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Council adopts resolution to authorize phase 2 of shared urban growth boundary planning with DLCD
Summary
Coos Bay approved Resolution 25-33 authorizing Phase 2 of a city–county shared urban growth boundary (UGB) planning project under the Regional Problem Solving program; DLCD technical assistance funding will cover the work and staff said it should impose no direct cost to the city beyond staff time.
The Coos Bay City Council voted to adopt Resolution 25-33 authorizing phase 2 of a joint city–county Regional Problem Solving (RPS) work program to address the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB) history and amend the UGB to include Barview, Bunker Hill, Bay Park, Charleston and Millington.
Chelsea, a city staff presenter, said staff had worked with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) over the past year on an RPS work program and that the county board of commissioners approved the same work program earlier that day. “That work program has to be authorized by both the city and the County before going to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for final approval,” Chelsea said. She said DLCD had committed technical assistance funding and that the work must be completed within a three-year time frame.
Hue Radomski, DLCD regional representative, told the council DLCD had committed to provide funding through its technical assistance program; Chelsea confirmed the grant would cover costs to complete the planning and that the city’s only expected cost would be staff time.
Mayor Benetti and councilors expressed support for the effort. Councilors moved and seconded adoption of Resolution 25-33; the council voted to approve the resolution. Mayor Benetti called the motion and said, “Aye,” and the mayor declared the motion carried.
If the RPS work program proceeds as planned, the end result would be a formal UGB amendment that adds the named unincorporated communities to the city’s urban growth area; final approval requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission review and acceptance of the RPS work program and subsequent formal UGB amendment steps.
