Lake Oswego begins Foothills District plan update as wastewater-plant relocation opens redevelopment options

City of Lake Oswego planning staff on June 23 briefed the Planning Commission on a formal update to the Foothills District Framework Plan that will be guided by a recently awarded Metro planning grant and a new consultant contract and is being driven in part by a potential relocation of the Trion Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The update matters because the Foothills District — roughly 107 acres bounded by Birdshill, downtown, the Willamette River and Old Town — contains a mix of industrial, commercial and residential uses and is identified in the city's Housing Production Strategy as a target for rezoning and tax-increment financing to support affordable housing development.

Eric Olsen, Long Range Planning Manager for the City of Lake Oswego, told commissioners the city secured a Metro planning and development grant of $745,000 and has awarded a consultant team led by First 40 Feet, with subconsultants that include Eco Northwest, the Booking Group and an engineering firm, to prepare the update. Olsen said the consultant contract was approved June 17. "This work will be up until the end of 2027," Olsen said, describing a schedule that includes…