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Oregon City Comprehensive Plan Update and Draft Public Involvement Plan for Community Vision OC 2040
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City of Oregon City is launching OC2040, a citywide effort to update the Oregon City Comprehensive Plan that will guide land use decisions over the next 20 years. The first step in the process is to create a Community Vision that reflects what community members love and want to preserve about Oregon City, and what they would like to see change by 2040. Staff will provide an overview of the process and the community engagement identified to create the Community Vision. Though the community will be involved in each step of the project, the targeted efforts of gathering the vision of community members will span six months from May - October of 2020. The process will be followed by assembling the feedback into a Community Vision from October - January.
BACKGROUND:
Project Overview
The City of Oregon City is launching OC2040, a citywide effort to update the Oregon City Comprehensive Plan that will guide land use decisions over the next 20 years. The first step in the process is to create a community vision that reflects what community members love and want to preserve about Oregon City, and what they would like to see change by 2040. The Comprehensive Plan will consist of broad goals and policies to implement the vision and guide future growth and development.
Oregon City has seen significant changes in its population since the current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2004. Furthermore, previous outreach measures were not successful in soliciting input from those not already connected to local government. Traditional outreach methods coupled with long and complicated documents failed to engage a wider range of community members who really need to be heard.
OC2040 will employ a new approach that ensures all community members are given the opportunity to participate in a collecti...
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