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Troutdale citizen advisory committee seeks clearer charter, plans outreach before major planning work
Summary
The Citizens Advisory Committee presented a draft charter that formalizes annual reviews, neighborhood outreach and earlier involvement in major land-use policy work; the council offered clarifying questions and the CAC will adopt the charter internally.
The Troutdale Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) presented a two-page draft charter to the City Council on Jan. 28 that would formalize the committee’s role in early-stage outreach on major planning efforts and require an annual review of public-engagement activities.
The CAC’s draft, shown to council by Dakota Meyer, the city’s associate planner, and CAC members, would consolidate the committee’s duties into a single document and add proactive tasks including periodic coordination with other citizen committees, outreach to neighborhood groups and an annual report back to council.
The draft seeks to position the CAC as a “middle body” between neighborhoods and city staff so citizen input can influence policy early, before…
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