Hillsboro Community-Plan-2035.pdf

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HILLSBORO 2035

COMMUNITY PLAN

AUGUST 2015HILLSBORO2035.ORG


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IN 2035, HILLSBORO IS A DIVERSE, SUSTAINABLE CITY

KNOWN FOR SUCCESS IN BLENDING URBAN LIFESTYLE,

A WORLD-CLASS LOCAL ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE

AND A WELCOMING, FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY

FOR AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE.

A SHARED VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY:


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HILLSBORO 2035 COMMUNITY PLAN

Letter from the Mayor

August 2015

Hillsboro has always been a forward-thinking community with an

exceponal ability to adapt to changing mes and circumstances.

Decades ago, when Hillsboro was sll a small town, our leadersrecognized growth was coming and had the foresight to secure land,

water and transit to support the economic growth we enjoy today.

Hillsboro became a complete community. As the populaon soared

toward 70,000 in the late 1990s, the City invited community members

to help dene how they wanted Hillsboro to grow and evolve in the

years ahead.

The resulng Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Acton Plan, adopted in 2000,

has had a profound inuence over the last een years. You might

be surprised just how many Hillsboro landmarks were born from that

original community visioning iniave. Examples include the Hillsboro

Civic Center and Tom Hughes Plaza, Hondo Dog Park, Walters CulturalArts Center, Venean Theatre, community gardens, and even Ron

Tonkin Field, to name just a few.

But underlying all of the visible accomplishments is an even more impressive outcome: stronger community

partnerships and collaboraon. Dozens of local organizaons and hundreds of volunteers have had a hand in

implemenng the Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Acon Plan. In fact, we have been so procient that our twenty-year

plan was nearly complete in een.

But this is Hillsboro, where we are always looking forward and planning ahead. Like its predecessor, the Hillsboro

2035 Community Plan is built on values, goals and aspiraons shared by thousands of our friends, families,

neighbors and businesses, including many who are newly-arrived to Hillsboro. It sets a bold vision for the next

twenty years and species near-term steps we can take to get there. As the tle indicates, it is truly acommunity plan, with mulple partners volunteering to play a role in its implementaon.

I hope you are as inspired as I am by the Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan. It is reecve of our growing and

changing community. It strikes a balance between accommodang future growth – Hillsboro is projected to be

home to as many as 140,000 residents by 2035 – and nding ways to maintain our sense of place and identy.

It clearly arculates the kind of community people want to see: safe, smart, and easy to get around with strong

employment and plenty of things to see and do.

Finally, I want to thank all the volunteers, sta and partner organizaons who have contributed so much me

and energy to this endeavor. You make Hillsboro a beer place and inspire all of us to serve.

Sincerely,

Mayor Jerry Willey

JERRY W. WILLEY, MAYOR


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Letter from the Hillsboro 2035 Task Force Chair

Creang the Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan has been an incredible

and rewarding journey. Over the past three years, our Task Force has

overseen an extensive research exercise to idenfy key trends and

condions, conducted a comprehensive community engagement

process, and worked with dozens of wonderful community membersand stakeholders to turn people’s ideas into implementable acons.

In all, more than 5,000 individuals contributed ideas for making

Hillsboro an even beer place to live, work, play, learn and visit. To

accomplish this level of engagement, we communicated using a variety

of methods and avenues. We interviewed people at fesvals and

events, promoted online input opportunies and installed “idea boxes”

at various locaons throughout town. We made presentaons, hosted

discussions and even asked people to text us their thoughts from a

Hillsboro Hops ball game. We talked to people in every age group from

all walks of life. Needless to say, we heard a lot of great ideas.

The Task Force has worked diligently to ensure community priories

are incorporated into the vision language and acon ideas displayed

on the following pages. Similar to the Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Acton

Plan, we have recruited partner organizaons to help us move things

forward and established an oversight body to hold all of us accountable

for progress. We have also designed an implementaon program

that enables us to periodically update the acon plan as new ideas

and opportunies arise. As we have learned from the Hillsboro 2020

experience, this is a community that gets things done.

We are grateful to every person who took the me to share their

thoughts on Hillsboro’s future. We want you to know we listened,and are excited to see many of those ideas become reality in the near

future.

We want to thank the Hillsboro City Council for providing the

encouragement and nancial support necessary to execute a project

of this magnitude. We also want to thank the Hillsboro 2020 Vision

Implementaon Commiee and, in parcular, Chairs John Coulter,

Steve Callaway and Doug Johnson, who have skillfully led that eort

since 1999. Their commitment, leadership and successes paved the

way for our Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan.

Sincerely,

Ted Vacek, Chair

Hillsboro 2035 Task Force

CONTENTS

Welcome 1

Health, Wellness and Safety 2

Educaon and Community

Involvement 8

Economy and Infrastructure 12

Livability and Recreaon 18

Environmental Sustainability 24

Plan Context and Process 27

Community Outreach andInvolvement 28

Plan Implementaon 30

Hillsboro 2020 Legacy 32

Acknowledgements 35


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Welcome to the Hillsboro 2035Community Plan!

