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Wilsonville agencies place Coffee Creek land-assembly authority on consent; amendment added to urban renewal plan
Summary
City staff presented an amendment to the Coffee Creek Urban Renewal Plan to allow the agency to acquire, aggregate and dispose of property for industrial redevelopment; the change was included on the Urban Renewal Agency and City Council consent agendas and adopted. Staff emphasized purchases would be from willing sellers and any transaction would return to council for approval.
Wilsonville officials agreed on Feb. 2 to place and adopt an amendment to the Coffee Creek Urban Renewal Plan that authorizes the Urban Renewal Agency to acquire, aggregate, prepare and dispose of property in the Coffee Creek Urban Renewal Area to support industrial development.
City economic development manager Matt Lorenzen told the council the amendment responds to long-standing barriers to development in the Coffee Creek area — fragmented parcel ownership, zoning that allows contractor establishments, and land-value discrepancies that make it difficult for developers to assemble sites. Lorenzen said the amendment would allow staff to…
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