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MCLOUGHLIN-CANEMAH TRAIL PLAN Alignment Feasibility & Evaluation Report Prepared by Alta Planning + Design with Northwest Geotech, Inc and Pacific Habitat Services, Inc For the City of Oregon City, Oregon November, 2017 CONTENTS I. Executive Summary .........................................................................7 V. Typical Cross Sections & Design Features ...............................31 A. TYPICAL CROSS SECTIONS B. DETAIL PLANS II. Introduction .......................................................................................13 A. PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES C. NEXT STEPS & IMPLEMENTATION B. SITE SETTING C. REGIONAL CONTEXT VI. Appendix 1 D. ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS Geotechnical Report .......................................................................49 E. RELEVANT PROJECTS AND PLANS F. IMPORTANT AGENCIES AND PARTNERS VII. Appendix 2 G. STAKEHOLDER AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY Environmental Report ....................................................................55 III. Alignment Alternatives Evaluation .............................................19 VIII. Appendix 3 A. SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONS Greenway for a Day Public Event Summary ............................53 B. EXISTING CONDITIONS C. DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS IX. Appendix 4 D. OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS Stakeholder Evaluation Materials ...............................................71 E. EVALUATION MATRIX X. Appendix 5 IV. Preferred Trail Alignment ..............................................................27 A. SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONS Planning-Level Cost Estimates ....................................................85 B. DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS C. ALIGNMENT MAPS CITY OF OREGON CITY | MCLOUGHLIN CANEMAH TRAIL 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to all who took part in this trail planning effort, including: City Staff: Kelly Reid, Planner Phil Lewis, Community Services Director Denise Conrad, Assistant Parks and Recreation Director Dayna Webb, Senior Project Engineer Martin Montalvo, Public Works Operations Manager Jan Holmgren, Utility Maintenance Specialist Christina Robertson-Gardiner, Senior Planner Chris Wadsworth, Community Outreach & Crime Prevention Coordinator Advisory Committee Members: Andy Houseman, Property Owner Ben Deitch, Property Owner Dayna Webb, City Public Works Dennis Anderson, At Large Denyse McGriff, McLoughlin Neighborhood Association Doug Neeley, Natural Resources Committee Ed Lyman, Transportation Advisory Committee Jessica Horning, ODOT Jessica Smith, Canemah Neighborhood Association Karin Morey, Citizen Involvement Committee Larry Moseley, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Linda Baysinger, At Large Lisa Novak, Parks and Rec Advisory Committee Luke Norman, Trail Advocate Mel Huie, Metro Paul Edgar, At Large Phil Lewis, City Parks and Recreation Jennifer Santhouse, Portland General Electric Additional Support: Metro Nature in Neighborhoods Grant Committee Clackamas County Historical Society Oregon City Parks Foundation Clackamas County Transportation Engineering Oregon City Trail Alliance Downtown Oregon City Association Consultant Team: Mary Stewart, PLA, Alta Planning + Design Christo Brehm, Alta Planning + Design Katie Mangle, Alta Planning + Design Alan Bean, PE., GE, Northwest Geotech, Inc John van Staveren, PWS, Pacific Habitat Services, Inc CITY OF OREGON CITY | MCLOUGHLIN CANEMAH TRAIL 5 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OVERVIEW • Minimize risk and conflicts between automobile traffic, bicycle PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS & PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT In 2016, the City of Oregon City, in partnership with the traffic, and pedestrians. The project team engaged with a number of partners, Oregon City Trail Alliance, the McLoughlin Neighborhood • Provide a trail design that is context-sensitive, particularly to stakeholders, and members of the community throughout all Association, and the Clackamas County Historical Society, was the Canemah National Register Historic District, McLoughlin phases of this project. Partners included Portland General granted a Nature in Neighborhoods grant of $25,000 to fund Promenade, and the McLoughlin Conservation District. Electric and the Oregon Department of Transportation. a planning effort for the McLoughlin-Canemah Trail (MCT), a • Provide experiences and views of Willamette Falls segment of the larger Oregon City Loop Trail. The objective A Community Advisory Group was assembled with was to determine Permanent and Interim trail alignments and • Celebrate experiences of nature while protecting and enhancing representative from several stakeholders who helped to define safety upgrades to create a safer pedestrian and bicycle route native vegetation and habitat within the corridor. project goals, evaluate alignment alternatives, and select the between two neighborhoods