Hillsboro 2035 Focus Areas are comprised as follows:

Goal Statement – describes desired future condions within a focusarea by 2035

Community Iniaves – outline focused approaches to achieving

goals

Acons – specic steps that will be implemented to help achieve

iniaves

Community Partners – organizaons that share implementaon

responsibility for acons

HILLSBORO 2035 VISION AND FOCUS AREAS

The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan includes a vision statement and

ve focus areas. The vision statement describes the type of community

people want Hillsboro to be by the year 2035:

HILLSBORO 2035

FOCUS AREAS

EDUCATION +COMMUNITYINVOLVEMENT

ENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITY

ECONOMY +INFRASTRUCTURE

LIVABILITY +RECREATION

HEALTH, WELLNESS +SAFETY

Hillsboro 2035 Vision

In 2035, Hillsboro is a diverse, sustainable city known

for success in blending urban lifestyle, a world-class

local economy, agricultural heritage and a welcoming,

family-friendly community for an outstanding quality of life.

The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan is our shared Vision for Hillsboro’s

future and a detailed acon plan for working toward that collecve

Vision. The ideas in the Plan are based on input from thousands of

community members in cooperaon with local organizaons who have

agreed to share implementaon responsibilies. The Plan was developed

by a volunteer, community-led task force represenng a wide variety of

interests to ensure the Vision retained a broad community focus.

The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan is modeled aer Hillsboro’s original

award-winning visioning eort, the Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Acton Plan.

For the past een years, Hillsboro 2020 has served as a catalyst for a

wide range of community enhancements, partnerships and investments.

The overarching goal of the Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan is to extend

that success into the future, and guide Hillsboro’s future growth and

evoluon through coordinated, collaborave community engagement.

Thank you for your interest in our community’s plan for the future! Please

read on to learn more about the Hillsboro 2035 Vision, Focus Areas,

Iniaves and Acons.


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Initiative 1: Promote community wellness through expanded services,information, and access to healthy food and activities.

ACTION LEAD COMMUNITY PARTNER(S) TIMELINE

A. Facilitate access to fresh, healthy food

at farmers’ markets, co-ops, restaurants,

clinics and other neighborhood locaons

• Hillsboro Farmers’ Market, Inc.

B. Expand the number and geographic

availability of community gardens

• City of Hillsboro

C. Conduct an educaon campaign to promote

healthy eang and tness

• Tuality Healthcare

• OSU Extension Service

D. Establish food pantries, school backpack or

similar programs in all schools

• Hillsboro Ministerial

Associaon

E. Expand wellness iniaves in schools, and

incorporate fresh local food in lunches

• Hillsboro School District

Initiatives and Actions

HEALTH, WELLNESS + SAFETY

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2020+


Health,Wellness andSafety

HILLSBORO 2035FOCUS AREA


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Initiative 2: Strengthen social support networks to elevate those inneed.


A. Increase employment opportunies for

people with disabilies and U.S. veterans by

encouraging business and public sector hiring

• Tualan Valley Workshop

B. Pursue housing-rst strategies to provide

the homeless with stable shelter while they

are accessing other services

• Community Acon

C. Provide home repair help for people living

in poverty

• Rebuilding Together

Washington County

D. Provide targeted assistance for at-risk

populaons to reduce homelessness

including transional youth

• Community Acon

E. Develop a family jusce center with one-

stop access to services


• Domesc Violence Resource

Center

F. Expand capacity of culturally-competenthealth care and help ensure people without

insurance maintain access to services

• Tuality Healthcare• Virginia Garcia Memorial

Health Center

2020+

2020+

2020+

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Initiative 4: Increase the supply of affordable housing to serveHillsboro’s growing workforce and people at all income levels.


A. Develop a city-wide workforce housing

strategy


B. Expand the number of aracve,

energy-ecient workforce housing

opons citywide

• Bienestar

C. Facilitate development of innovave housing

such as pocket-neighborhoods, micro-

housing, aging-in-place and live-work spaces


Initiative 3: Create systems to facilitate aging-in-place and quality oflife for our growing senior population.


A. Create and implement an eldercarestrategy to increase access to senior

housing and health care

• Washington County

B. Oer recreaon classes and informaon

workshops for seniors


C. Expand senior engagement and volunteer

opportunies

• Elders in Acon

D. Promote technology portals through

which seniors can network and

access informaon and services (e.g.

transportaon assistance)

• Washington County

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2020+

2020+




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Initiative 5: Keep Hillsboro safe through proactive communitypolicing, re prevention and emergency preparedness.


