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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]

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