June 7, 2017
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FY 2015-16 URMD Annual Report released
URMD Annual Report
The Washington County Urban Road Maintenance District (URMD) published its FY 2015-2016 Annual Report.
Property owners in urban unincorporated Washington County pay $0.2456 per $1,000 assessed value in service district tax for URMD - less than $75 per year on a home assessed at $300,000. These tax dollars are used to fund maintenance on more than 446 miles of neighborhood streets within the URMD district. In FY 2015-2016, pavement on about 94 percent of URMD neighborhood streets was rated in "good" or better condition.
URMD also funds small safety improvements. In its first four years, URMD's Safety Improvement Program funded about $9 million for 25 safety improvement projects. Another $250,000 is allocated annually to the county's Neighborhood Streets Program (NSP), which coordinates traffic-calming activities on neighborhood streets to improve safety and maintain livability in urban unincorporated neighborhoods.
A citizen advisory committee reviews URMD services and makes recommendations about service levels, maintenance plans and safety improvements. Residents, property owners and users of URMD-maintained streets are encouraged to complete the committee's URMD customer satisfaction survey.
The FY 2015-2016 Annual Report is available online. To request a printed copy, call 503-846-ROAD (846-7623) or email [email protected].
Highlights from wc-roads.com
  • 7 p.m. June 9 through 6 a.m. June 12 at 175th Avenue and Scholls Ferry Road signal shutdown for reconstruction and paving of Scholls Ferry Road from center of the road north to new curb line (city of Beaverton) for Beaverton School District's Mountainside High School. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers.
  • 7 p.m.-5 a.m. through June 16 lane closures for paving on Farmington Road (city of Beaverton), between Murray Boulevard and Hocken Avenue. Farmington at Murray will be closed intermittently; Farmington at Murray to Hocken will be closed to through traffic.

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NOTE: This information is provided here as a courtesy only. Neighborhood meetings are required before developers su bmit certain land use applications to the County (for areas outside cities). These meetings provide a forum for the developer, affected CPO (Community Participation Organization) and nearby property owners to discuss the proposal informally. County staff do not schedule or attend these meetings.
June 8 - Proposed Verizon Wireless communication facility
At 7 p.m. at Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Road. The property is 2.16 acres in the INST district (Institutional District) and is located at Spirit of Grace Church, 7400 SW Scholls Ferry Road. Contact Zach Phillips, MD7, at 503-708-9200 or [email protected].
CPO 3; District 3
June 12 - Proposed water tank replacement
At 6 p.m. at the site location. The property is 7.72 acres in the R-6 district (Residential, 5-6 units per acre) and is located at 7975 SW Grabhorn Road. Contact Nick Augustus, Tualatin Valley Water District, at 503-848-3000 or [email protected].
CPO 6; District 1

Melissa De Lyser | Communications Coordinator
Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation
155 N. First Ave., Suite 350 MS 16 | Hillsboro, OR 97124
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