre) within adjacent to the proposed West Lake Grove Design District commercial/office area on Boones Ferry Road,was annroved by the Lake Oswego City Council in 1999. i -anderway-as this Plan ii b. ing-wpitten. It is important to neighborhood residents that higher density housing be buffered from existing lower density housing and be compatible in height, bulk and scale. Residents have participated in the development of the Design District and have worked hard to include buffering and screening measures in the drafts. Commentary: Does the Steering Committee still want to include the last two sentences. It has • not really developed any criteria for placement of higher density, so proposals would be reviewed according to the existing Comprehensive Plan policies. Other issues that the neighborhood has discussed include requiring auto, bike and pedestrian circulation for developments, clustering buildings to preserve trees, wetlands and existing vegetation and promoting an open space network that enhances the tree canopy, provides visual relief from development and preserves essential natural systems. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 21 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Goal: Preserve the livability and aesthetic character of Rural Lake Grove's Residential Neighborhoods. Policies: 1. Maintain low-density single family uses as the predominant* land use in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. 2. Ensure that the scale and character of neighborhood collectors and local streets, which provide access to and within Rural Lake Grove's residential neighborhoods are appropriate to the area served. Especially important are: a. Preservation of trees within street right-of-ways and on adjacent properties to provide tree canopy* and shade b. The non-urban design character of local streets including: i. "Skinny Streets"* where warranted by traffic, safety and access conditions; ii. No curbs, gutters and sidewalks where alternative storm drainage and safe pedestrian movement can be accommodated by pathways* and the natural drainage system*, and; iii. Area for adequate on-street parking for residents and their guests which can also provide for safe pedestrian travel. c. The safety and convenience of pedestrians and bicyclists, and; d. Access by emergency vehicles and school buses. 3. Ensure that undeveloped street right-of-way* remains available for street trees, on-street parking and pedestrian use and is not prevented from being utilized for these and other public uses by private encroachments such as landscape improvements and storage of vehicles, boats and equipment. 4. Allow development of residential infill lots* within the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood subject to specific design and development standards which ensure compatibility of resulting development with neighborhood design character. These standards shall require: a. Flag lots*, excluding the access way, be the same size as required by the existing zone; Commentary: If the Neighborhood wants to discourage flag lots, perhaps some other language is needed. Otherwise, the flag lot ordinance requires that the flag lot be at least the minimum size required by the zone, making this policy unnecessary. b. Adequate, but not excessive, vehicular access width to ensure efficient utilization • of land; Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 22 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan c. Building design standards and orientation, setback, lot coverage, and buffer • requirements to ensure design compatibility with existing residences and other surrounding land uses; Commentary: Covered in flag lot ordinance for flag lots and by the Zoning Code zone standards for other types of partitions (they have to meet the same setbacks, height, lot coverage standards as the other parcels. Otherwise, does the neighborhood want to control "design", per se?. Is there a discernable dwelling design that it wants to encourage? FAN did some things like requiring a minimum roof pitch and hip or gable roofs(no shed or flat roofs) and requiring front porches of a minimum size,however, FAN has historic homes which tend toward these characteristics. d. Demonstration that infill development will not preclude future development options on the parent parcel or on adjoining lands; e. The opportunity for common wall (town house)* units when the resulting lot area per unit is consistent with the lot area requirements of the zone and only when necessary to protect natural resources, which include stream corridors,wetlands and tree groves. f. Buffering and adequate separation of new buildings from existing residences; Commentary: Does the neighborhood want to go beyond what is required in the zoning ordinance? The City's Zoning Code requires a minimum front yard setback of 25', side yard • minimum of 10' and minimum back yard setback of 30'. These can, of course, be larger than the minimums. g. That any division of land to provide for infill development will result in 80% of minimum density allowed by the applicable zone designation. Commentary: This is required by the Metro Functional Plan for the entire City, but the City has not yet adopted it. At this time, does the neighborhood want to include it? L. Th 1. Iri F'it Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 23 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Y • Re..a bv traffn__rxnr.n rramahtdatiu nc.