Metro is required to keep enough land inside the urban growth boundary for 20 years of growth. The 2,181-acre addition could see construction within a few years.
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Timeline (subject to change)
- Dec. 29, 2017: Deadline for cities to submit letters of interest for growth boundary expansion proposals into adjacent urban reserves. Five cities – Beaverton, Hillsboro, King City, Sherwood and Wilsonville – submitted letters of interest.
- May 2018: Cities submit full proposals.
- July 3, 2018: Metro releases Urban Growth Report, with analysis of the existing growth boundary, growth trends and expansion options.
- Sept. 4, 2018: Metro’s Chief Operating Officer recommendation
- Sept. 12, 2018: Metro Policy Advisory Committee recommendation to the Metro Council
- Sept. 20 and 27, 2018: Metro Council public hearings and direction to staff
- Dec. 6, 2018: Metro Council public hearing
- Dec. 13, 2018: Metro Council decision on growth boundary expansion.
Metro is required to keep enough land inside the urban growth boundary for 20 years of growth. The 2,181-acre addition could see construction within a few years.
The four areas, near Hillsboro, Beaverton, King City and Wilsonville, all have development challenges. But all four cities, Bennett said, have shown that they have plans to pay for the pipes, roads, parks and schools needed for new housing to be built.
Metro councilors and other regional leaders this month got their first chance to weigh in on the draft Urban Growth Report, a state-required and peer-reviewed document that guides decisions about the urban growth boundary
With Tuesday's release of the 2018 Urban Growth Report, greater Portland is getting a clear look at what it can expect growth to look like in 20 years – and whether urban growth boundary expansions are necessary
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Under Oregon law, each of the state’s cities and metropolitan areas has created an urban growth boundary around its perimeter – a land use planning line to control urban expansion onto farm and forest lands. Metro is responsible for managing the Portland metropolitan area’s urban growth boundary.
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Oregon law requires that the Metro Council periodically evaluate the capacity of the Portland region’s urban growth boundary to accommodate a 20-year forecast of housing needs and employment growth. That evaluation results in the Urban Growth Report.
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Thousands of Oregonians helped shape a 50-year plan for growth in the Portland metropolitan area, adopted by the Metro Council in 1995.
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