Oregon City Planning Commission continues several agenda items, keeps record open for applicant on Malala Avenue master plan

At its April 13 meeting the Oregon City Planning Commission agreed to procedural continuances on multiple agenda items.

For the contested 1367 Malala Avenue master plan the commission closed oral testimony, allowed the written record to remain open for seven days for final written argument from the applicant only, and set deliberations for April 20 at 7 p.m. Planning staff and the commission discussed the tight statutory processing timeline and the need for the applicant to submit final arguments promptly so staff and commissioners can review materials before deliberations.

The commission also granted continuances on other matters on the agenda: the Park Place 2 subdivision request was continued to June 8 to accommodate the applicant’s revised schedule; the Park/PGE Line Center expansion hearing was continued to April 27. The commission indicated staff will repost updated reports and exhibits when the applicant’s final written argument is filed.

Votes: The roll‑call recorded Commissioners Laws, LaSalle, Guymont, Henderson, Vice Chair Dole and Chair Espie voting to continue the Malala Avenue item; the continuances on Park Place 2 and the PGE expansion carried on similar voice votes recorded on the meeting record.

Next steps: Staff will post the applicant’s final written argument and any staff rebuttal/exhibits; the commission will deliberate at the April 20 meeting and could adopt findings that either accept staff’s interpretation of the geologic hazard code or adopt alternate findings that would allow additional remediation-based determinations.