while connecting city amenities • Discourage criminal activity and provide a secure environment Interim and Permanent alignments. along the way. for all users. The local community was engaged in the project primary • Responsibly utilize public funds to provide a high-quality trail Goals for this trail were developed based on the results of through a Greenway for Day event, which attracted 70-80 experience both now and into the future. a survey taken by the project’s Community Advisory Group participants during a four hour event that included walking a members, and from conversations with group members and • Avoid use of private property in the Canemah National Register portion of the alignment and responding to a series of Design City staff. Historic District. Toolkit poster boards showing traffic calming strategies. GOALS: The McLoughlin-Canemah Trail should: PROJECT STUDY AREA The project team also received 56 survey responses from the The MCT study area includes just over 100 acres bounded • Provide an attractive route of travel for people walking and biking community emphasizing the value of Old Canemah Park, views by 2nd Street to the north, McLoughlin Blvd/Hwy 99E to the between the McLoughlin Promenade and Canemah Children’s of Willamette Falls, and the challenges associated with 99E, west, S. High St to the east, and the Canemah Neighborhood Park that connects residential areas, parks, and businesses. steep grades, traffic calming, and wayfinding. Children’s Park to the south. Alignment alternatives connect • Strive to provide facilities that serve all ages and abilities, and include portions of the McLoughlin Conservation District including people with disabilities or mobility limitations. with the Canemah National Register Historic District between the McLoughlin Promenade and Canemah Neighborhood Children’s Park. TABLE 1. ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVES - EVALUATION MATRIX 0 Not Advisable 1 Major Constraint 2 Moderate Constraints 3 Minor Constraints 4 Optimal QUALITY SAFETY PROPERTY CONSTRAINTS OVERALL EVALUATION RECOMMENDATIONS VEHICLE ORDER OF QUALITY OF WILLAMETTE ALL AGES & HISTORIC CANEMAH PROPERTY GEOTECH ENVIRONMENTAL OVERALL INTERIM PERMANENT CONFLICT CRIME RISK MAGNITUDE EXPERIENCE FALLS VIEWS ABILITIES DISTRICT IMPACTS IMPACTS CONSTRAINTS IMPACTS SCORE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION RISK COST ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVE - A 1 4 0 1 4 4 4 2 4 2 $6.0 - $6.5 M Not Recommended Not Recommended ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVE - B 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 $2.1 - $2.6 M ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVE - C 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 $2.6 - $3.0 M Not Recommended Not Recommended 8 CITY OF OREGON CITY | MCLOUGHLIN CANEMAH TRAIL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WILLAMETTE FALLS WILLAMETTE RIVER Planned Signal CANEMAH NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN’S PARK (E) STEPS St MCLOUGHLIN PROMENADE e BRIDGE OVER RAILROAD RIVERWALK (FUTURE PATH) m o (FUTURE) r t e h S (E) STEPS J Hig VFW 3 MUSEUM OF th Ave THE OREGON P oughlin Blvd rd St McL TERRITORY a h 2 c n n ter Dr d a wa l m Tu 1 S B t S s 4 igh t th H t A H ve PGE S is t tori h End Rd c Pla OLD Sout tte SUBSTATION S d Righ t St CANEMAH 2 g n S t n PARK d of r W o e S a ll n y i a t M G C l d i R n d t En o South n St 5 th 0 200 400 feet Ave [ et St Historic District Suns Parks Alignment Alternative A P Photo Location McLoughlin Blvd boardwalk, looking north WILLAMETTE FALLS WILLAMETTE RIVER CANEMAH NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN’S PARK (E) STEPS St MCLOUGHLIN PROMENADE e BRIDGE OVER RAILROAD RIVERWALK (FUTURE PATH) m o (FUTURE) r t e h S (E) STEPS J Hig VFW 3 MUSEUM OF th Ave THE OREGON oughlin Blvd rd St McL TERRITORY a h 2 c n n ter Dr d a wa l m Tu 1 S B t S s 4 P igh t th H t A H ve PGE S is t tori h End Rd c Pla OLD Sout tte SUBSTATION S d Ri t St CANEMAH 2 g n gh S t n PARK d o r f W o e S a ll n y i a t M G C l d i R n d t En o South n St 5 th 0 200 400 feet Ave [ et St Historic District Suns Parks QUALITY SAFETY PROPERTY CONSTRAINTS OVERALL EVALUATION RECOMMENDATIONS Alignment Alternative B P Photo Location Old Canemah Park Trail, looking north VEHICLE ORDER OF QUALITY OF WILLAMETTE ALL AGES & HISTORIC CANEMAH PROPERTY GEOTECH ENVIRONMENTAL OVERALL INTERIM PERMANENT CONFLICT CRIME RISK MAGNITUDE EXPERIENCE FALLS VIEWS ABILITIES DISTRICT IMPACTS IMPACTS CONSTRAINTS IMPACTS SCORE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION RISK COST WILLAMETTE FALLS WILLAMETTE RIVER CANEMAH NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN’S PARK (E) STEPS St MCLOUGHLIN PROMENADE e BRIDGE OVER RAILROAD RIVERWALK (FUTURE PATH) m o (FUTURE) r t e h S (E) STEPS J Hig VFW 3 MUSEUM OF th Ave THE OREGON oughlin Blvd rd St McL TERRITORY a h 2 c n n ter Dr d a wa l m Tu 1 S B t S s 4 igh t th H t A H ve PGE S is t tori h End Rd c Pla OLD Sout tte SUBSTATION S d Ri t St CANEMAH 2 g n gh S t n PARK d o r f W o e S a ll n y i a t M G C l d i R n d t En o South n P St 5 th 0 200 400 feet Ave [ et St Historic