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Newberg council directs staff to solicit sites under SB 1537 one-time UGB expansion; fee structure and land-exchange option remain undecided
Summary
The Newberg City Council on Oct. 6 directed staff to solicit candidate sites for a one-time UGB expansion under Senate Bill 15 37, starting a two-step selection and refinement process; fee amounts and a land-exchange option will be addressed later.
The Newberg City Council on Oct. 6 directed staff to conduct a formal solicitation for one-time urban growth boundary (UGB) expansion sites under Senate Bill 15 37 (SB 15 37), starting a two-step application, selection and concept-plan refinement process.
Planner James Dingwall presented the proposed timeline and process, saying the city would follow a broad first-step solicitation to identify multiple candidate sites, allow public comment and hold planning commission and council review before adopting a resolution to select a single site. “Step 1 would be a general solicitation for sites,” Dingwall said. The selected site would then move to step 2, a more detailed concept-plan refinement and engineering review before concurrent comprehensive plan…
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