hct land use plan project update
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HCT Land Use Plan Project Update. City Council Briefing July 19, 2011. Presentation Summary. Regional SW Corridor Plan Context Major Tasks Completed - Station Community Locations - Design Workshops & Open House - Conceptual Station Community Alternatives Schedule Update. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
City of Tigard | High Capacity Transit Land Use Plan
HCT Land Use PlanProject Update
City Council BriefingJuly 19, 2011
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Presentation Summary Regional SW Corridor Plan Context Major Tasks Completed
- Station Community Locations- Design Workshops & Open House- Conceptual Station Community Alternatives
Schedule Update
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Regional coordination structure Proposed SW Corridor charter Individual plans in scope
development
SW Corridor Update
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Develop “Tigard Typology”
Evaluate Alternatives
Major Tasks CompletedEstablish Groundwork
Develop Station Community Alternatives
Finalize Preferred Plan
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Major Tasks Completed Tigard Typology Review
Town Center/Main StreetEmployment/RetailTransit CorridorTransit Neighborhood
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Station Community Alternatives
Potential Station CommunitiesWill inform the alignment choices in the Alternatives Analysis
Location Selection CriteriaCommunity AssetsDevelopment PotentialTransit RidershipTransit Location Factors
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Station Community Alternatives
Step 1 – Sketch level screeningExisting conditionsAgency interviews
Step 2 – Quantitative rankingExisting community assetsDevelopment potentialTransit ridership potential
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Station Community Alternatives 7 potential
locations 1-mile diameter
areas Triangle &
Downtown “double bubbles”
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Design Workshops & Open House
Two workshop sessionsTAC/staff (afternoon)CAC/public (evening)Evening also had “drop in” open house
Small groups with design professional
Applied typology Identified
transportation improvements
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Design Workshops & Open House
Afternoon: 34 participants
Interactive mapping tool (INDEX)
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Evening: 36 participants
Concepts drawn on maps
Design Workshops & Open House
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Station Community Alternatives Three concepts developed for each
of the seven station communities:Afternoon session conceptEvening session conceptConsultant concept
Resulting alternatives carrying forward for evaluation
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Station Community Alternatives Key Themes
In many cases, current land use patterns are retained but with increased intensitiesIncreased activity depends on getting the right connectionsAttention was drawn repeatedly to the barriers that make connections difficultEvery station area had new pedestrian/multi-use connections
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Next Steps – Revised 7/19/11 Alternatives evaluation (on-going) Presentation to CAC & TAC (Aug 3/4) “Bonus” CAC & TAC meetings ( Sep 7/8) Open House (September 28)