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Technical Advisory Committee reviews criteria for two UGB applications, sets next steps
Summary
The committee met Oct. 14 to review evaluation criteria for two urban growth boundary applications — including adjacency, infrastructure impact, parcel size (10–30 acres) and readiness — and agreed to prepare a final report for the Citizens Advisory Committee and City Council.
The Technical Advisory Committee met Oct. 14 at City Hall to review two urban growth boundary (UGB) applications and agree on how to evaluate them. Committee members focused on six assessment criteria and outlined next steps to produce a final report for the Citizens Advisory Committee and City Council.
The committee’s stated scope is to determine whether projected housing and economic growth can be accommodated and whether that need can be met within the current UGB. Presentations on locational study work were announced from Matt Brinkley of Greentop Planning, Development and Research and Raul Woerner of CSA Planning; the record lists Planning Director Ian Foster and several committee representatives as present for the meeting.
Committee members identified six evaluation criteria to guide review of the UGB applications: adjacency or proximity to the existing UGB; impacts on existing urban infrastructure and opportunities to improve that infrastructure; proximity to mixed-use neighborhoods such as downtown; parcel sizes of roughly 10 to 30 acres; minimizing the amount of rural land converted; and readiness for development. The committee recorded those criteria as the framework for analyzing the two applications.
No formal vote or motion is recorded in the meeting notes. The committee agreed to continue detailed analysis of the study area, compile a final report with preliminary findings, hold a final meeting to review the document, and then forward the report to City Council to determine next steps on the applications.
Attendees recorded in the meeting minutes include Mark Bartholomew (attorney), Josh Lebombard (SO representative, Land Conservation and Development), Micah Horowitz (transportation planner, ODOT), Planning Commissioner Diane Barr, City Councilor Andrea Thompson, Charles Bennett (Jackson County planner), Rowan Fairfield (RVCOG) and Planning Director Ian Foster. The meeting time and location are recorded as 11:15 a.m., City Hall, Second Floor Assembly Room, 206 N. 5th Street.
The committee did not record specific funding sources, timelines for implementation, or a scheduled date for the final meeting; those items were listed as proposed next steps to be set (not specified). The Citizens Advisory Committee and City Council are the next bodies to receive the committee’s findings for further consideration.
