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Zoee has assisted ZRZ Realty in a public/private partnership with the City of Portland to redevelop 33 acres of formerly industrial land known as Zidell Yards in Portland’s South Waterfront. It is the largest undeveloped site in the City’s urban core.
Zoee was on the team that represented the City of Portland, the owner of Providence Park, in the preparation of a development agreement and other key documents with Peregrine Sports governing the expansion of the stadium, which is home to the Portland Timbers and the Portland Thorns professional soccer teams. RWPA’s work on behalf of Peregrine and the City was undertaken after consultation with ethics counsel, preparation of waiver letters, and establishment of ethical screens. Read more
Zoee has served as the primary legal counsel for discretionary land use entitlement for a drinking water filtration facility and related pipelines in Multnomah County, OR. The facility is required to remove Cryptosporidium from the water supply, comply with federal and state drinking water regulations, and to supply safe, reliable drinking water to nearly one million people (about a quarter of the state’s population). The Type III Conditional Use Review process requires more than 25 land use permits, including environmental overlay zones, landslide hazard areas, design review, review of a communications tower, and reviews related to the Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) zone. Zoee and her co-counsel Renee France have led the process for preparation of the application, the post-hearing open record response process, and drafting of the final legal argument. After winning approvals by both Multnomah County and Clackamas County, case is currently on appeal at the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA); additional appeals could lead to the Court of Appeals and possibly the Oregon Supreme Court.
Zoee helped secured approval of a new high rise senior living development as an expansion of the Terwilliger Plaza complex. Zoee’s work was particularly focused on a complex administrative and political process for Portland City Council to approve a new skybridge crossing the public right of way.