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Heated hearing on Woodburn UGB expansion: supporters stress urgency, opponents warn of precedent
Summary
Supporters including local leaders, nonprofits and developers urged a one-time 120-acre urban growth boundary expansion for Woodburn to produce roughly 600 homes (30% affordable), while opponents (1000 Friends of Oregon, farm and farmland advocates) warned the supersiting approach sets a poor precedent and risks farmland loss; committee took testimony and left the record open.
The committee opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 15 64, a proposal to add a 120-acre tract to the City of Woodburn's urban growth boundary and zone the land residential under the city's comprehensive plan. Kya read the measure's summary: the project would accommodate at least 600 residential units, with 30% subject to affordability restrictions for at least 60 years; a -1 amendment corrects a clerical tax-lot reference.
Sen. Kim Thatcher (SD 11) and Rep. Leslie Munoz introduced the measure and emphasized urgency: Woodburn is one of the fastest-growing communities in the state and could run out of buildable…
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