* ar. l c.4roa4 ..r.a fir.<.ov+n<r doc+.i<ra 1. 11 I. A<.\. , , , ; . Ctr iii. Ae r li a a i a i t terial �. �}g �}} , '�8�c��ioixin:TacoTsizcczimaovispv�-niyvr'iiir�in-rc-ri-rcrcv:icac, I Commentary: This is all part of the West Lake Grove Design Plan and does not need to be repeated unless the Committee desires. 6. Ensure that the design of all new residential development, including secondary dwellings* is compatible with the design character and qualities of Rural Lake Grove's 0 existing residential neighborhood.* This shall be accomplished through the application of design compatibility standards, which may include: Commentary: The Committee wanted a definition of neighborhood character. Here is the beginning of a draft that the Committee can modify as it pleases: "Rural Lake Grove Existing Neighborhood Character: The character of the RLG neighborhood includes towering Douglas fir trees, mature vegetation, narrow paved streets, generally low traffic volumes, and a generally quiet environment(away from I-5?)" We can work on this at the next meeting. a. Height, bulk, and lot coverage standards to ensure new residential development does not conflict with the predominant scale and design characteristics of the neighborhood. b. Measures to minimize the impact of the automobile on the development site such as garage location, size of paved areas, driveway size and location, etc. c. Appropriate setbacks, buffering and screening between existing and proposed development; d. Preservation of existing mature canopy trees and other significant trees* and landscape features* to the extent practicable; Commentary: I have a note from the January 19, 1999 meeting that this section needs to be "reworked". Any suggestions? • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 24 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 7. Prevent and abate nuisance situations* such as excess noise, abandoned or non- • operational vehicles, dangerous buildings*, and accumulation of refuse through enforcement of the nuisance provisions of the Lake Oswego Code(LOC 34.08.000— 34.11.599) and the Countv's nuisance provisions. 8. Ensure home occupations* do not conduct business activities which cause adverse impacts on residential neighborhoods such as outside storage, excessive traffic, inappropriate hours of operation, noise, etc. 9. Allow secondary dwelling units only when one unit is owner occupied. Recommended Action Measures: i. Identify and correct intersections and streets which restrict access by emergency vehicles and school buses. ii. Encourage owners who store recreational vehicles,construction equipment and non- operational automobiles in front yards to relocate them away from public view. iii. Promote public safety and a sense of visual and social connection throughout the neighborhood by: a. Discouraging the planting of hedges and other plant materials which substantially screens residences from view, and b. Encouraging property owners to cut back overgrown vegetation*. iv. Strongly encourage voluntary protection of the neighborhood's mature tree canopy and other significant trees through property owner participation in a "Heritage Tree Program"*. I Commentary: Already in Goal 5. We certainly can repeat it in the housing chapter, if desired. v. Correct intersection sight-distance problems* on local residential streets as soon as they become apparent. I Commentary: Should this be in the transportation chapter? vi. Place a blue. City "Entering Neighborhood" sign at Bonita near the Hunt Club Apartments since this area has been annexed. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 25 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Goal 11: Public Facilities: Police and Fire Protection, Surface Water Management, Water Treatment and Delivery, Sanitary Sewer, Private Utilities and Schools The City of Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan contains numerous policies in the Goal 11: Public Facilities and Services Chapter, which apply to the City portions of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood and the rest of the community. The following policies have been developed to be specific to Rural Lake Grove neighborhood's specific conditions and character. They are intended to be supportive and complementary to the other Comprehensive Plan policies which apply citywide. The majority of the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood is currently served by septic tanks rather than sanitary sewer for sewage disposal. As areas redevelop or need to connect to sewer,two options will become available through the City's existing agreements with USA and Clackamas County as well as its Comprehensive Plan policies. First,those parcels that lie within the Lake Oswego drainage area(Figure 6)would connect to Lake Oswego sewer. Those within the Unified Sewerage Agency (USA) drainage area would connect to USA sewer after annexation into the USA district boundary. If these parcels are contiguous to the City, they will be required to annex. If they are not contiguous to the City,they must sign a Consent to Annex, which would require annexation at some time in the future, when inclusion in the City limits will create a logical boundary. For those parcels requiring City sewer service, annexation will be required. • The bulk of the neighborhood is currently served by the Lake Grove Water District(LGWD). The Lake Grove system receives