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Monmouth council initiates expedited UGB land exchange authorized by House Bill 2647
Summary
The Monmouth City Council voted 6-0 to initiate Legislative Amendment 25-02, the local process to carry out a state-authorized urban growth boundary (UGB) land exchange under House Bill 2647. The swap would remove up to 90 acres constrained by wetlands and bring roughly 75 net acres of buildable land into the UGB, with public hearings and county concurrence to follow.
The Monmouth City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 4 to begin the local process required to complete an urban growth boundary (UGB) land exchange that the Oregon Legislature authorized this year.
Suzanne Duffner, Monmouth’s community and economic development director, told the council the February legislative action — House Bill 2647 — allows Monmouth to pursue an expedited land swap aimed at creating more developable land inside the city’s UGB. By removing up to 90 acres dominated by floodplain and wetlands and bringing in about 75 net acres of less-constrained land, Duffner said the exchange would yield more productive acreage for housing without…
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