Comprehensive Plan City of Milwaukie
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ATTACHMENT 1 CITY OF MILWAUKIE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JANUARY 2020 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT Introduction Land Use Categories CITY OF MILWAUKIE Community & Culture COMMUNITY VISION Stewardship & Resiliency In 2040, Milwaukie is a flourishing city that is entirely equitable, Complete Neighborhoods delightfully livable, and completely sustainable. It is a safe and welcoming community whose residents enjoy secure and Economic meaningful work, a comprehensive educational system, and Development & Growth affordable housing. A complete network of sidewalks, bike lanes, and paths along with well-maintained streets and a Transportation robust transit system connect our neighborhood centers. Art and creativity are woven into the fabric of the city. Glossary Appendices Milwaukie’s neighborhoods are the centers of daily life, with each containing amenities and community-minded local Ancillary Documents businesses that meet residents’ needs. Our industrial areas are magnets for innovation, and models for environmentally- sensitive manufacturing and high wage jobs. Our residents can easily access the training and education needed to win those jobs. Milwaukie nurtures a verdant canopy of beneficial trees, promotes sustainable development, and is a net-zero energy city. The Willamette River, Johnson Creek, and Kellogg Creek are free flowing, and accessible. Their ecosystems are protected by a robust stormwater treatment system and enhanced by appropriate riparian vegetation. Milwaukie is a resilient community, adaptive to the realities of a changing climate, and prepared for emergencies, such as the Cascadia Event. Milwaukie’s government is transparent and accessible, and is committed to promoting tolerance and inclusion and eliminating disparities. It strongly encourages engagement and participation by all and nurtures a deep sense of community through celebrations and collective action. Residents have the resources necessary to access the help they need. In this great city, we strive to reach our full potential in the areas of education, environmental stewardship, commerce, culture, and recreation; and are proud to call it home. 2 THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK 3 Introduction Land Use Categories ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Community & Culture COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMISSION Stewardship & Resiliency Albert Chen Greg Hemer Ben Rousseau John Burns Complete Bryce Magorian Joseph Edge Neighborhoods Celestina DiMauro Kim Travis Economic Daniel Eisenbeis Lauren Loosveldt Development & Everett Wild Robert Massey Growth Howie Oakes Adam Argo Kim Travis Transportation Scott Jones Liz Start Sherry Grau Glossary Matthew Bibeau Neil Hankerson Appendices Rebecca Hayes CITY Ancillary Sara Busickio COUNCIL Documents Stacy Johnson Lisa Batey, City Councilor Stephan Lashbrook Angel Falconer, City Councilor Mark Gamba, Mayor Kathy Hyzy, City Councilor CITY Wilda Parks, City Councilor STAFF Shane Abma, City Councilor David Levitan, Senior Planner Denny Egner, Planning Director Mary Heberling, Assistant Planner Leila Aman, Community Development Director Sebrina Mortensen, Planning Intern Tay Stone, 2019 Planning Intern THE MILWAUKIE Jen Davidson, 2018 Planning Intern COMMUNITY A special thanks to all of the 600+ Milwaukie community CONSULTANTS members who have spent Matt Hastie, Angelo Planning Group countless hours of their time Kate Rogers, Angelo Planning Group providing input at town Emma Porricolo Angelo Planning Group halls, open houses, online Kyra Haggart, Angelo Planning Group surveys, focus groups, public Bridger Wineman, EnviroIssues hearings, and so much more. Laura Peña, EnviroIssues This document would not Emma Sagor exist without their input and Kirstin Greene hardwork. Mari Valencia 4 All Photos: Hamid Shibata Bennett Photos of CPAC members, consultants, Planning 5 Commissioners, and Council Introduction Land Use Categories TABLE OF CONTENTS Community & Culture INTRODUCTION Stewardship & ABOUT MILWAUKIE XX Resiliency MILWAUKIE’S COMMUNITY VISION XX Complete WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & Neighborhoods WHY DO WE PLAN? XX HOW THIS DOCUMENT IS STRUCTURED XX Economic Development & HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT XX Growth Transportation LAND USE CATEGORIES XX Glossary FOSTERING COMMUNITY, CULTURE & BELONGING XX Appendices SECTION 1: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT XX SECTION 2: HISTORY, ARTS, & CULTURE XX Ancillary Documents ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP & COMMUNITY RESILIENCY XX SECTION 3: NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY XX SECTION 4: WILLAMETTE GREENWAY XX SECTION 5: NATURAL HAZARDS XX SECTION 6: CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY XX CREATING COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS XX SECTION 