A. Connue to update public safety

techniques and technology to serve our

growing and evolving community


B. Expand public safety educaon,

communicaons and acve parcipaon

opportunies for community members


C. Increase police presence in parks,

neighborhoods and schools


D. Update and follow best-pracces for

use-of-force and mental health response

incidents


E. Increase public safety workforce diversity

to reect Hillsboro’s demographics


F. Increase disaster preparedness through

educaon, engagement and advancedwarning systems





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Lead Community Partners

• City of Hillsboro• Community Acon

• Hillsboro Chamber

• Hillsboro Community Foundaon

• Hillsboro School District• Pacic University

• Portland Community College

• Hillsboro Tuesday Night Market

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITYINVOLVEMENT

Goal StatementHillsboro’s comprehensive educaon system ranks

among the best in the naon. Students have equal

access to cung-edge career and workforce programs,

technology and other unique educaonal opportunies,

making Hillsboro a preferred city for businesses, workers

and families. Hillsboro remains a welcoming and

aracve home to all people. Community events and

acvies, personal connecons, cultural understanding

and civic engagement create an environment where

every resident has a voice and a role in keeping

Hillsboro a great place to live, work, play, learn and visit.

To view a current list of Lead and Supporng Community Partners, please visit hillsboro2035.org


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Initiative 1: Pursue and promote continued excellence in HillsboroSchools.


A. Reduce student-to-teacher classroom

raos


B. Develop advanced learning experiences

(STEAM) in schools with help from the

community


C. Increase the percentage of students

enrolled in challenging curriculums

including Advance Placement and

Internaonal Baccalaureate programs


D. Expand dual credit programs and increase

student enrollment in college


E. Establish a community school support

program to help meet educaon needs

with help from parents and professionals


EDUCATION + COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2020+


Education andCommunityInvolvement



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Initiative 2: Embrace and expand alternative and lifelong learningopportunities.


A. Grow Hillsboro higher-educaonopportunies and 4-year college presence

• Portland Community College• Pacic University

B. Jump start student learning and success

by expanding access to free and

subsidized pre-school educaon

• Community Acon

C. Establish community learning informaon

centers at libraries and other locaons,

with one-stop access to educaon and

personal enrichment resources


Initiative 3: Strengthen Hillsboro’s status as an advanced learningcenter with strong career development facilities and programming.


A. Create a technology-based innovaon

center to smulate interest in and access

to science, entrepreneurship and career

pathway opportunies


B. Promote student career and technical

training opportunies to parents



C. Expand student internship and scholarship

opportunies


D. Provide exible workforce training for

Hillsboro residents seeking Hillsboro jobs



2020+

2020+



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Initiative 4: Expand efforts to make Hillsboro a welcoming home toall people.


A. Develop a cultural inclusion strategy andexpand engagement to minority populaons


B. Host art and food-based community

events, including events on the eastside of

Hillsboro, to bring people together

• Hillsboro Tuesday Night Market

Initiative 5: Foster a culture of civic engagement, participation andvolunteerism.


A. Develop and promote volunteer

opportunies to include diverse community

members


B. Expand youth engagement in community

aairs and government


C. Build philanthropic support and investment

by connecng people with causes, engaging

residents and youth in community-building,

and celebrang community philanthropy

• Hillsboro Community

Foundaon

D. Encourage broader parcipaon in

community educaon and leadership programs


E. Host a Cizens’ Academy to educate and

engage residents about City issues, governance

and community involvement opportunies





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Lead Community Partners




Goal StatementHillsboro’s world class economy, advanced

technical training, and innovave, business-

friendly culture aracts investments and

supports businesses of all sizes. State of

the art infrastructure systems including

communicaons, roads, transit and water

supply are in place and connually updated to

accommodate the city’s growth and evoluon.Hillsboro is a vibrant, regional desnaon for

arts, recreaon, cuisine and entertainment.

ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

To view a current list of Lead and Supporng Community Partners, please visit hillsboro2035.org

Courtesy of Genentech


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ECONOMY + INFRASTRUCTURE

Initiative 1: Promote and preserve Hillsboro’s business-friendlyculture.


A. Encourage business of all sizes to

parcipate in community-building

partnerships (e.g. volunteerism,

philanthropy and leadership)


B. Advocate for Hillsboro business

interests with lawmakers and regulatory

agencies


C. Educate residents and stakeholders

about the various ways large-employer

jobs, investment and tax payments

contribute to community enhancements




Economy andInfrastructure


Courtesy of Infomart Data Centers


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Initiative 3: Sustain Hillsboro’s role as Oregon’s economic engine by retaining,expanding and recruiting technology and other traded-sector industries.


A. Implement acvies including industry

cluster development, markeng and

business outreach to support retenon,

expansion and recruitment of companies

with emphasis on technology and

manufacturing


B. Facilitate technology employment

opportunies for Hillsboro residents by

expanding and promong specialized

training


C. Develop and enhance Hillsboro’s globally

compeve infrastructure essenal to

supporng and aracng traded-sector

employers including development

ready sites, transportaon, workforce,

communicaons systems, water supply

and incenves



Initiative 2: Encourage and support the growth of emergingindustries, small business and the spirit of entrepreneurship.


A. Develop incenves and resources tosupport entrepreneurship, start-ups and

small businesses including mentoring and

experse from the business and educaon

communies

• City of Hillsboro• Hillsboro Chamber

B. Assemble a locally-focused capital

network to aract and promote

entrepreneurship



C. Promote and celebrate small business

success


D. Develop a food innovaon center with

commercial kitchen incubator space


2020+

2020+



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Initiative 4: Expand Hillsboro’s inventory of local shopping,entertainment and dining destinations.


