Depoe Bay agency expands urban renewal boundary, directs staff to study housing, clinic and park options for Kent Street lots

The Depoe Bay Urban Renewal Agency voted to adopt Resolution UR24-25 approving a minor amendment to the Depoe Bay Urban Renewal Plan to increase the plan’s boundary and include several city-owned tax lots on Kent Street.

Agency members said the amendment would allow the urban renewal program to use incremental tax revenues from those parcels for projects such as workforce or low-income housing, a clinic with short-term housing for medical staff, or park improvements. Agency members asked staff to gather more information and to reach out to potential partners, including Samaritan (the local medical provider) and Lincoln County housing officials, before returning to a workshop for public input.

The action followed staff research presented to the agency showing the Kent Street properties correspond to tax lots 1600, 1300 and 1400. The last recorded survey noted in the Lincoln County assessor files dates to 1976; city crews were unable to find survey stakes, so a new survey will be required before final development. Staff…