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College Place begins comprehensive plan and UGA review, city says
Summary
City Administrator Mike Rizztello outlined an April–summer schedule for updating College Place’s comprehensive plan, a six-year comprehensive economic development strategy and the city’s eight-year urban growth area review, steps city officials say will enable grant eligibility and shape development policy.
College Place officials kicked off an update process for the city’s comprehensive plan and related growth-area work, City Administrator Mike Rizztello said in an April 2025 project update.
Rizztello said the city’s economic development, tourism and events commission will review the comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) on April 7 and that the planning commission will begin land capacity and comprehensive-plan work the week of April 15. He said those planning efforts qualify the city for state and federal grants.
The city’s urban growth area (UGA) review — a process that the administrator said opens only every eight years — will be part of the comprehensive-plan cycle. Rizztello told residents that the county will accept comprehensive-plan and UGA-related amendments beginning July 1. Residents or property owners interested in inclusion in the College Place UGA were directed to contact Community Development Director John Rickard.
Rizztello described the CEDS as a six-year blueprint that will guide business and economic development policy and said the planning commission will meet monthly while the plan is being drafted. He noted the Federal Economic Development Administration provided a grant that helped fund the CEDS work.
Rizztello also listed a schedule of related meetings and outreach: a City Council workshop on April 1, a City Council meeting on April 8, and subsequent commission meetings through April. He encouraged the public to participate in web surveys and upcoming commission meetings to shape the plan.
Why it matters: The comprehensive plan and UGA review set policy for where and how the city expects to grow and are prerequisites for many state and federal grant programs. Changes to the UGA can affect zoning, infrastructure expectations and developers’ entitlements if accepted by the county and the city.
Rizztello provided contact information for additional questions and encouraged residents to monitor the city website for meeting notices and survey links.