A. Develop a retail and restaurant strategy

promong development of locally-

owned retail, high end dining, breweries,

wineries, food carts, and contemporary

shopping in Downtown and other districts

such as Tanasbourne, Orenco and South

Hillsboro



B. Develop an entertainment and tourism

strategy including market analysis on

potenal desnaon aracons andamenies (e.g. water park, amusement

park, convenon center, resort hotel)





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Initiative 5: Continue efforts to develop a vibrant, mixed-usedowntown as a unique attraction.


A. Implement a downtown revitalizaon

program to restore buildings and increase

public amenies downtown


B. Enhance and promote unique downtown

districts (including Main Street, 10th Ave.,

SW Industrial, and Health & Educaon

District) by working to increase housing,

foot-trac and investment


C. Create walkable connecons to

downtown from neighborhoods and

Jackson Boom Wetlands



2020+

2020+



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Initiative 6: Implement efforts to ease trafc congestion in and aroundHillsboro.


A. Following from the Washington County

West Side Transportaon Study, advocate

for a more ecient mulmodal west side

transportaon soluon for people andfreight between Highway 26 and I-5


B. Support connued expansion of Highway

26 including lanes, interchange capacity

and bridges through targeted policies and

pursuit of regional funding


C. Add capacity to the regional arterial street

network to ease congeson and improve

freight mobility, with emphasis on north-south corridors


D. Dedicate resources to repair, maintain and

enhance exisng roadways



2020+

2020+



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Livability andRecreation


Initiative 1: Launch a sustained, multi-faceted effort to make Hillsboroa clean and inviting community citywide.


A. Conduct proacve property

maintenance educaon, outreach and

code enforcement


B. Involve home owner associaons,

renters and others in community

clean-up and adopt-a-road programs

• SOLVE

C. Launch an urban tree, plant and ora

beaucaon program

• SOLVE

D. Establish a community forestry

management program (e.g. Tree City

USA)


LIVABILITY + RECREATION

2020+



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Initiative 2: Foster distinct, vibrant neighborhoods featuring qualitydevelopment, preserved landmarks, a variety of housing, andservices safely accessible by walking, biking, transit, or shortcommute.


A. Idenfy locaons and facilitate

development of retail, dining and services

within walking and biking distance of

neighborhoods


B. Make parks and open space accessible to

all neighborhoods


C. Preserve heritage homes and structures • City of Hillsboro

D. Adopt standards for urban design with

emphasis on creang or preserving

neighborhood character and “sense of

place”


E. Develop a world-class high-speed

communicaons system



2020+



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Initiative 3: Expand Hillsboro’s inventory of community events,festivals and family activities citywide.


A. Extend seasonal access to farmers

markets with a focus on exploring year-

round and indoor opons

• Hillsboro Farmers’ Market, Inc.

B. Encourage development of plazas,

streetscapes, green spaces and other new

venues for holding community events citywide


C. Expand the role of libraries as acvity and

educaon centers by adding programming

and locaons


Initiative 4: Ensure Hillsboro remains a thriving hub for arts andcultural activities.


A. Develop a comprehensive, vibrant public

art program


B. Add performing arts and other cultural

arts venues and acvies at mulple

locaons citywide


C. Support iniaves to expand art

“districts,” galleries, studios and maker-

spaces



2020+



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Initiative 6: Expand recreational facilities and opportunities to serveHillsboro’s growing and diversifying population.


A. Develop community centers to serve

seniors, youth and families citywide


B. Create interacve trails with amenies

like art and cultural acvies



Initiative 5: Continue to build a full-service, world-class parks systemscaled to meet growing community demand.


A. Increase parks accessibility for people

with disabilies and create at least

one desnaon park for disabled

community members


B. Create one or more “regional”

desnaon parks


C. Develop new nature playgrounds • City of Hillsboro

D. Add new dog parks • City of Hillsboro

2020+

2020+



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Initiative 7: Make Hillsboro walkable and bicycle-friendly citywide fordaily living and recreation.


A. Connue to complete gaps in Hillsboro’ssidewalk network, with an emphasis on

sidewalks near school zones


B. Add and promote o-street walking,

running and hiking trails citywide


C. Improve on-street bicycle commute and

recreaon infrastructure by adding lanes,

improving buers and connecons, and

promong designated travel routes


Initiative 8: Continue to enhance alternative transportation options,services and facilities.


A. Extend public transit hours, routes and

services

• TriMet

B. Enhance appearance, quality and safety ofbus shelters and MAX staons • TriMet

C. Work with employers to increase transit

usage, develop express service opons,

and idenfy addional commute

eciencies

• Westside Transportaon

Alliance

D. Promote emerging transportaon

alternaves that reduce single-occupancy

car use

• Westside Transportaon

Alliance




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Goal StatementHillsboro is a sustainable community that

takes proacve steps to protect natural assets,

minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and

recover, recycle and renew resources. Residents,

businesses and community instuons

understand the link between economic

prosperity and environmental health, and work

collaboravely to maintain a thriving city forfuture generaons.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Hillsboro Environmental Sustainability Plan

Sustainability has long been an integral component

of Hillsboro’s community vision and identy. The

six focus areas of the Hillsboro 2020 Vision and

Acton Plan have successfully addressed many

aspects of environmental, social and economic

livability. Under the Hillsboro 2020 “Preserving the

Environment” umbrella, more than a dozen acons

were implemented to advance environmental

sustainability, from acquiring and restoring crical

habitat to promong environmentally-friendly

construcon and increasing the proporon of

Hillsboro’s energy derived from renewable sources.

