Document repository

Land Use applications

• Valley Vista:
  • Application documents:
    • Lee PA 3.30.10_small.pdf (warning: 24MB PDF file)
    • pages 5 & 6 (missing from the above document) (PDF, 210KB)
• Bald Peak:
  • Application documents:
    • KCL_reportFeb10.pdf (PDF, 3.4MB)
    • KCL_Supplemental2.pdf (PDF, 2.2MB)
    • KCL_Supplemental3.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
  • Staff and agency reports:
    • Department of Agriculture written testimony (PDF, 1.3MB)
    • DLCD written testimony (PDF, 350KB)
    • BCC Staff Report for 4/20 meeting (PDF, 1.5MB)

Washington County documents

• Summary of April 21, 2010 Planning Commission meeting (PDF, 6.7MB)
• Link to updated version

Metro documents

• Map: Core 4 Urban and Rural Reserve Proposal for Public Comment (released 12/17/2009)   Full map (PDF, 1.4MB)   Greater Helvetia area (JPG, 123KB)
• Reserves proposals debated at the 12/10/2009 Metro Council meeting:
  • Carl Hosticka / David Bragdon proposal (approved)   Full map (PDF, 4.2MB)   Greater Helvetia area (JPG, 106KB)
  • Robert Liberty / Rod Park proposal (rejected)   Full map (PDF, 4.2MB)   Greater Helvetia area (JPG, 104KB)
  • Spreadsheet comparing the two proposals (PDF) or Excel 2000 (.xls) or Excel 2007 (.xlsx)
• Core 4 Areas of Preliminary Agreement and Areas for Further Discussion (as of 11/13/2009):
  Maps: Areas north of US26 (Image, 127KB)   Full Map (PDF, 1.6MB)
  Description of map areas (Word document)
  Changes since last memo (Word document)
• Link to State Agency Comments on Urban and Rural Reserves (PDF, 195KB)
• Summer, 2009 Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall opinion survey on growth:  Metro article   Full survey report
  More than 2/3 of those polled thought that new development should not occur outside existing urban areas.

Brookwood Parkway interchange and nearby property

• Greenfield/Angelo testimony to Oct 14th RSC re: Standring/Berger properties (PDF, 6MB)
• Shute Road interchange: JTA (Jobs in Transportation Act) project description (PDF, 235KB)
• Link to US Highway 26: Helvetia Rd / Brookwood Pkwy Interchange Improvement Project, including the TIGER grant application (PDF, 1.17MB), which contains this map of improvements (PDF, 427KB) on page 6.

North Bethany development plans

• North Bethany Concept Plan with Peterkort property highlighted (JPG, 1MB)
• A-engrossed ordinance 712 (PDF, 8MB)
  What does this have to do with Helvetia?  Well, the map buried on page 99 proposes widening the following two roads from 2 to 2/3 lanes:
  • Helvetia Road from Highway 26 to West Union
  • West Union Road from Helvetia Road to Dick Road / Century Blvd.
  In the North Bethany development plan? Yep. It's the only mention of this area in the entire plan. Page 99 only (PDF, 99KB)

Plans that drive growth in the North Hillsboro / Helvetia area

See also: Brookwood Parkway interchange (above)

• Link to Hillsboro Pre-qualified Concept Plan showing Hillsboro's projected land needs. (PDF, 886KB)
• Draft Economic Opportunities Analysis & Urban Land Needs Assessment This document was the basis for the Hillsboro Aspirations submitted to the WCRCC (see next item). (PDF, 5.4MB)
• Hillsboro Aspirations Document (see pg. 3 & 10) (PDF, 2.5MB)
• Link to Helvetia Concept Plan for the industrial area added to the UGB in 2002. (PDF, 1.7MB)
• Link to North Plains Pre-qualified Concept Plan showing their projected land needs.