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Tualatin council agrees to back Clackamas County land-suitability study, directs Stafford Urban Reserve not be included as pilot area
Summary
At a June 23 work session, the Tualatin City Council signaled support for a Clackamas County grant application to Metro for a land suitability assessment but directed staff to make clear the city does not want the Stafford Urban Reserve included as a pilot study area.
Tualatin City Council on June 23 directed staff to sign a letter of support for Clackamas County’s land suitability assessment grant application to Metro, while specifically asking that the letter say the city does not want the Stafford Urban Reserve adjacent to Tualatin to be included as a pilot study area.
The council’s informal tally was 5 in favor and 2 opposed after a presentation by city staff; councilors indicated the letter should show goodwill to county planning efforts but also protect Tualatin’s long-standing agreements covering the Stafford area.
City staff member Steve Koper presented the county’s revised scope, saying the work had been pulled back from early drafts that city staff feared would have amounted to “concept planning.” Koper said the county’s stated aim is to evaluate whether land inside urban reserves and certain rurally zoned lands inside urban growth…
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