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Redmond staff outline plan to meet state's 20-year housing target of 10,000 units
Summary
Senior planner Corey Marie told council that changes to Oregon's Goal 10 and the statewide housing needs analysis require Redmond to plan for roughly 10,000 additional housing units by 2047. Staff outlined a phased program (contextualized housing needs report, housing capacity analysis, development-ready lands inventory) with consultant Eco Northwest and public outreach focused on marginalized groups.
Corey Marie, Redmond's senior long range planner, told the council the city has hired Eco Northwest (with DLCD-funded consultant support) to produce a contextualized housing needs report, a housing capacity analysis (HCA) and a development-ready lands inventory (DRLI) required under recently updated Goal 10 rules.
The state's update raises Redmond's 20-year planning target from about 7,000 units in the 2019 analysis to roughly 10,000 additional housing units by 2047. "The state has told us we need to build 10,000 units over the next 20 years," Marie said, adding that the project will proceed in phases: CHN first, then the HCA and DRLI, followed by a housing production strategy once need and land capacity are known.
Why it matters: the CHN will define the types and locations of housing needed (for example, single-family, townhomes, multifamily, and affordability bands); the HCA will test whether existing zoning allows those housing types; and the DRLI will inventory land that is currently buildable and serviceable for roughly an eight-year development horizon. Marie said the process will use GIS-based inventories, focus groups targeted to marginalized residents, and an advisory committee that staff expect to include two council members.
Marie said Eco Northwest was selected in part because the firm previously worked on Redmond's housing needs analysis and is familiar with local conditions. Staff emphasized the data-collection orientation of the early phases: this presentation covered project design and timeline rather than final results. Adoption timing given in the presentation put HCA adoption in mid-2027 and the housing production strategy adoption in 2028.
Councilors asked about how the analysis accounts for market forces, employment proximity and infrastructure constraints such as water and electricity. Marie said market factors would be addressed most directly in the DRLI and that the team will evaluate whether zoning or other local rules are constraining housing production. She also said staff will invite the consultants to future joint council and planning commission meetings so councilors can question methodology and data sources.
Next steps: staff scheduled focus groups for late spring/early summer, outreach to marginalized populations and tribes, and three major presentations to council and planning commission where consultants will present findings. Marie said the advisory committee will meet at least four times during the study and that council will have multiple opportunities for input as the reports are developed.
