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Woodburn adopts resolution laying out objectives for UGB expansion under HB 4035
Summary
The council passed Council Bill 3,306, a resolution that sets policy objectives and benchmarks for any future urban growth boundary expansion under House Bill 4035, clarifies that the resolution is a policy (not a land‑use decision), and directs staff and developers on expected site‑planning, affordable‑housing dispersal, and potential development agreements.
The Woodburn City Council on June 22 adopted Council Bill 3,306, a resolution establishing the council’s objectives and benchmarks for any future amendment of the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB) under House Bill 4035 (2026).
City staff and counsel explained the measure is a policy guidance document—not a land‑use decision—and is intended to communicate to prospective developers the city’s expectations for site engineering, phasing, transportation and open‑space planning, and affordable‑housing dispersal across a project. The resolution allows staff to work with a developer on preliminary plans at a staff level and contemplates using a development agreement to address components deferred to later stages.
City Manager (voice 9) and legal staff emphasized that the resolution is intended to make sure any expedited UGB expansion is tied to projects that are demonstrably developable and that the city’s commitments to affordable housing are met. As presented, the resolution incorporates edits made after staff conversations with Mountain View Development, a private developer that engaged with the legislative process on a proposed northern UGB expansion site.
Council members praised the framework while noting the approach is unusual: Woodburn is specifically called out in state law as eligible to use this expedited process. Councilors stressed the complexity of financing affordable housing and the need for flexibility; the resolution's language on dispersal was softened to provide staff and developers room to negotiate phasing without locking the city into overly prescriptive land‑use conditions.
Following discussion, the council took a roll‑call vote and passed Council Bill 3,306.
