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Angelo Planning Group

Land Use Projects — Municipal Services

Public Facility Plans

School Facility Plans

Beaverton School District 2002 Facility Plan - Frank Angelo was the principal author of the Beaverton School District 's facility plan to address the requirements of ORS 195.110 as amended by House Bill 3045 by the 2001 Oregon Legislature. This statute directed “high growth school districts” to prepare a facility plan that identified school facility needs based on population growth projections and land use designations contained in city or county comprehensive plans. The provisions of ORS 195.110 specified the elements of a school facility plan and the analysis that must occur to determine school facility needs. The Beaverton School District Facility Plan was developed to address state requirements and to provide the District with recommendations regarding future school facility and land needs to accommodate forecasted student enrollment growth.

Tigard-Tualatin School District Facility Plan - Frank Angelo and Shayna Rehberg led an effort to prepare a long-range School Facility Plan to assist the Tigard-Tualatin School District in making facility decisions over the next ten years. While the District was not required to prepare a formal School Facility Plan to address state policy in ORS 195.110 it wanted to review existing facilities, examine student enrollment trends, identify state, regional and local land use policies that may influence future decisions, and develop recommendations for future facility needs. The Tigard-Tualatin School District Facility Plan (2004) included the following elements:

Student Enrollment Projections

Policy Influences on the District

School Facilities

Facility and Property Recommendations

Hillsboro Public Facility Plan

Angelo Planning Group led a multi-disciplinary team to develop a Public Facility Plan for Hillsboro. The project was undertaken to comply with statewide Land Use Planning Goal 11 – Public Facilities and was funded by a grant from the Department of Land Conservation and Development. The planning process included a multi-agency technical advisory committee that included city planning, public works and finance staff, and staff from other agencies and Washington County. The final plan includes general descriptions of public facility systems, anticipated service needs, and an integrated Capital Improvements Project list. The plan provides a policy framework for refinement planning, prioritizing infrastructure investment, and coordinating the delivery of public facilities in the Hillsboro area through the year 2020. The project went beyond the minimum state requirements to provide the city a mechanism for ongoing strategic public facility planning and investment.

Klamath Falls Area Public Facility Plan

APG managed the preparation of a public facility plan for the city of Klamath Falls. The plan’s completion was significant for the city because it was the final item on the city’s periodic review work program. APG compiled information about urban services, including water, sewer, geothermal heating, transportation, and storm water systems, both in the city and in the larger urban unincorporated area under county jurisdiction. The plan includes system descriptions and maps, a list of capital improvement projects and cost estimates, project phasing, draft intergovernmental agreements, and related amendments to the city’s comprehensive plan. APG also provided technical support during the adoption process. [back]

Pleasant Valley Area Public Facility Plan

DJ Heffernan served as project manager for the preparation of a public facility plan to implement the Pleasant Valley Concept Area plan. The study complies with state planning requirements for Goal 11 – Public Facilities and is integrated with adopted annexation and development strategies for the concept area. The plan is being adopted jointly by the cities of Portland and Gresham as an element of each city’s comprehensive land use plan. The public facility plan includes system descriptions, service area responsibilities, capital improvement project lists and cost estimates, and a sequencing plan for extending public facilities that recognizes alternative annexation and development strategies. [back]

Capital Improvement Plans & Financing

Bend Metro Park and Recreation District SDC and CIP Program

DJ Heffernan helped the District update their system development charge methodology, fee calculation, capital improvement program, and administrative policies and procedures. The project established current levels of service for the District and forecast growth-induced capital improvement needs to conform to state law. APG also worked with the District to review and update their SDC fees and their 20-year Capital Improvement Program. The SDC fee adjustment was expected to raise $16 million in revenue for park land acquisition and improvements over the next five years. Economic Financial Associates provided technical support on the project related to the CIP update, including revenue forecasting and alternatives analysis. The CIP program recommendations include programming and financial strategies that will commit more than $50 million in revenue to new capital projects. [back]

