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Dallas Planning Commission to ask city manager whether it should expand role beyond hearings
Summary
Commissioners agreed that Chair and Commissioner John Schulte will meet informally with City Manager Brian Latta to ask whether the commission should take on more proactive planning duties beyond its legal hearing responsibilities; staff cautioned that any expansion would require council or manager buy-in and coordination with DLCD guidance.
The Dallas Planning Commission agreed to ask City Manager Brian Latta whether the commission should take on a broader role in community planning beyond its core quasi‑judicial hearing duties.
Commissioner John Schulte, who proposed a locally tailored commissioner training handbook and a best‑practices committee, told colleagues his review of the Oregon DLCD handbook and other jurisdictions showed Dallas “is doing public hearings, which are sacrosanct,” but is “missing half of what we should be doing” in proactive outreach and strategic planning. He recommended commissioners present a list of possible additional tasks to the city manager and ask whether the city wants the commission to perform them.
Why it matters: Commissioners said they wanted direction before forming standing committees or pursuing…
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