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Neighborhood group urges council to remove 120 Fifth extension from transportation plan; council asks staff for options
Summary
James Terwilliger, chair of the Greenway Neighborhood Association Committee, urged the council to remove a long-planned 120 Fifth extension from the city's transportation plan and keep the area as green space and a bike/walking connector. Council asked staff to return with options including trail or habitat uses.
James Terwilliger, chair of the Greenway Neighborhood Association Committee, urged the Beaverton City Council during public comment to remove the 120 Fifth extension from the transportation plan and preserve it as green space.
‘‘It is now a collection of significant growth tree forest, and is used as an unofficial bike path and a walking path as a connector from north to south,’’ Terwilliger said, asking that the city consider making it an official bike corridor or trail and recommending it be removed from the transportation plan.
Mayor Beatty acknowledged the testimony and said council new business would include follow-up. The mayor said the property is city-owned and suggested staff bring options for removing it from the transportation plan and ideas for alternative uses — which could include trail development, partnerships with Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD), or affordable-housing concepts such as a Habitat for Humanity cluster — while noting funding constraints and the need for feasible partnerships.
Several councilors said they supported returning the topic for staff analysis and discussion in a future work plan item. No formal council action was taken at the June 3 meeting; councilors asked staff to return with potential paths, funding sources and partnership options so the council could consider removing the extension from the transportation plan or identifying alternative uses for the site.
