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Presentation to Inform City Commission about Proposed Redevelopment of the Lower Campus of the Forest Edge Apartments Complex
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
There is no recommended City Commission action at this time. Our objective is to inform the City Commission and the public of an application to re-occupy the lower campus of the Forest Edge Apartments. We foresee this proposal to be a community interest item. In addition, given the challenges of this project we underscore the expectation that the application and all subsequent submittal information receive the highest regard of review and scrutiny. The City’s review includes many technical criteria including Natural Resource Overlay District Code, Geologic Hazard Code, Site Plan and Design Review Code, including Stormwater and Grading Design Standards, and Building Code.
BACKGROUND:
The Forest Edge Apartments are located at 14155 Beavercreek Road, Oregon City, Oregon. The apartments consist of an Upper Campus and Lower Campus connected by a paved roadway that traverses an incised drainage way which separates the two campuses. The apartment buildings on the Lower Campus were evacuated in the winter of 2015 following emergency declarations by the City Commission (Resolution 15-39 and 15-40) due to significant rainfall that saturated the soil and created a dangerous situation for the residents. With renewed significant landslide activity, the Building Official deemed the lower campus builds to be “Dangerous Buildings” and the Lower Campus was closed for occupancy, and it has been vacant since 2015.
This presentation will summarize the current state of the proposed redevelopment efforts for the Lower Campus of the Forest Edge Apartments. The property was purchased by RJL Holdings, LLC in 2016 with the purpose of stabilizing and rehabilitating the lower campus. In July 2018, GeoDesign, Inc. provided the City with a comprehensive geotechnical report summarizing the geologic characterization of the ...
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