Council Approves Rezoning of Residential Area, Updated Tourism Promotion Plan
July 17, 2018 — At the July 16 meeting of the Wilsonville City Council, the Council conducted a public hearing and approved both comprehensive-plan and zone maps amendments for a 2.22-acre parcel located along Canyon Creek Road South. The Council’s action—which increases the allowable density of development from an older 0 to 1 residential units per acre to the newer standard of 4 to 5 dwellings per acre—enables development of a five-lot single-family subdivision known as “Aspen Meadows No. 2.” Over time, the City has approved development of single-family homes on 14 of the original 19 lots that composed the 1964 “Bridle Trail Ranchettes” subdivision.
The Council adopted an updated tourism promotion plan that guides City investments of a portion of transient lodging tax revenues generated by visitors’ overnight stays. Recommended for adoption by the Tourism Promotion Committee, the “Five-Year Action Plan and Annual One-Year Implementation Plan” advances key components of the City’s tourism-development strategy focused on marketing, capacity-building and a visitor-profile study.
The Council also authorized an intergovernmental agreement with Metro regional government to exchange federal funds with local funds for two transportation-related projects. The agreement allows the City to “de-federalize” the proposed I-5 Pedestrian & Bikeway Project, thereby greatly reducing overhead costs and delay, while applying the funds to the federal-supported Kinsman Road extension project that links Barber Street and Boeckman Road along Coffee Lake Creek wetlands.
During the Communications portion of the meeting, Siobhan Taylor and Una Loughran of Taylor Consulting presented on behalf of the Arts Action Alliance of Clackamas County, which is undertaking for the City a “Public Investment Strategy for Wilsonville Arts & Culture.” The 2017 Community Enhancement Program-funded project seeks to develop a strategic plan for public investment in arts and culture, determine level of community support for arts and culture activities, and create tactics for developing resources to advance community support.
Prior to the meeting in work session, the Council heard reports from City staff and consultants on a number of projects and programs. The Council received presentations on an updating of the City’s accounting and project-management computer systems and public feedback from a survey of potential transit program enhancements to be funded by HB 2017, the “Keep Oregon Moving Act.” The Council also discussed a 2019 legislative priorities survey that the League of Oregon Cities is conducting, and heard about elements of the tourism promotion plan.
Community members can watch a replay of all or a portion of the City Council meeting on Comcast/Xfinity Ch. 30, Frontier Ch. 32 or on the City’s video-on-demand service at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/WilsonvilleTV.
