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Talent planning commission hears final residential buildable-lands inventory, votes to postpone recommendation to council
Summary
Consultant Nikki Hart Brinkley presented the final residential Buildable Lands Inventory for Talent and explained methodology, constraints, and post-fire rebuilding accounting; after questions about right-of-way, wetlands and data access the commission voted to postpone making a recommendation to city council so members can review updated interactive materials and packet documents.
Consultant Nikki Hart Brinkley of Greentop Planning, Development, and Research presented the City of Talent’s final residential Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI) and told the Planning Commission they could choose to adopt the inventory but that adoption was not required this evening.
"Today, you can choose to adopt this residential buildable land inventory. It's not a requirement," Brinkley said as she described OAR-prescribed methodology and constraints, including floodway, wetlands, riparian setbacks, and slopes, and explained why she used zoning to identify residential lands within the city limits.
Brinkley summarized key figures and what changed since the June draft: her tally of partially vacant acres remained near 102.1 acres, and vacant acreage shifted slightly from 13.8 acres in June to about 12.1 acres after updates reflecting permitting and rebuilding activity. She said parcels with active permitting, partitions or…
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