In 2010, a new vision acon led to the creaon of

a task force to expand upon and coordinate the

implementaon of environmental sustainabilityiniaves idened through visioning outreach.

Over the past few years, the Hillsboro Sustainability

Task Force has used that visioning input and

worked with a variety of public and private sector

partners to develop a new Hillsboro Environmental

Sustainability Plan (ESP). While the Hillsboro 2035

Community Plan sets a broad road map for building


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Implementation Stewards


• Clean Energy Works

• Clean Water Services

• Energy Trust of Oregon



• Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council

• Northwest Natural Gas

• Oregon Department of Energy

• Oregon Department of Environmental

Quality


• Portland General Electric

• Washington County Recycling

• Westside Transportaon Alliance

The ESP contains three primary goal areas and

numerous specic acons – both exisng and

potenal – to be carried out over the next veyears. The ESP is designed to be exible and easily

updated as new opportunies arise, addional

implementaon partners step forward and

technological advances provide new approaches for

achieving Plan goals.

Within each of the ESP goal areas, the Task Force has

idened specic indicators and targets for tracking

progress and outlined a series of program, project

and policy acons to move the Plan forward. A

variety of community organizaons have volunteered

to serve as implementaon stewards. Each year,

the Task Force will collect empirical data and survey

implementaon stewards to develop an annual

progress report as part of the overall Hillsboro 2035

reporng process.

a more sustainable community (including social,

economic and broader livability issues), the ESP

is specically focused on stewardship of the

environmental goals therein. In this sense, the

Environmental Sustainability Plan is essenally a

h Hillsboro 2035 focus area.


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Major Plan goal areas and objecves, with some examples of potenal acons from over 60 that have been

idened, include:

Energy Objectives:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Reduce use of non-renewable energy resources• Expand use of renewable energy resources to meet demand

Example Acon Proposals:

Home ‘energy score’ pilot project

Energy related educaon and resources for residents and businesses

Biogas to energy (i.e., renewable natural gas)

Enhance employee commute opons and incenves

Enhancement of bicycle infrastructure

Resource Conservation Objectives:

• Enhance understanding of the importance of natural assets and

ecosystem services

• Protect and enhance environmental assets (air, land, water and

habitat)

• Foster healthy human and wildlife populaons


Tree planng campaign

Promote EcoBiz and golf course eco-cercaon

Monitor bird and amphibian diversity and health

Promote sustainability awards program

Curtail air polluon from wood and debris burning

Resource Recovery and Renewal Objectives:

• Reduce waste stream volumes

• Repurpose waste stream elements for benecial use

• Pursue a “one-water” use and reuse strategy


Encourage proper backyard composng

Encourage use of durable commercial goods (e.g., food service ware)

Enhance recycling opportunies at mul-family developments

Explore opons for food waste composng

Incorporate sustainable development principles into City codes


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2013 2014 2015

HillsboroCommunity Profile

Community IdeasVision and ActionPlan Development

Community Leader InterviewsCommunity Data Assessment

Citizen Phone SurveyPublic Engagement Planning

Profile Report

Community ConversationsPublic Forums

SurveysCollect Community Ideas

Set Up Theme Teams

Theme Team MeetingsCommunity Review & Prioritization

Recruit PartnersComplete Plan

City Council Review

1 2 3

COMMUNITY PLAN CONTEXT ANDPROCESSThe Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan was developed

over a three-stage process as depicted in the graphic

below. Early demographic and trend research in 2013

helped frame extensive public outreach, community

conversaons and input on Hillsboro’s future by over

5,000 community members. The resulng feedback

was then sorted into idea themes and referenced by

teams of over 60 community volunteers and topic-

area experts to create specic acon proposals.

Those proposals were priorized through a

community review survey, and the highly-supported

acons were adopted by community partners forimplementaon. The Hillsboro City Council adopted

the Plan in July 2015.

The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan was developed

in advance of updates to the City’s Comprehensive

Plan and Transportaon System Plan. The laer

documents inform the way the City plans and funds

land use and infrastructure improvements. Engaging

the public at the community vision level generated a

list of public ideas, goals, preferences and priories

related to mobility, housing, exisng and future

neighborhood character and many other planning

topics. City of Hillsboro Planning and Transportaon

sta will conduct addional outreach associated with

both Plan updates.


