1 BORLAND URBAN RESERVE AREA Total Acres 1,354 Parcel Acres 1,170 Gross Vacant Buildable Acres 482 Net Vacant Buildable Acres 366 General Description (see attached map) The Borland Urban Reserve Area is a large irregular shaped area that straddles Interstate 205 along SW Borland Road and is 1,354 acres in size. The UGB forms the eastern boundary and a portion of the western boundary with the Tualatin River forming the northern edge. The land north of the Tualatin River and the land south and west of SW Stafford Road is urban reserve. Athey Creek and Fields Creek along with numerous other streams flow north through the reserve area to the Tualatin River. The area is generally flat with some slopes greater than 10% along the stream corridors and very minor areas of slopes greater than 25%. Access to the area is provided by SW Borland Road and SW Stafford Road. METRO CODE REQUIREMENTS Clear transition between urban and rural lands, using natural and built features to mark the transition (see attached aerial photo) The UGB forms the western and eastern boundaries of the urban reserve area. The Tualatin River provides a natural feature that marks the transition between urban and rural lands on the north side of the reserve area. A combination of steep forested slopes and homeowner association land provides a transition between urban and rural lands for almost the entire southern edge of the reserve area. Many of the adjacent rural residences in this location are 200-300 feet above the land in the urban reserve area. Additional buffers will need to be incorporated into the planning and design of the urban reserve area in a few locations along the southern edge to provide a clear transition from urban to rural uses. Overall there are natural features along the vast majority of the urban-rural edge to mark the transition between urban and rural lands. Protection of farmland that is most important for the continuation of commercial agriculture in the region The urban and rural reserves process designated the most important land for commercial agriculture as rural reserves and the most suitable land for urbanization as urban reserves. Designation of this area as an urban reserve means farmland within this reserve area is not the most important for the continuation of commercial agriculture in the region.
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BORLAND URBAN RESERVE AREA
Total Acres 1,354 Parcel Acres 1,170
Gross Vacant Buildable Acres
482 Net Vacant Buildable Acres
366
General Description (see attached map)
The Borland Urban Reserve Area is a large irregular shaped area that straddles Interstate 205 along SW Borland Road and is 1,354 acres in size. The UGB forms the eastern boundary and a portion of the western boundary with the Tualatin River forming the northern edge. The land north of the Tualatin River and the land south and west of SW Stafford Road is urban reserve. Athey Creek and Fields Creek along with numerous other streams flow north through the reserve area to the Tualatin River. The area is generally flat with some slopes greater than 10% along the stream corridors and very minor areas of slopes greater than 25%. Access to the area is provided by SW Borland Road and SW Stafford Road.
METRO CODE REQUIREMENTS
Clear transition between urban and rural lands, using natural and built features to mark the transition (see attached aerial photo)
The UGB forms the western and eastern boundaries of the urban reserve area. The Tualatin River provides a natural feature that marks the transition between urban and rural lands on the north side of the reserve area. A combination of steep forested slopes and homeowner association land provides a transition between urban and rural lands for almost the entire southern edge of the reserve area. Many of the adjacent rural residences in this location are 200-300 feet above the land in the urban reserve area. Additional buffers will need to be incorporated into the planning and design of the urban reserve area in a few locations along the southern edge to provide a clear transition from urban to rural uses. Overall there are natural features along the vast majority of the urban-rural edge to mark the transition between urban and rural lands.
Protection of farmland that is most important for the continuation of commercial agriculture in the region
The urban and rural reserves process designated the most important land for commercial agriculture as rural reserves and the most suitable land for urbanization as urban reserves. Designation of this area as an urban reserve means farmland within this reserve area is not the most important for the continuation of commercial agriculture in the region.
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Avoidance of conflict with regionally significant fish and wildlife habitat
Regionally significant riparian and upland wildlife habitat not constrained by steep slopes or in public ownership covers 233 acres and is focused on the Tualatin River and the numerous stream corridors that flow north through the reserve area to the river. The locations of these streams tend to divide the reserve area into smaller unconstrained areas of land. The City of Tualatin, one of the likely governing bodies for the reserve area, has adopted riparian habitat protection measures in compliance with Metro’s Title 13 program through the Tualatin Basin Natural Resource Coordinating Committee’s protection program. The City will need to develop an upland habitat protection program that also complies with Title 13, which does allow for impacts to habitat areas. Likewise, the City of West Linn, the other likely governing body for the reserve area, has adopted riparian habitat protection measures in compliance with Metro’s Title 13 program. The City will also need to develop an upland habitat protection program that also complies with Title 13. Some of the stream corridors have adjacent steep slopes which will provide an additional level of protection for the riparian habitat areas. However the stream corridors are susceptible to impacts related to transportation connections needed to link the different sections of unconstrained land together. Overall urbanization could occur with low to moderate avoidance riparian and upland habitat depending on the number of transportation connections needed to stitch the developable areas together.
Contribution to the purposes of Centers and Corridors
Given the long linear shape of the reserve area, the east and west ends of the area are near two different 2040 designated centers. The eastern portion of the reserve area is just over a mile from the West Linn Willamette Town Center via Willamette Falls Drive. The Town Center is mostly built out with only a few parcels of undeveloped land available, mostly on the north side of I-205 away from the main commercial retail corridor along Willamette Falls Drive. The Willamette Historic District is within the Town Center. Metro’s 2017 State of the Centers Atlas shows a low total population, employees, people per acre and dwelling units per acre when compared with other town centers in the region. This is consistent with how the Town Center has developed with a main commercial street and single family residences.
The Tualatin Town Center is approximately 2.25 miles from the western portion of the reserve area via SW Borland Road, SW Sager Street and SW Boones Ferry Road. The Town Center’s central feature is the Lake at the Tualatin Commons development that includes residences, office and commercial uses surrounding a public plaza and walkway around the lake. The remainder of the Town Center is developed with numerous apartment complexes and a significant amount of auto oriented large scale commercial retail. Metro’s 2017 State of the Centers Atlas shows a higher population and a much higher number of employees when compared to other town centers in the region. The dwelling units per acre is average and the people per acre is low when compared to other town centers. The closest 2040 designated corridor to the reserve area is SW Boones Ferry Road in the Tualatin Town Center.
Urbanization of the reserve area will not contribute to the purpose of the Willamette Town Center as little is expected to change given the current success of the commercial street, the historic
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district designation on a portion of the land and West Linn’s desire to maintain the current development pattern. Likewise urbanization of the reserve area will not contribute to the purpose of the Tualatin Town Center or the SW Boones Ferry Road corridor given the distance between the two locations and the auto dominated environment of the Town Center along a major freight route to I-5.
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There are no warranties, expressed or implied, including the warranty of mechantability or fitness for a particular purpose, accompanying this product.
