Conditional Use CU 2019-07 Woodburn High School addition/expansion - 1785 N. Front Street

Conditional Use (CU) 2019-07
Woodburn High School (H.S.) addition and expansion.

The proposal, which the Woodburn School District 103 refers to as "Career & Technical Education (CTE)”, is about partial site redevelopment including a main building addition/expansion at the north, removal of a few existing modular buildings, addition of a north outbuilding, adding a driveway on Hazelnut Drive aligned with Graystone Drive, and partial upgrades of the east front visitor and rear staff parking area drive aisles with striped walkway crossings and shade trees.  The addition/expansion is in place of the demolished remains of a portion of the main building destroyed by fire accidentally set by students on May 11, 2012.

Street Exception & Phasing
The project comes with a Street Exception approval to not upgrade the N. Front Street frontage to present standards and a Phasing Plan approval for a project of Phases 1 & 2 – including to defer to Phase 2 all frontage/public/street improvements that remain required.  The application materials indicated that Phase 2 would be as late as 2027, and there is no condition requiring that the applicant construct Phase 2, construct the public improvements, or pay a fee in-lieu.  

Mill Creek Greenway
The conditions include obtaining a public access easement 20 feet wide minimum along the Mill Creek Greenway Trail corridor, but do not include construction of bicycle/pedestrian trail improvements based on the Mill Creek Greenway Master Plan or payment of a fee in-lieu. 

City case planner / reviewing planner:  Colin Cortes, AICP, CNU-A, Senior Planner.