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Land Use Projects —
Growth Management And Comprehensive Planning
Damascus Design Workshop, Coalition for a Livable
Future
In May of 2002, Chris Eaton led one of three design teams in this multi-disciplinary
six-day design charrette for the 13,000 acre Damascus area. As leader
of the “Green Team,” Chris facilitated a group of international
designers, local citizens, and natural resource professionals in the
development of a “green infrastructure” and natural resource
based community design. As a team leader, Chris coordinated ideas with
the team leaders for transportation and urban form, and participated
in the final community presentation. The purpose of the project was
to answer the question: “If the Damascus area is brought into
the UGB, what sort of principles should guide its urbanization?”
The project was led by Patrick Condon, a well-known expert in designing
new communities with an emphasis on infiltration and alternative storm
water principles. The design charrette created a template plan made
available to the community and to Metro, the regional government, for
consideration during the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) decision process
that took place in the fall/winter of 2002.
The project was a recipient of a Certificate of Recognition from the
Oregon American Planning Associations for the 2003 awards. [back]
Metro 2040 Functional Plan Compliance Reports
Chris Eaton managed preparation of Functional Plan reports and public
outreach presentations for five cities in the Portland Metropolitan
area including Milwaukie, Oregon City, Happy Valley, Hillsboro, and
Gladstone. These reports and presentations had clear and concise responses
for local governments to regional requirements. Two of the reports included
capacity calculations for dwelling units and employment to the year
2017. Some of the projects included writing code language to implement
the 2040 policies and regulations with the local development codes.
Chris’ work with these cities included close coordination with
Regional Growth Management staff at Metro. For the city of Hillsboro,
Chris made presentations to over 200 citizens covering over 60 code
amendments related to Functional Plan compliance. [back]
Damascus
/ Boring Core Values
The Damascus/Boring area is 12,000 acres of rural land that will urbanize
because it was added to the Portland Urban Growth Boundary in 2002.
Prior to urbanization, the County, regional government (Metro), state
transportation agency (ODOT), and local citizens are conducting an extensive
“Concept Plan” process. The first step of this multi-year
effort is to elicit the “Core Values” from local residents
and affected governments. As part of a team of planners and citizen
outreach experts hired to document these core values, Chris Eaton developed
summaries of complex regulatory framework and “rules” that
would apply to the process. She presented the policy parameters to the
35-member Steering Committee and the public. Chris facilitated the Steering
Committee and project management team’s vigorous discussions about
the interaction of the rules and their relationship to the planning
process. [back]
Newland Communities Alternative Analysis
National housing community developers, Newland Communities, hired
Angelo Planning Group (formerly Angelo Eaton & Associates) to conduct
a complex and technical land supply analysis of dwelling unit capacity
of sites surrounding the Portland Metropolitan area’s Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB). APG created the technical methodology and coordinated
GIS and engineering analysis of over 100 alternative sites. APG worked
with the Newland Communities project team to write a report summarizing
the findings that was submitted to the regional government for consideration
in 2002 as Metro’s
elected officials decide which areas should be included in an expansion
of the regional UGB. [back]
City of Hillsboro Mixed Use Implementation and
Strategy Ordinance
Angelo Planning Group, Johnson Gardner, and Lloyd Lindley assisted
the city of Hillsboro with the development of new and/or amended zoning
code text, as well as “non-code” strategies, for two areas
in the city that are designated for mixed-use development in the
vicinity of SE 28th and Main Street and Tannasbourne Super blocks.
The result of this project was an amendment to the city’s current
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance to direct mixed-use infill
development. These land use measures position the city to implement
Metro 2040 objectives and specify development standards for its “Main
Streets”
concept. In addition, the city wanted to emphasize the importance of
a realistic, market-sensitive approach to rules implementing mixed-use
developments. In order to achieve this, broad economic incentives
and possibly non-land use ordinance strategies were identified in
parallel with the code amendments.
In order to emphasize a community-based public input, a series of stakeholder
interviews were held with a group of stakeholders identified by the
city. [back]