Westside Economic AllianceClackamas

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• Westside Economic Alliance/Clackamas
• County Alliance Presentation
• November 2008

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Big Look Task Force

• The Oregon Legislature created the Big Look Task
  Force in 2005 with SB 82 (2005)
• The Task Force was tasked to
• conduct a comprehensive review of Oregons
  planning system
• make recommendations on land-use policy to the
  2009 Legislature

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Public Engagement

• WATCH Oregon Big Look Examining Oregons Land
  Use System DVD
• CHECK OUT www.oregonbiglook.org
• READ 500,000 Newspaper inserts
• ATTEND Town Hall Meetings Across the State
  Sept. 17- Oct. 3, 2008
• SPEAK OUT Public Survey at meetings and online

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Public Engagement

• 11 town hall meetings, more than 1,400 attendees
• 12-page issue paper circulated to 500,000
  Oregonians
• State-wide public opinion survey of 1,800 people
• Updates and new content for the Big Look Web
  site www.OregonBigLook.org
• State-wide statistical survey of 842 Oregonians
  across a spectrum of race, income, geography, and
  urban/rural.
• Print and broadcast media stories throughout the
  state.
• A 30 minute documentary, The Big Look Examining
  Oregons Land-Use System
• Full-day stakeholder meeting to review concepts

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University Consortium Study

• Land Use Program effective in
• Preserving farm, forest areas
• Avoiding sprawl
• Inconclusive results regarding citizen
  participation

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Main Issue Areas

• Farm, Forest, Natural Areas
• Livable Communities
• Participation Coordination

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4 Overarching Principles

• Provide a healthy environment
• Sustain a prosperous economy
• Ensure a desirable quality of life and
• Provide fairness and equity to Oregonians.

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Farms, Forest, Natural Areas
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Issues
Farms, Forest, Natural Areas

• How do we better identify and protect farm and
  forest lands, and important natural areas?
• For lands that are not farm or forest lands, how
  do we assure that development is sustainable?
• What non-regulatory tools should we use to
  protect farm and forest lands and natural areas?

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Farms, Forest, Natural Areas
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Farms, Forest, Natural Areas
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Farms, Forest, Natural Areas
Resource Lands and Rural AreasAlternatives

• Proposed Legislation
• Authorize two or more counties to petition LCDC
  for a regional definition of farm and/or forest
  lands.
• Once regional definition adopted, counties may
  reexamine farm and/or forest zoning.
• If a county does undertake this, it must also
• Review and update designations of significant
  natural areas and develop a program to protect
  them and
• Establish limits on other rural lands to assure
  uses are sustainable and consistent with carrying
  capacity

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Farms, Forest, Natural Areas
Resource Lands and Rural AreasAlternatives

• Other Tools for Managing Rural Lands
• Transfer of development rights to deal with
  non-conforming lots and cluster development that
  does occur.
• Purchase of development rights and other
  market-based tools to create incentives for
  landowners to protect significant natural areas.

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LivableCommunities
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Issues
LivableCommunities

• How can Oregon accommodate the 1.7 million
  additional people expected by 2040?
• How do we ensure that communities provide the
  housing needed by workers and that we minimize
  their transportation costs?

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Issues
LivableCommunities

• How can we ensure that there is an adequate
  supply of land for job growth?
• How should we pay for future roads, sewer, water,
  and other infrastructure?

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LivableCommunities

• Alternatives Accommodating population growth
• Expand urban growth boundaries onto farm land
• Develop underutilized areas in existing urban
  growth boundaries
• Redevelop existing urban areas to increase
  density

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LivableCommunities
Livable Communitiespotential tools (continued)

• Other possible tools
• Improve infrastructure financing tools to help
  guide growth to maintain quality communities
• Make future urbanization contingent upon
  annexation to cities
• Improve the balance between jobs and housing in
  communities
• Encourage more regional efforts to plan and
  develop quality areas
• Maintain certified industrial sites program
• Continue work with communities to reduce vehicle
  use
• Expand urban and rural reserves to other rapidly
  growing areas of the state
• Provide for additional safe harbors for UGB
  expansions

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LivableCommunities

• Recent plans for new development in the Portland
  Metro area have been stymied by the high cost of
  building new roads and expanding sewer and waters
  systems. Some are worried that the cost of new
  infrastructure will drive up the price of housing
  and slow economic growth. In regards to new
  growth and expanding cities, which of these
  statements comes closest to how you feel?
• ___New construction should pay for itself and
  taxpayers shouldnt have to pay for roads,
  transit, sewers, water systems, and parks and
  enable developers to get rich
• ___Oregon needs to raise taxes and invest in
  roads, transit, water systems, and parks to
  support development so we can compete with other
  states in attracting jobs and reach other public
  goals such as affordable housing and densities
  that support transit service
• ___Dont know

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LivableCommunities

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LivableCommunities

• Legislation
• Rewrite of regional problem solving statutes to
  encourage problem-oriented regional efforts.
• Policy statement on lands added to UGBs in the
  future and annexation.
• Policy statement concerning prioritization of
  infrastructure funding for infill and
  redevelopment.

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LivableCommunities

• Other Likely Recommendations
• Further analysis and review of state preemption
  of local authorities to generate revenue for
  infrastructure finance.
• Evaluation of property tax limitations, and
  effects on the ability of local government to
  finance infrastructure.
• OECDD and DLCD work to maintain and renew
  certified industrial site program

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LivableCommunities

• Other Likely Recommendations (continued)
• Regional Economic Opportunity Analyses.
• Safe Harbors for UGB Expansions
• Strategic Planning and Coordination of State Land
  Use, Transportation and Economic Development
  Efforts

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Coordination Participation
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Coordination Participation
Citizen Participationissues and recommendations

• Issues
• Complexity Making the system understandable to
  the average person
• Reducing barriers to meaningful participation and
  avoiding unproductive participation
• Recommendations
• Review statues and rules to simplify
• Encourage mediation, streamline local processes,
  and provide ongoing education and outreach

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Coordination Participation

• Issues
• State resources are limited, and should be
  coordinated to maximize their ability to achieve
  desired outcomes.
• Recommendation
• Develop a strategic statewide plan to identify
  and successfully address Oregons needs and
  challenges in the next decades, while
  coordinating limited state resources for land use
  planning, transportation and other public
  infrastructure.

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October 2008/Jan. 2009
The Task Force will prepare final
recommendations, including specific proposals to
the Legislature as well as documenting the
results of the outreach process.
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