water from the City of Portland via an intertie which travels south to the neighborhood from Boones Ferry Road. The City of Lake Oswego has an agreement with LGWD to provide surplus water when needed. The Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan and Urban Growth Management Agreement with Clackamas County designate the City as the ultimate provider of water service within the Urban Services Boundary. Because of this, the City and the other water providers need to work together to define the future roles each will play in providing water and how and when transfer of service will occur. The Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood has identified a range of specific public facility issues and projects that pertain specifically to the neighborhood. These are summarized in the attached, "Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood - Public Facility Projects" and shown on Figure 4. These specific projects are subject to periodic review and revision when the City's Public Facility Plan* and Capital Improvement Plan* are updated. Police and Fire Protection: Goal: Provide Rural Lake Grove neighborhood residents and businesses a high level* of police, fire protection and emergency preparedness services. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 26 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Surface Water Management Goal: In the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood, reduce, and where possible eliminate, flooding, soil erosion, standing water in the public right-of-way, and water pollution associated with storm water runoff. Policies: 1. Implement the drainage, pollutant reduction and stream rehabilitation projects identified in the Lake Oswego Public Facility Plan(PFP) and the Capital Improvement Plan(CIP), as well as the Clackamas County PFP and CIP and other projects identified by the neighborhood, to address local drainage and water pollution issues. (Figure 4) 2. Reduce the accumulation of sediments in Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood's stream corridors and wetlands through an aggressive catch basin cleaning and street-sweeping program. 3. Ensure pathways and road repair and construction projects do not contribute to localized flooding, by maintaining adequate drainage during construction. Water Treatment and Delivery Goal: Ensure Rural Lake Grove neighborhood residents and businesses receive a reliable and adequate supply of high quality domestic water to meet consumption and fire flow requirements. Policies: 1. Implement the pipeline, water treatment and storage improvements identified in the Lake Oswego Public Facilities Plan (PFP) and Capital Improvement Program(CIP) necessary to ensure a reliable and adequate supply of water to Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood residents and businesses. (Figure 4) 2. Encourage Lake Grove Water District to supply the highest quality water possible to its customers within the Neighborhood. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 27 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Sanitary Sewer: Goal: Ensure Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood residents and businesses, which are within the City limits, receive environmentally safe and reliable sanitary sewer service. Policies: 1. Implement the sanitary sewer improvements identified in the Lake Oswego Public Facilities Plan(PFP) and Capital Improvements Program(CIP) necessary to ensure maintenance of a reliable and environmentally sound sanitary sewer system in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood (Figure 4). 2. Encourage the Unified Sewerage Agency to provide reliable and environmentally sound sanitary sewer service to residents within its district boundary. 3. Ensure that future construction of sanitary sewer lines in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood minimizes impact on developed property and utilizes the public right-of- way whenever possible. • 4. 4. In areas where failing septic systems are contaminating ground and surface waters, the sewer extension program shall be implemented. 5. Promote communication with the Unified Sewerage Agency to ensure enforcement of the City/USA Agreement and City Comprehensive Plan policies regarding when annexation is required and when consents to annex are required. Private Utilities and Lake Osweao School District: Goal: Ensure private utilities provide reliable, high quality service to Rural Lake Grove neighborhood and that the Lake Oswego School District neighborhood families are assured of close-to-home educational opportunities for their children. Commentary: How can private utilities provide "close-to-home"educational opportunities for children? Perhaps this was meant to be directed at the Public School System and address school boundary changes? Policies: 11111 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 28 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • 1. Require underground utilities in the neighborhood as public improvements are planned and implemented and as development occurs. 