Troutdale advisory committee pushes for proactive public outreach, schedules Main Street on Halsey engagement

Members of the Troutdale Citizens Advisory Committee on June 4 agreed to shift from primarily passive to more proactive public outreach, asking staff to present engagement metrics and to work with the committee on in-person events tied to a pending Main Streets on Halsey corridor code amendment project.

The committee asked staff to bring data on current outreach channels — social media metrics, YouTube views, email and website hits, and in-person engagement numbers — and to describe which methods are working. "That sort of seems like the low hanging fruit as far as the data that we already have," said Committee member Kevin Minkoff, urging a baseline presentation of metrics and channels. The group also asked staff to review the city’s public-notice procedures and to compare them with state requirements.

Why this matters: Committee members said several recent state mandates and planning decisions — notably changes tied to parking and clean-energy rules — highlighted gaps…