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Ensure a vibrant, livable and walk-able Sunset Station Community with a mix of residential and neighborhood retail
An appeal has been filed and hearing scheduled for Feb 7, 2012 at 6:30pm:
Beaverton City Council Chambers, Beaverton City Hall
4755 SW Griffith Dr.
Beaverton
Appeal Documents: (these are searchable!)
- Exhibit F Peterkort Appeal (2MB pdf) – this is what the community submitted as the appeal
- Exhibit G Peterkort Appeal (200MB pdf) – original documents: code changes, orig staff report, etc.
- Exhibit H Peterkort Appeal (33MB pdf) – Planning Commission hearing minutes, Transportation Planning Rule, additional community testimony, etc.Beaverton’s Peterkort Information Page Website
The planning commission handled this as one agenda item and only allowed public testimony as if it were one item, since the city technically split this into 3 separate ordinances, 3 different appeals had to be filed at $1411 each = $4233 just to kick off the appeal process. (Please consider a financial contribution to help save our community!)
The notice of decision was received around Dec 15th (Notice Page 1, Page 2) and provided information about how to appeal. The unfortunate timing of the appeal period directly over the Holiday season, forced concerned citizens to scramble to contact community members still in the area for funding and to file an appeal. The team was able to file a appeal just in time on the Dec 27th deadline.
The appeal provides the public an opportunity to defend the significant public investment in the station (time and $$) and offer suggestions for improving the City’s changed plans which we feel could support a huge office building or Shopping Mall instead of a mixed use residential-oriented “Station Community”. (see also Westside MAX Light Rail Project Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Program“)
Planning for the appeal hearing is underway. Please contact us if you are able to help with a either financial contribution towards the appeal and/or have interest in working on the presentation of the appeal.
I am glad that your group is appealing the decisions made by the Beaverton City Planning Commission. I, too, am concerned about the magnitude of the “allowable” commercial/retail development in our midst, especially in the heart of the Sunset Station Community. Also, the timing set forth that allows massive commercial development to occur prior to any residential development is antithetical to the purpose of the Station Community.
Thank you for bringing this to the community’s attention!
Ron Jamtgaard
503 297 6240
To the Appeal Team:
I would like to see removal from this site the notion that the Beaverton Planning Staff and Planning Commission are attempting to “run a fast one” or “to deceive” anybody. I believe that the staff and Commission members are acting in good faith and are performing a public service.
I would like to see the appeal oriented primarily, if not solely, on the issue of residential development close to the MAX station, and phasing of residential development concurrent with the commercial development.
Thank you, Erik Mace, for amending the web site comments based my earlier post.
I appreciated your very prompt response. And, I hope that the Feb. 7 meeting with the
Beaverton City Council leads to changes that preserve at least some of the zoning restrictions that were in force under the County’s planned development of Peterkort properties.
Ron