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West Linn moves waterfront vision plan toward adoption after years of engagement

5438556 · June 2, 2025
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Planning Manager Darren Wise told the council the waterfront vision plan — shaped by public engagement dating to 2016 — will undergo final summer outreach before tentative planning commission and city council hearings in September and November, with adoption expected by resolution and zoning changes to follow as an implementation phase.

Planning Manager Darren Wise updated the West Linn City Council on June 2 on the waterfront vision plan’s path toward adoption, outlining years of engagement, survey results and a tentative schedule that would bring a planning commission public hearing in September and a council public hearing in November.

“We’re here today because we’re pretty excited that we’re getting to the point after years of engagement, getting to the point where we’re ready to bring [the] vision plan forward,” Wise said, summarizing outreach that began in 2016 and resumed after a COVID pause in 2022.

Wise described four guiding principles from earlier engagement — reinvestment opportunities, transportation improvements, river access and historic character — and said the plan divides the waterfront into three planning districts to reflect different resource…

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