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Online Engagement

• Resident E-mails

• E-Newsleer

• Facebook /Twier

• Hillsboro Employer Survey

• Peak Democracy Ideaon Forum

• Community Review Acon Priorizaon Survey

Community Presentaons, Listening Sessions and Interviews

• Brown Middle School Career Fair

• Business Integrity Group

• Century High School Leadership Class

• Community Leader Interviews

• Creave Conversaons Group

• Downtown Business Group

• Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council

• Hillsboro Chamber Board

• Hillsboro Community Foundaon

• Hillsboro Community Senior Center

• Hillsboro High School Leadership Class

• Hillsboro Landmarks Advisory Commiee

• Hillsboro Parks and Recreaon Commission

• Hillsboro Pastor’s Associaon

• Hillsboro Planning Commission

• Hillsboro Resident Telephone Survey

• Hillsboro Rotary Club

• Hillsboro School District Long Range PlanningGroup

• Hillsboro School District Parent Leadership Group

• Hillsboro Tuesday Night Market Board

• Hillsboro Youth Advisory Commiee

• Leadership Hillsboro

• Portland Community College Future Connect

• Realtor Forum

• Tanasbourne Business District

Community Outreach and Involvement

Between 2013 and 2015 over 5,000 individuals

directly parcipated in the development of the

Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan. The Hillsboro

2035 Task Force employed a variety of outreach

approaches to make engaging easy. Key documentsand surveys were also translated into Spanish to

facilitate access for a growing segment of Hillsboro’s

populaon. The majority of outreach took place

during the second phase of planning, referred to

as “Imagine Hillsboro 2035!” Some of the ways

the Task Force connected with the community

are outlined below. In addion, during the nal

phase of the project, approximately 800 individuals

completed a survey to idenfy their top priories

among proposed acons in the various Hillsboro

2035 focus areas.

PUBLICPARTICIPATION

HIGHLIGHTS 5,000+ total direct parcipants

2,000+ parcipants via e-input

1,400+ Facebook and e-newsleersubscribers

25 community conversaons

12 events and fesvals

14 idea boxes


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Community Events and Fesvals

• Celebrate Hillsboro• Centro Cultural Children’s Celebraon

• Hillsboro Arts & Culture Summit

• Hillsboro Lano Cultural Fesval

• Hillsboro Youth Invasion

• Hillsboro 2020 Town Hall

• Intel Earth Day Event• Intel Ronler Acres Open House

• Showme at Shute Park (2)

• Tanasbourne Town Hall 2013

• Whole Foods Earth Day Event

• WL Henry Elementary School Carnival

Idea Boxes

• Hillsboro Civic Center

• Hillsboro Public Library

• Insomnia Coee (two locaons)• M & M Market

• New Seasons Market

• Portland Community College, Hillsboro Campus

• Reedville Café

• Shute Park Aquac & Recreaon Center

• Shute Park Branch Library

• Tuality Community Hospital• Unitus Community Credit Union

• Whole Foods Market

• Yesenia’s Market

CommunityOutreach andInvolvement

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COMMUNITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATIONOversight Committee

Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan implementaonwill be guided by a cizen-led Oversight Commiee

appointed by the Mayor and City Council, with

administrave support provided by the City of

Hillsboro. The Commiee will consist of members as

follows:

• One Hillsboro City Council liaison

• Two Community Partners from each of the ve

focus areas (invitaons to parcipate in the

Oversight Commiee will be rotated to include a

diversity of partners)

• Public-at-large members with representaves ofcommunity interests, including but not limited

to:

• Neighborhoods and Districts

• Mul-Cultural Community

• Faith Community

Members serve two-year terms. Individual memberterms may be renewed by mutual agreement. The

Chair is selected from among the public-at-large

candidates. The Chair appoints a Vice-Chair, also

from among the public-at-large members, to serve

as his or her proxy and successor. Commiee Chair

responsibilies include:

• Approving agendas and leading Commiee

meengs

• Parcipang in project planning sessions

• Providing periodic updates to City Council

• Promong vision progress and publicparcipaon

• Assisng with visits from interested pares


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The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan Oversight Commiee (and/or Focus

Area Subcommiees) will meet at least quarterly. The primary role of the

Commiee is to monitor, facilitate and report implementaon progress.

Specic roles and responsibilies include:

• Organizing Community Partner events and meengs

• Collecng annual informaon on Community Partner progress• Producing an annual progress report

• Hosng an annual community celebraon

• Promong implementaon achievements

• Evaluang and recommending minor modicaons to acons

• Conducng community engagement and acon updates at ve year

intervals

Lead Community Partner Role

Individual acons are implemented under the guidance of Lead

Community Partner organizaons. Lead Community Partner

responsibilies include:

• Leading implementaon of adopted acons

• Idenfying Support Partners and resources to facilitate

implementaon

• Providing annual progress reports to the Community Plan Oversight

Commiee

• Parcipang in periodic Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan events and

celebraons


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HILLSBORO 2020 LEGACYThe Hillsboro 2020 Vision and Acton Plan has served as Hillsboro’s roadmap since the year 2000. Much like

the Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan, Hillsboro 2020 was assembled with broad community parcipaon and

implemented with help from dozens of community partners. Including updates in 2005 and 2010, the Vision andAcon Plan ulmately served as home-base for 180 community projects and programs. Those priories were

iniated and implemented, some as one-me acons, others and connuing programs that remain in place

today.

