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The Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission early next year will hold several work sessions to discuss portions of the city’s updated comprehensive plan.

Each work session will focus on different parts of the 2035 Comprehensive Plan – a long-range look at anticipated growth and development in Portland over the next 20 years – before the commission makes recommendations to the Portland City Council in spring 2015. The council has already adopted a series of background reports, but will not review the portion that discusses the types of land needed for expected employment growth until next summer.

The upcoming work sessions are scheduled for Jan. 27, Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 in Suite 2500A at 1900 S.W. Fourth Ave. The Jan. 27 session will start at 3 p.m. and focus on the use of the comprehensive plan in decision-making, as well as the plan’s emphasis on mixed-use development on commercial corridors, non-conforming uses and split zoning. The Feb. 10 work session will start at 12:30 p.m. and focus on economic goals and West Hayden Island. The Feb. 24 session will start at 3 p.m. and focus on the David Douglas School District and community involvement policies.

City planners this past summer released a draft comprehensive plan. The effort updates the current comprehensive plan, adopted in 1980, to reflect the increasing popularity of mixed-use developments along commercial corridors.

The new plan is based on a Metro forecast that Portland will gain 200,000 residents between now and 2025.