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Oct 26, 2012

Damascus hopes to scale back UGB with measure

Measure 3-411 will go before Clackamas County voters next month. If the measure were to pass, Clackamas County would ask Metro to consider retracting the UGB boundary in light of the recent population projection.

Jul 12, 2012

Beaverton plans to develop urban growth boundary expansion

Beaverton city planners in the next couple of months will begin laying out a road map for future development of an urban growth boundary expansion, and developers, private landowners and the Beaverton school district are already hoping to make good use of the soil.

Jun 15, 2012

Commissioners OK Metro鈥檚 urban growth boundary expansion

Metro staff reports that the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission has approved Metro鈥檚 application to add 1,985 acres to its current urban growth boundary. Leading up to the decision was a debate over whether Metro had complied with state law in choosing those lands.

Apr 24, 2012

Oregon land-use regulators recommend Metro’s growth plan be remanded

State land-use regulators have recommended that regional government Metro鈥檚 2011 urban growth boundary expansion be partially remand

Mar 23, 2012

ODOT withholds $1M from Damascus city planners

Barely a week after Damascus voters passed a controversial land use initiative, a ripple effect extended to the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT is putting on hold development of the city鈥檚 transportation system plan 鈥� essentially withholding $1 million that Sen. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., earmarked for that very purpose.

Mar 19, 2012

Scappoose expansion plan draws objections from conservationists

The objection period is over for an application by the city of Scappoose to expand its urban growth boundary by approximately 379 acres, but the proposal did not emerge unscathed before heading to the state for approval.

Mar 13, 2012

McMinnville to shelve urban growth boundary expansion

The Land Conservation and Development Commission has remanded McMinnville鈥檚 urban growth boundary amendment to the city, after a July 2011 decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals found that the expansion violated state laws. The decision signals a victory for conservationists and presents a huge question mark for city planners.

Mar 12, 2012

Damascus voters make big decision in how to craft city’s comprehensive plan

Damascus is required by state law to adopt a comprehensive plan, but voters in the city have not yet supported one. A new law, Measure 3-389, could make that process even more difficult, as the law would require any new plan to be accompanied by a financial impact report and be subject to a public vote.

Oct 24, 2011

Local officials react to urban growth boundary decision

The Metro Council last week decided the fate of the Portland region鈥檚 urban growth boundary, which will gain a total of 1,985 acres in areas of Hillsboro, Beaverton and Tigard. At the end of the long process, Metro councilors said they wanted to achieve a balance between maintaining a tight, urban form and adding enough land to keep pace with projected growth. The 91视频 spoke with stakeholders who[...]

Oct 20, 2011

Over final objections, Metro approves ‘conservative’ urban growth boundary expansion

Metro Council voted unanimously to approve an urban growth boundary expansion this afternoon, over objections that called the expansion both too ambitious and too conservative.

Sep 30, 2011

Greater density sought for urban growth boundary expansion

A group of 28 local policy makers that present recommendations to the Metro Council unanimously support a modest urban growth boundary expansion for the Portland-metro area.

Sep 22, 2011

Metro Council finalizes land areas for urban growth boundary expansion

The ruling body of regional government Metro has decided 10 land areas will be up for debate for a potential urban growth boundary expansion.



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