Hillsboro 2020 Hall of Fame: Implemented Actions

• 10th Avenue Public Place

• Access to the Web

• ADA Intersecon Ramps

• Airport Master Plan

Involvement• Art and Exhibit Tours

• Arts and Culture Facility

Inventory

• Arts Funding Development

• Athlec Event Aracon and

Promoon

• Barrier-free Housing Educaon

and Incenves

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory

Commiee

• Bike/Pedestrian Easement

Idencaon• Bike Rack Policy

• Building Community

• Business Land/ Space Database

• Business Targeng Research

• Child Care

• Cizen Involvement Advisory

Commiee

• City-Neighborhood

Communicaons• City-Wide Business Markeng

and Recruitment

• Collaboraon with Washington

County VAN

• Common Zip Code

• Community-wide Day of

Service

• Community Data Network

Strategy

• Community Educaon and

Training Links

• Community Events• Community Events Calendar

• Community Garden

Development

• Community Landscaping

Strategy

• Community Leadership Training

• Community Safety Training/

Targeng

• Concerts and Movies in thePark

• Display Art in Public Venues

• Diverse Housing Goals

• Downtown Community

Meeng Centers

• Downtown Core Area Vision

• Downtown Markeng /

Business Recruitment

• Downtown Parking Strategy

• Downtown Redevelopment

Opportunies

• Early Childhood LearningInventory and Access

• Ecological Business Program

• Educaon/Training

Coordinaon

ImplementedActions

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• Emergency Shelter Supply

• Enhance Business Internship

Programs

• Environment-Friendly

Construcon Educaon• Environment-Friendly

Construcon Incenves

• Events to Benet Non-prots

• Expanded Aer School

Programs

• Expanded Farmers’ Market

• Expanded Volunteer

Opportunies

• Expand Essenal Health Clinic

• Expand Health Services and

Capacity

• Family-Wage Jobs Creaon

• Family-Wage Jobs Prole

• Fund Pathways

• Greenway Easement Advocacy

• Health Care Access and

Funding Advocacy

• Health Care Barrier Removal

• Health Care Referral Service

Expansion

• Health Care Services Educaon

• Hillsboro Lano Cultural

Fesval• Hillsboro Moo Development

• Hillsboro Public-Private

Sustainability Task Force

• Historic/Cultural Sites

Educaon

• Historic Structure Incenves

• Host Film Events

• Housing Inventory Assessment

• Housing with “Visitability”

