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Agenda Item 4 - UGB Rulemaking
<br />December 3-4, 2015 - LCDC Meeting
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<br />LLP), Dick Benner (former DLCD Director), Stephan Lashbrook (City of Wilsonville), Nick
<br />Lelack (Deschutes County), Peggy Lynch (Oregon League of Women Voters), Shaun Jillions
<br />(Deckert Jillions LLP), Alissa Hansen (City of Eugene), Damian Syrnyk (City of Bend), Greg
<br />Winterowd (Winterbrook Planning), Mike Freese (Oregon Farm Bureau), Jon VanLandingham
<br />(former LCDC Chair), and Steve Faust (CIAC Chair). State agencies were also asked to
<br />designate staff from their agencies to sit as committee members (ODOT, ODA, OED, OHCD,
<br />ODFW, and DSL).
<br />Meetings: The UGBRAC met 17 times, starting in October 2013 and concluding November 18,
<br />2015. The committee was not formed as a voting committee, but rather as a resource to provide
<br />advice, to act as a sounding board, and to attempt to achieve consensus on key policy issues.
<br />The early work of the UGBRAC focused on research that would be needed to provide an
<br />empirical basis for the simplified method. Research on Oregon development trends and statistics
<br />necessary to inform the methods was not available at the outset of this project. Consequently,
<br />there was significant UGBRAC discussion about research topics, sources, and methodologies. As
<br />the department commissioned this research, and as the research was underway, the committee
<br />provided input and discussed its implications for the proposed rules. The committee discussed
<br />key policy topics and helped guide development of "paths" for cities to use in determining long
<br />term residential and employment needs. Other key topics included UGB, "locational analysis"
<br />and requirements that land included in UGBs must be "serviceable."
<br />Technical Workgroups: In addition to the UGBRAC described above, the department convened
<br />other small workgroups to give consideration to particular topics. These groups included
<br />members with particular expertise in addition to that of the UGBRAC. The workgroups were
<br />intended to provide and develop ideas for the UGBRAC to consider regarding the particular
<br />topics assigned; the groups were not asked to recommend "policy decisions" on such topics. The
<br />workgroups included:
<br />• The Location Workgroup - to provide input on requirements concerning the UGB Study
<br />Area and UGB location priorities. Members: Dick Benner, Jeff Condit, Mary Kyle
<br />McCurdy, Christe White. This group met in December 2014 and January 2015.
<br />• Housing Path Workgroup - to provide input on the "path" for determining residential
<br />land need. Members: Brandon Reich, Mia Nelson, Justin Wood (OHBA). This
<br />workgroup met three times beginning on March 2nd and the RAC has reviewed their
<br />proposals.
<br />• Buildable Lands Inventory Workgroup - to provide input regarding buildable lands
<br />regarding the housing path. This group met once in July 2014 and its work evolved into
<br />the housing path work group described above. Members: Alissa Hansen, Brandon Reich,
<br />Damian Syrnyk, Erin Doyle, Heather O'Donnell, Jim Jacks, Jon Chandler, Mary Kyle
<br />McCurdy, Matt Hastie, Mia Nelson, Ted Reid.
<br />• Housing Measures Workgroup - to provide input into the special list of "housing
<br />measures" required for cities over 10,000. Members included: Gil Kelley, Jon Chandler,
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