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Bend launches multiyear growth-plan process, officials outline timeline and state requirements
Summary
City planners told the council the growth-plan update will run over several years to meet new state rules on housing need and climate-friendly areas; staff aim to hire consultants early next year and begin public outreach after a council policy kickoff.
City planners told the Bend City Council on July 16 that the city will begin a multiyear update to its growth plan to meet new state requirements on housing need and climate-friendly areas and to integrate transportation planning with land-use decisions.
The presentation by Senior Planner Brian Rankin framed the update as a multi-package, multi-year effort that will start in early 2026 and likely run into 2029–2030. Rankin said package 1 will focus on determining land need and capacity, package 2 will evaluate options for meeting any additional need (including whether to expand the urban growth boundary), and package 3 will adopt a Transportation System Plan that reflects the chosen land-use outcomes.
Rankin said the growth-plan work must satisfy several new state-level…
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