• CPO 1 February meeting: Annexation in our future?
• CPO 7 Community Meeting
• Development Application for Middle Housing on McDaniel
• Hearing for appeal of “cottage cluster” Middle Housing development by CPO 7 and neighbors
• Board approves new plan for community involvement

CPO 1 February meeting: Annexation in our future?

Tuesday, February 10, 7-9 pm, online via Zoom

For our next-to-last meeting as a community-led organization, we will have a conversation with City of Beaverton and Washington County staff about what it would mean to move our area into the city. This discussion comes as Washington County has ended the community-led Community Participation Organization (CPO) system. Beaverton offers a strong community engagement program, and CPO leaders see this as one potential way for neighbors to continue having a voice in local government. If our community and the city are interested, annexation would be the path to joining the city and the city’s Neighborhoods program. Annexation can be a long and complex process—but the first step is mutual understanding. City and County staff are open to sharing information about transitioning property into a city and the Beaverton Neighborhood Program; they are also interested in listening and responding to your questions, concerns, and ideas.

If you can’t attend our meetings, they are recorded and available on the CPO 1 YouTube channel for viewing at your convenience. Visit our YouTube channel and subscribe! The CPO 1 Facebook Group is a good place to discuss current issues and get timely updates. We intend to keep that going after the reorganization, although it may be renamed. Be sure to follow us there, as it’s not clear whether those who have signed up for the county’s mailing list will still be getting updates.

CPO 7 Community Meeting

Monday, February 9, 7 pm, in the TVF&R Station 68 meeting room, 13545 NW Evergreen St. or via Zoom

Daniel Rittatore, the Community Engagement Manager for Clean Water Services (CWS), will present information about the role CWS plays in protecting public health and the environment across the Tualatin River Watershed. The presentation will highlight how stormwater management helps reduce pollution, flooding, and erosion before water is safely returned to local streams and the Tualatin River. The presentation will provide more specific information about the Bethany Lake Berm Stabilization Project and a project to cover a sewer line uncovered through erosion in Bethany on a tributary of Springville Creek.

Follow the CPO 7 Facebook page for timely updates and a chance to discuss issues.

CPO 1 hasn’t received any Neighborhood Meeting notices for our area this month.

Development Application for Middle Housing on McDaniel

Expedited Preliminary Review for a 17-lot Middle Housing Land Division and Development Review for 17 Middle Housing Townhomes for “Bonny Slope Village.” This development is proposed for a .97-acre lot adjacent to NW McDaniel Road. Middle housing—a denser form of infill housing enabled by state law—doesn’t require a neighborhood meeting and receives expedited processing from the county. Access to the lots is from the existing NW 118^th Terrace. Surrounding lots are developed at the R-9 (nine lots per acre) zoning. This map is from a November 2024 application that was delayed. The county no longer sends out paper copies to the CPO and I can’t access the recent document. If I get more information, I’ll add it to the online version of the News.

Hearing for appeal of “cottage cluster” Middle Housing development by CPO 7 and neighbors

Thursday, February 19, 9 am, virtual

CPO 7 and the Marlene Village Residents group each filed an appeal of the approval for the proposed 70-unit, eight cluster development at 15075-15175 NW Pioneer Road. The property includes a flood plain and wetland, and CPO 7 contends that the county did not follow its rules.

CPO 7 issues include incorrect setbacks, neighborhood connectivity and sidewalks, missing Conditions of Approval covering a variety of issues relating to long-term maintenance, an HOA, and requiring the developer to widen Pioneer Road. They recommend that the application be denied and resubmitted to correct the problems. Neighbor group issues include pedestrian safety, traffic issues, and floodplain and downstream property risks.

For instructions on how to submit comments (at least 24 hours before the hearing), please email CPadmin@washingtoncountyor.gov. The staff report will be available a week before the hearing on this page, scroll down to the February date.

Board approves new plan for community involvement

During the January 27 Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting, the final approval of the plan to reduce and reorganize what has been the CPO program was included in the “Consent Agenda” portion of the meeting, where pro-forma matters are voted on in bulk without discussion. The BCC worked on the Resolution during a public meeting on January 2, but there were a couple of open issues that needed work so the final vote was at the later meeting.

The county has been calling it “modernization.” It reduces what had been over a dozen locally led and focused groups to four, one for each Commissioner district, and topics discussed will be county-wide only and planned and managed by county staff.

The Committee for Community Involvement (CCI), that had been the leadership group for all the CPOs as well as advising the BCC on countywide planning issues, will be folded into the Planning Commission whose members are appointed by the board.

Our final CPO 1 meeting will be March 10, and we hope to bring you a forum to hear from candidates running for our District 2 representative and for County Chair. Follow us on Facebook to stay informed after we stop meeting.