7: HOUSING XX SECTION 8: URBAN DESIGN & LAND USE XX SECTION 9: PARKS & RECREATION XX SECTION 10: PUBLIC FACILITIES & SERVICES XX SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH XX SECTION 11: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT XX SECTION 12: URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT XX SAFE & ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION XX SECTION 13: TRANSPORTATION (EXISTING) XX GLOSSARY XX APPENDICES XX ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS XX 6 THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK 7 ABOUT MILWAUKIE: OUR HISTORY & FUTURE Photo: Hamid Shibata Bennett “In 2040, Milwaukie is a flourishing city that is entirely equitable, delightfully livable, and completely sustainable.” - Milwaukie 2040 Community Vision Introduction Land Use ABOUT MILWAUKIE Categories Milwaukie is a small city of Community & about 20,500 1 people located Culture on the shores of the Willamette Stewardship & River in the northwestern Resiliency corner of Clackamas County, just south of Portland (Map Complete 1). Milwaukie offers an active Neighborhoods Infographics on population small-town feel with a charming and employment, acres of Economic downtown, a wealth of parks parks, number of schools Development & and natural resources, and ,etc. Growth easy access to the regional activities and services of the Transportation Portland metropolitan area. Glossary Milwaukie residents are proud of its strong community culture, Appendices which represents a range of backgrounds, ethnicities, Ancillary Documents and experiences that add value and diversity to the community. The city boasts a dynamic economy, with over 1,000 businesses employing approximately 13,000 people in a wide variety of industries. Milwaukie also benefits from a highly engaged community that is interested and involved in decision-making for the city. Infographics on population and employment, acres of parks, number of schools ,etc. 1 2019 Population Estimates, Population Research Center, 10 Portland State University. Location Map Vancouver Columbia River Willamette River Camas Hillsboro Portland Gresham Beaverton Milwaukie Happy Valley Tigard Lake Oswego Tualatin West Linn Oregon City Wilsonville Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community Legend COM_CityBoundary 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Miles ¯ Legend Rivers and water bodies Milwaukie_GIS.SDE.Flood100Year COM_Streets River or Stream Milwaukie City Limits City Boundaries Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community 11 Introduction Land Use MILWAUKIE’S HISTORY Categories The story of Milwaukie begins brought with them 700 grafted fruit Community & with the people of the trees, establishing Milwaukie as the Culture Clackamas tribe, who arrived agricultural center of Clackamas for Stewardship & thousands of years before there years to come. Resiliency was an organized Oregon Territory. The Clackamas lived on Luelling’s brother, Seth (Lewelling), Complete the east bank of the Willamette arrived a few years later. The 1850s Neighborhoods River (including Milwaukie) also brought several thousand Economic below Willamette Falls and into Chinese laborers to Oregon, including Development & the foothills of the Cascade several dozen that worked for Growth Mountains, in villages with Lewelling in his Milwaukie orchards. populations that could number One of these laborers was Ah Bing, Transportation in the hundreds and swell further who decades later was recognized Glossary during fishing seasons. By the as the creator of the Bing cherry. time settlers first began arriving Appendices via the Oregon Trail in 1841, the In 1892, an electric trolley line Clackamas population had connected Milwaukie to Oregon Ancillary Documents been devastated by diseases City and Portland, which attracted such as small pox and malaria Portland elites who built summer that had been introduced homes around Kellogg Lake and near by European explorers and Elk Rock Island. Immigrants – primarily fur traders, leading to a Germans, Italians, and Japanese – 98% reduction in the local also arrived in larger numbers during population by 1853. In 1857, the this time to establish family farms. remaining 78 tribe members Milwaukie was incorporated as a city were forced to relocate to in 1903, and developers soon began Grand Ronde Federation land. plotting land for homes. Milwaukie’s history as an The Great Depression resulted in an organized settlement dates economic downturn in Milwaukie back to the 1840s. In 1847, Lot as it did the rest of the country, but Whitcomb made a donation also led to New Deal programs that land claim which encompassed helped create McLoughlin Boulevard, Milwaukie Bay. He built a sawmill which provided direct automobile at Johnson Creek, a grist mill access to Portland and Oregon at Spring Creek, a flour mill at City. The onset of World War II led to Kellogg Creek, and established the creation of thousands of jobs in a shipping empire.