2. Enhance the reliability and quality of electrical and communication services to the neighborhood by working directly with utility companies, the City and Public Utility Commission. Recommended Action Measures: i. Encourage the City of Lake Oswego to work with other jurisdictions to promote legislation, which would allow the collection of System Development Charges(SDCs) for school facilities. ii. Work with the City and the School District to ensure safe access to schools through the construction of pathways, traffic-controlled crosswalks, safe bus waiting areas and planning and implementation of logical bus routes. iii. Work with utility providers to ensure that they have adequate emergency preparedness and response plans. iv. Encourage the City of Lake Oswego to work with utility companies during franchise negotiations to develop a plan to underground utilities in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood. v. Allow the expansion of lighting districts within the neighborhood if service is desired by residents until such time that annexation of properties occurs. • • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 29 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 12: Transportation Summary of Maior Issues The Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Transportation Goals and Policies emphasize that the neighborhood's transportation system is an integral element of the character and design quality of the neighborhood. The direction of the chapter is to: • Improve safety of all transportation modes; • Maintain the aesthetic quality, privacy and quiet of residential areas; • Provide for adequate traffic movement and access within residential and business areas appropriate to the aesthetic character,transportation, and safety needs of each area, and; • Provide practical pedestrian, transit and bicycling opportunities. The Plan's goal and policies propose to maintain the small-scale "country lane" character of the Rural Lake Grove neighborhood's local residential streets and neighborhood collectors and ensure that improvements to the major street system accommodate through traffic to prevent its diversion onto the local system. The Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee also specified the use of traffic management devices where appropriate to prevent speeding and cut-through traffic on local streets. On local streets, the Steering Committee desires to: • Utilize flexible design standards and innovative surface water management solutions to ensure pavement width and street design is appropriate for the function of the street and • needs of the area served; • Require "skinny" streets,developed at minimal yet safe widths, with no curbs or gutters in single family residential areas; and • Ensure the opportunity for safe on-street public parking on graveled shoulders. The Plan also proposes locations for bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the neighborhood. Residents favor pathways over sidewalks, as more compatible with neighborhood character and offering the opportunity for meandering around significant trees or vegetation, for local and neighborhood collector streets. On higher speed, higher classification streets, such as Boones Ferry and Carman Drive, if a pathway separated from the travel lane by vegetation is not feasible, sidewalks are preferred over shoulder pathways. Desired pathway improvements are shown in Figure 6. Existing and desired bicycle facilities in the neighborhood are shown in Figure 7. The neighborhood prefers the"shared roadway" concept* on streets where speeds are 25mph or less and volumes under 3000 vehicles per day. , such as Lake Forest Blvd. On higher volume, higher speed streets, such as Bonita, Carman and Boones Ferry, separate bicycle lanes are preferred. The neighborhood desires improved transit frequencies to encourage transit usage in the Neighborhood and sunnorts the Lake Osweuo Comprehensive Plan transit service improvements. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 30 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan • Goal 12: Transportation Goal: Ensure that the transportation system in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood is safe and enhances neighborhood character and quality by: a. Improving safety of all transportation modes; b. Maintaining the aesthetic quality,privacy and quiet of residential areas; c. Providing for adequate traffic movement and access within residential and business areas appropriate to the aesthetic character, transportation, and safety needs of each area, and; d. Providing pedestrian, transit, parking and bicycling opportunities. Policies: 1. Maintain the small scale "country lane"* character of Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood's existing local residential streets and neighborhood collectors by: Commentary: The Committee wanted a definition of"small scale "country lane. The following is a draft definition which the Committee will work on at the next meeting: Small Scale Country Lane: A public right-of-way with a local street designation that possesses • the following characteristics: 1) is narrower than a typical local street(20 feet of paving or less), 2)has gravel shoulders or grass shoulders for parking, 3) has a roadside swale or other natural drainage system, 4) may have a pathway, but does not have a sidewalk or curbs." a. Utilizing flexible design standards and innovative surface water management solutions to ensure pavement width and street design is appropriate for the function of the street and needs of the area served; b. Not requiring the dedication of unnecessary right-of-way or construction of standard full width, curbed and guttered urban streets as a condition of residential development approval except for developments of four or more lots involving a new street. or. multi-family or commercial development. and c. Ensuring the opportunity for safe on-street public parking on graveled shoulders. Commentary: At one of the last few meetings,there was some discussion about not requiring curbs and sidewalks for new development on existing streets, but requiring them for major development or on new streets. Is this desirable or did I misinterpret? If they are desirable for new streets, this should be stated. 