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Roseburg urban growth boundary swap draws support from local employers, opposition from land-use groups
Summary
House Bill 3,921 would approve a UGB land swap for Roseburg and Douglas County that proponents say could enable up to 673 homes; opponents say the Legislature should not short-circuit local land-use review after DLCD remanded the local decision.
House Bill 3,921, a bill to implement a local urban growth boundary (UGB) exchange between the city of Roseburg and Douglas County, drew sharply divided testimony at a March 31 House Committee on Housing and Homelessness public hearing.
Proponents — including city officials, business leaders and the county — said the swap would replace steep, infrastructure-challenged parcels inside Roseburg's UGB with flatter, serviceable land and could enable hundreds of new homes. Opponents, including 1,000 Friends of Oregon and Central Oregon Land Watch, urged the committee not to intervene in a local, fact-specific land-use process that is already subject to public objection and a remand from the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD).
Rep. Virgil Osborne introduced the bill and yielded time to Roseburg officials and community members who described the local planning history. Nikki Messenger, city manager for the City of Roseburg, said the proposal would remove about 290 acres of…
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