Tualatin Recreation Bond Measure Feasibility Study

Matt Hastie managed a team of architects, landscape architects, bridge designers, park and recreation planners, and survey research experts to assist the city of Tualatin in planning for a Bond Measure proposed to fund new park and recreation facilities and improvements. The team described and estimated the cost for potential improvements to approximately 25 different facilities. The consulting team conducted three telephone surveys to gauge Tualatin residents' general support for park and recreation facilities and with city staff and the city's bond counsel to estimate tax rates and fees associated with the proposed bond measure. Matt Hastie facilitated meetings of an ad-hoc advisory committee, provided information to citizens via the City's newsletter and website, and prepared a final report on the process. As a follow-up to the study, Angelo Planning Group helped the City create a new budgeting tool to estimate the future cost of periodic maintenance of existing park and recreational facilities, as well as an enhanced level of routine maintenance. [back]

Hillsboro Street Utility Fee Study

DJ Heffernan managed the development of a new city utility to collect a monthly fee from all developed property to finance city street maintenance and capital improvements. The project was innovative for using the utility revenue to free up state and county gas tax revenue for unfunded high priority pedestrian and bike safety improvements near elementary schools and in transit walk zones. The project used prior studies to help document the advantages of the utility approach over other alternative strategies for generating additional revenue to address a growing backlog of maintenance needs. With the assistance of city staff and DKS Associates, APG developed the initial revenue requirement, prepared cost allocation formulas to benefited customers, and helped write the enacting ordinance. The enacting ordinance was adopted in July 2008. APG was then asked to help the city develop a program of hardship credits for senior and low income households and fee reduction incentives to encourage local businesses to adopt traffic reduction programs. Implementation was scheduled for spring of 2009.

Columbia County Regional SDC Program Feasibility Study

DJ Heffernan prepared an analysis of the feasibility of implementing a system development charge program in unincorporated urban areas of Columbia County. The analysis involved Columbia County and the cities of St. Helens and Scappoose. The planned regional SDCs were being considered as a growth management technique and to ensure that interim development paid its fair share of future system development costs. The project was funded with an Oregon Transportation Growth Management grant and resulted in a detailed work program for implementing regional SDCs for streets, parks, and water and storm water system improvements. [back]

Hood River County Transportation System Plan Finance Strategy

DJ Heffernan served as a subconsultant to prepare an update to Hood River County’s transportation improvement program and financial strategy. This section of the transportation plan lists short and long range system investments for the county road system as well as summarizes anticipated investments by state and regional agencies related to transit, rail, air, and water transportation infrastructure. The plan also summarizes anticipated capital investment costs and strategies for financing the identified improvements, including both public and private resources. [back]

Public Infrastructure Permitting

City of St. Helens Upper Level Water Reservoir

As a subconsultant to the design engineer, Angelo Planning Group assisted the city of St. Helens secure land use approval for a 500,000 gallon municipal water reservoir. The project involved two separate land use application processes. An initial application process with Columbia County involved zoning and comprehensive plan amendments as well as public outreach. The outreach process included preparing a project fact sheet and facilitating meetings with affected property owners and with the McNulty Public Utility Water District (formerly McNulty Water Association). When site purchase negotiations broke down, APG prepared a second conditional use application with the city of St. Helens for a different location. That application process also involved a public outreach effort. [back]

170th Avenue Expansion

Frank Angelo managed the Washington County and city of Beaverton development review processes for the expansion of SW 170th Avenue, a Washington County minor arterial road. This $30 million dollar project involved extensive coordination with a variety of agencies including Washington County, the City of Beaverton, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Tri-Met, Clean Water Services, and the Beaverton School District. Frank also worked with the citizen Project Advisory Committee on the design and impact assessments of the project. Because SW 170th Avenue is located in both the city of Beaverton and unincorporated Washington County, two separate land use reviews were required for the widening project. Frank was responsible for preparing the Type III Development Review/Article VII application for Washington County and the Type III Design Review application for the city of Beaverton. Both land use reviews required public hearings. [back]

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