• Housing Zone Formula

• Idenfy/Map Pathways

• Idenfy and Support Economic

Acvity Centers• Idenfy Historic Sites

• Integrated Bike Network

• Jackson Boom Wetlands

Access

• Jackson Boom Wetlands

Enhancement

• Juvenile Fire Seng Prevenon

• Landscaped Area Opportunies

• Language Network Expansion

• Language Network Technology

• Libraries as Resource Centers

Promoon

• Library System Access

Enhancement

• Light Polluon Program

• Local Fitness Promoon

• Local Goods and Services

Procurement

• Local Transit System

• Locaon-Appropriate Public

Safety Strategies

• Math and Science Educaon

• Mul-Cultural BusinessResources Involvement

• Mul-Lingual Emergency

Training Enhancement

• Musical Performances

Expansion

• Natural Resource Inventory

• Neighborhood Gathering

Places

• Neighborhood Projects Toolkit

• New Arts/Cras Fairs

• New Community Food-Tasng

Event

• New Cultural Arts Center• New Educaon Acon Council

• New ESL Programming

• New Hillsboro Arts & Culture

Council

• New Historic Landmarks

Commiee

• New Lano Cultural Center

Study

• New Local Arts Compeon

• New Local Economic

Development Strategy

• New Local Educaon/High-Tech

Consorum

• New Local Historical Society

• New Outreach Program

Development

• New Parks Property

Idencaon

• New Seniors and Youth

Partnerships

• New Tree Planng Program

• New Youth Aer School

Programs• O-leash Dog Area

• Online Technology Access

• Parent Involvement in Schools

• Parks and Transportaon

Coordinaon

• Parks Facilies Inventory

• Parks Land Incenve

• Parks Land Inventory/Analysis


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• Parks Master Plan Update

• Pest and Weed Control

Promoon

• Philanthropist and Volunteer

Recognion

• Philanthropy Educaon

• Planning and Zoning Standards

Evaluaon

• Planng Nave Species

• Polluon Codes Review

• Polluon Hot-Lines

• Promote Health Care Access for

Children

• Promote Parcipaon in Local

Decisions

• Public Art• Public Online Centers and

Computer Systems

• Public Places Need/Promoon

• Public Safety Issue Response

Mechanisms

• Public Safety Planning

• Public Safety Promoon

• Public Square Task Force and

Development

• Recreaonal Programs

Enhancement

• Regional TransportaonLeadership

• Regional Water Supply

Leadership

• Renewable Energy Pilot

Projects

• Renewable Energy Source Use

Promoon

• Resource Area Designaon and

Acquision

• Resource Area Regulaon

• Resource Conservaon

Incenves

• Restoraon Programs

Coordinaon

• Safe Routes to School

• School Resource Ocers

Program Connuaon

• Senior Housing Opons

• Sidewalk Compleon andRepair

• Signage Development and

Implementaon Plan

• Small Business Resource Center

• Smart Crossings

• Stream Restoraon Assessment

• Streams/Wetlands Stewardship

Educaon

• Student Involvement in

Government

• Support Neighborhood Clean-

Up Days• Support Performing Groups

• Surface Water Polluon

Educaon

• Sustainability Outreach

Program

• Sustainable Schools

• Third Places Incenve

• Third Places Site Opons

• Transit Service Expansion

• Transit System Expansion and

Promoon

• Volunteer Database

• Waste Reducon/Recycling

Educaon for Youth

• Waste Reducon Promoon

• Water Conservaon Program

Development

• Water Systems Support

• Welcome to Hillsboro Program• Wildlife Habitat Restoraon

and Educaon

• Winter Community Celebraon

• Wireless Networks Access

• Workforce Development

• Youth Arts Support

• Zoning and Development

Codes Revision

• “Third Places” Business

Support

• “Visitability” Educaon

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSHillsboro 2035 Task Force

Ted Vacek, Chair

Hal Ballard

Quinn Bauer

Michael Brown

Steve Callaway

Nick Eaton

Jorjia Fields

James Gleason

Karen Henkemeyer

Doug Johnson

Jon-Michael Kowertz

Jaime Miranda

Luis Nava

Deanna Palm

Adam Sael

Bryan Welsh

Tom Wolf

Hillsboro 2020 Vision Implementation Committee 2014-2015

Doug Johnson, Chair

Quinn Bauer

Michael Brown

Jenny Cadigan

Steve Callaway

Cece Clitheroe

John Coulter

Paul Danko

Jorjia Fields

James Gleason

Beth Graser

Karen Henkemeyer

Sia Lindstrom

Deanna Palm

Heather Robinson

Bruce Roll

Adam Sael

Ted Vacek

Bryan Welsh

Tom Wolf

H i l l s b o r o

2 0 2 0

V i s i o n I m p l e m e n

t a t i o n C o m m i t t e e

2 0 1 4 - 2

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Hillsboro 2035 Theme Team Participants

Economy andInfrastructure

Ed Arrington

Jenny CadiganMark Clemons

Saron Cleveland

Jorjia Fields

Doug Johnson

Jon-Michael Kowertz

Josue Mondragon

Don Odermo

Deanna Palm

Carly Riter

Adam Sael

Cameron SoranTacy Steele

Pam Treece

Educaon andCommunity Involvement

Dr. Jeremy Brown

Michael BrownSteve Callaway

Aron Carleson

Aubrey Clark

Jocelyn Done

Nick Eaton

Beth Graser

Steve Larson

Linda Lybecker

Janel McKenna

Luis Nava

Deanna PalmKarissa Pavlik

Shahid Sheikh

Kim Strelchun

Health, Wellness andSafety

Dan Aberg

Olga AcuñaPaulina Castro

Paul Danko

Ignolia Duyck

James Gleason

Sarah Huggins

Steve Krautscheid

Sia Lindstrom

Henry Reimann

Dan Rutzick

Shauna Sauer

Emily SmithStorm Smith

Ramsay Weit

Livability andRecreaon

Tina Bailey

Hal BallardQuinn Bauer

Cris Caravaca

Brad Choi

John Coulter

Kay Demlow

Sean Morgan

Daniel Smith

Ted Vacek

Laura Weigel

Bryan Welsh

Mayor Jerry WilleyTom Wolf

Hillsboro Sustainability Task Force 2014-2015

Ted Vacek, Chair, Hillsboro 2035 Task Force

Melanie Adams, Hillsboro Building Department

Carol Brown, Portland General Electric

Elaine Cole, Portland Community College

Brian Glazebrook, NetAppBob Grover, Hillsboro Chamber

Kevin Hanway, Joint Water Commission

Sharon McCarty, Hillsboro School District

Willy Paul, Kaiser Permanente

Karissa Pavlik, Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council

Carly Riter, Intel Corp.

Heather Robinson, Hillsboro 2020 Rep.

Loren Rogers, Hillsboro School District

Bruce Roll, Clean Water Services

Kimberley Sackman, Epson Portland, Inc.

Staff and Professional Assistance

Chris Hartye, City of Hillsboro Project Manager

Dacia Bakkum, City of Hillsboro Project SpecialistJason Robertson, J Robertson and Company

Michele Neary, Mad Bird Design

Jose Jaime, J and L Translaons

Photo Credits

City of Hillsboro

GenentechHillsboro Farmers’ Market, Inc.

Hillsboro School District

Infomart Data Centers

Portland Community College

Bruce Montgomery

Jess Stewart-Maize, Lens Flare Photography Studio

Elizabeth Telle

SOLVE


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NOTES


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Barometer by Devin Laurence Field

Dancing Chairs by James Schmidt


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