2. Where appropriate, utilize traffic management devices to prevent speeding and discourage cut-through traffic on local residential streets and neighborhood collectors. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 31 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 3. Support the construction of improvements on Boones Ferry Road, Kruse Way and • Carman Drive, such as traffic signal timing, which facilitate the flow of traffic, to reduce non-local trips through the neighborhood. 4 Provide for an interconnected nathwav system streets in Rural Lake Grove including linkages between Inverurie and Bonnaire and alone Baliene between Kimball and Parker to reduce travel distance and promote the use of alternative modes of travel 5. Future transportation improvements on Boones Ferry Road should address the need to balance automobile access with additional opportunities for and safety for alternative modes of transportation such as bike, pedestrian and transit. 6. Ensure the ability to walk safely throughout the neighborhood by providing pedestrian facilities as follows: a. At a minimum, on one side of all neighborhood collectors and other selected local streets, and; b. On both sides of major streets (arterials and major collectors). c. Additional facilities as shown in Figure 6. d. Upon development, • areas trari%t_r.�ri_' aheelc traffsitr t £k1y/fiizg► Boenec Ferry Read. (This n l e . ork ng with the Southern Pacific fat a pai ry Commentary: The Steering Committee determined several months ago that the above references were not necessarily desirable. This language has been amended. 7. Provide neighborhood residents greater access to public transit service through more frequent bus service on existing lines and safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle connections to transit. 8. Reduce vehicle miles traveled in the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood by: a. Placement and design of new streets which reduce trip length to shopping, transit, schools and parks; b. Considering pedestrian and bicycle facilities where appropriate to increase the use of alternative travel modes; and, c. Providing for safe and efficient transit streets to encourage the use of public transportation as an alternative to the single occupant vehicle. • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 32 of 33 Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan 9. Allow street vacations only when there is no existing or future need for the right-of-way, consistent with the policies in this plan. 10. Encourage acquisition or joint development of land for multi-use paths that do not parallel streets, when street connections are not feasible. 11. Provide pedestrian facilities as shown in Figure 6. Shoulder pathways or pathways separated from travel lanes with a vegetated buffer are preferred for local and neighborhood collector streets. Pathways shall meander around significant trees if necessary. On Major Collectors and arterials, a separated pathway is preferred, but if not, feasible a sidewalk is preferred over a shoulder pathway. 12. Provide bicycle facilities as shown in Figure 6. Those designated roads with speeds of 25mph or less and 3000 vehicles per day in volume will be shared roadways. Other facilities shall be bike lanes on each side of the travel lane. Recommended Action Measures: i. Work with Tri-Met to provide neighborhood residents greater access to transit service by: a. Providing more frequent transit service to and from the Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood and the Tualatin Transit Center, the Lake Grove Commercial District, the Lake Oswego Transit Center and any future west end transit • center(s); b. Improving the comfort and safety of transit waiting areas. ii. Develop site specific solutions to ensure safe and comfortable bike and pedestrian use along Boones Ferry Road, including safe crossing opportunities. iii. Work with Clackamas County to resolve traffic problems that are in the best interest of both jurisdictions and the safety and character of the neighborhood. Examples of coordination include cooperation in the analysis and placement of traffic management devices, traffic control devices,traffic counts, speed studies and public education. iv. Increase and improve pedestrian crossing opportunities and safety across major streets to shopping, transit and employment. Consider textured or raised crosswalks, pedestrian signals, mid-block curb extensions to reduce crossing distance, or improve sight distance and additional crosswalks where appropriate. Perspective draft 3 • Rural Lake Grove Neighborhood Plan Draft 2, December 28, 1998 Page 33 of 33 APPLICATION AND CONTRACT FOR USE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT F�lCILITIES Name of applicanUorganizaUon L��-K-Pi � Date of application� � � � Name of cjo�utacUsuperviso ��� �ephone Home Wot ! 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