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LAKE OSWEGO
PARKS PLAN 2040
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING #3
Date: February 29, 2024
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: Lake Oswego Maintenance Building, Willow Room, 17601 Pilkington Road
Virtual Recording Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zCStbvaWcQ
ATTENDEES
City of Lake Oswego - Kyra Haggart, Maria Bigelow, Evan Fransted, Tony Garcia, Jeff
Munro, Kelli Byrd
MIG - Matt Hastie, Lauren Scott
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Members - Sarah Ellison, Emily Frey, Matt
McGinnis, Patrick Gutierrez, James Meier, Kara Orvieto Ashley, Pat Walls, Teresa Bianco,
Meg Matsushima, Steve Unger
DISCUSSION
The Parks Plan 2040 project team provided a status report summarizing the recently
completed needs assessment, the in-progress maintenance and operations assessment,
and the upcoming March 20th meeting with the Parks Board. The project team then
stepped through a presentation reviewing the needs assessment key findings.
Community Engagement Key Themes
The project team provided a high-level overview of key themes from the public
engagement conducted since the project kicked off in July 2023. The CAC did not have
any additional comments or questions on the key themes.
Essential Services Mapping
Comments and questions from the CAC about the essential services mapping included
in the Need Assessment are summarized below.
• Access was mapped to the park access point not the location of a specific facility
or amenity within the park. CAC members recommended that narrative be added
to explain this, especially for sites like Iron Mountain where the linear nature of
the park means the distance between entrances and facilities can be quite large.
This can create larger gaps in service than shown on the maps (e.g., If a play area
is located within the park but a long distance from an access point).
• More qualitative analysis could be added to the narrative as well as
communicating the quantitative limits of the mapping.
• In addition to physical access, there are also differences between the quality of
the facility (e.g., Springbrook nature play area has several logs but is not a large,
designed play area).
• For gap areas, it was suggested that adding population density or zoning
overlays could further illustrate the analysis. Towards this end, the team will need
to look at how existing population and demographic data and associated
boundaries syncs up with the gap area boundaries.
• It was noted that the library may have additional population information by
neighborhood.
Equity Index Mapping
Comments and questions from the CAC about the equity index mapping included in the
Need Assessment are summarized below.
• There is a reason some of these identified gap areas are not developed with
parks (e.g., #4 has extremely steep terrain, #3 has commercial areas, etc.). Adding
this information to the narrative discussion would provide further context as to
how and why these gap areas exist.
• Note parks that are restricted by Chapter 10 of the City Charter on the maps.
• Adding further information and context for each neighborhood could help make
the mapping and conclusions more understandable.
• The narrative should highlight that Lake Oswego residents have access to parks in
neighboring jurisdictions.
• CAC members offered to participate in a follow-up meeting to further review and
discuss the mapping in more detail to add more context and Information to the
narrative and help better describe and qualify the assessment of gaps. Kyra will
work with the CAC and team to schedule that meeting.
Trends, Needs, and Opportunities
The presentation covered some of the needs, opportunities, and trends for each of the
recreation facility categories included in the needs assessment. Comments and
questions are organized by category below.
• Major Recreation Facilities
o Highlighted that transportation options are severely lacking in Lake
Oswego, both in terms of adequate on and off-street connecting bicycle
and pedestrian facilities and public transit routes and services.
• Outdoor Recreation Facilities
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o The community has expressed the desire for splash pads.
o Note sand and water play here as it creates something very interesting, is
accessible, encourages collaborative play, etc. The closest site is currently
in Westmoreland. Hidden Creek Park in Hillsboro represents another
example of this type of facility if people are looking for other examples to
visit.
o Add quiet and reflective areas as a trend that would be lower cost. Cooks
Butte and Stevens Meadow could have opportunities to add that but
Chapter 10 of the city's Charter limits this.
• Sports Fields and Courts
o Modify language in the trends callout to speak to sports courts not just
fields for lighting.
o A commenter noted the different level of service between softball and
baseball fields and whether they served adults or youths. Lake Oswego has
more adult softball fields because there are more players percentagewise.
Youth softball is not played by as many girls comparatively. The school
district does provide additional diamond fields.
• Playgrounds and Play Areas
o Add sand and water play bullet point to the trends callout.
o A sensory play area could also be specifically identified in this section.
o The City does have a playground replacement schedule and will consider
trends and opportunities when those come around. The City typically
replaces the full playground rather than pieces of it.
• Support Amenities
o More parking is definitely needed.
o Another city was able to use high school students to create a mobile app
for tennis court reservations.
o Interest in the trend of outdoor workspaces. Most parks do have Wi-Fi.
• Recreation Programming
o The large Habitat for Humanity project going in will likely consist of
families and younger households that could benefit from low cost or no
cost programs.
o The narrative should also note the need for full day programs as many
parents can't split up their workday.
o Low income or subsidized programming will be part of the LORAC.
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Public Engagement
One public comment was made at the meeting. The comment recommended that safety
assessment and safety planning be added to Parks Plan 2040. The commenter
supported references to public safety in Goal 4, identified the need for bike and
pedestrian paths to incorporate all safety designs and features, and noted that zip lines
are a high-risk facility to add to parks (and recommended against it).
Next Steps
The Parks Board will review the Needs Assessment at their March meeting later in the
month. Another CAC meeting will be scheduled for later in the spring to discuss
preliminary recommendations. Public engagement around specific projects and
priorities will occur in the spring and summer.
The City of Lake Oswego is committed to providing equal access to information and meetings. For
Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations or translations/interpretation services, please submit
your request at least four business days prior to the event by visiting
www.lakeoswego.city/accommodation or by phone at 503-635-0282.
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