Planning Commission Meeting

🚦 ODOT’s Glenn Bolen briefed the commission on the state Transportation Growth Management (TGM) grant—why the state funded it, what deliverables it expects, and how it links land-use and multimodal planning.
🗺️ Staff outlined the pending concept-plan tasks (existing-conditions mapping, infrastructure modeling, public outreach) that have been paused until council formally restarts the UGB process.
✅ After discussion, the commission unanimously recommended that council resume work using the RAC’s preferred growth area as the starting point so TGM-funded technical work can continue.
🧭 Recognized that the RAC never adopted a final “line on the map”; commissioners will likely invite RAC members back in July to review the near-final footprint, flood/landslide constraints, and other existing-conditions reports before locking in a recommendation.

TGM Overview
- Glenn Bolen (ODOT Region 1 TGM) explained the $230K grant: its goal is to “color in” the concept plan for North Plains’ future UGB area, ensuring transportation choices, housing/employment balance, and compliance with statewide goals.
- The grant timeline (12–18 months) has been rearranged so staff could complete baseline studies while awaiting council direction on which map to advance.
Next Steps & Recommendation
- Commissioners debated whether to wait for more outreach or urge council to restart immediately to avoid running out of time. Concerns included:
  - Public perception if a map resurfaces without fresh engagement.
  - The need to finalize the RAC’s near-consensus map (north-of-town focus) before staff can run infrastructure scenarios.
- Ultimately, the commission voted unanimously to recommend that council resume the concept-planning process using the RAC’s work as the baseline. This is not the final adoption—just a green light to re-engage the RAC, hold hearings, and produce a formal recommendation.
- Staff reminded members that once council concurs, the planning commission will host the requisite public hearings before forwarding any official UGB map to council.

Staff to schedule RAC representatives (or a dedicated workshop) in July to review the near-final map, existing-conditions reports (flood, landslide, infrastructure), and next outreach steps.
Council to consider the commission’s recommendation and, if approved, direct staff to restart the TGM concept-plan timeline.
Planning commission to prepare for a future hearing series where the refined map and technical findings will be presented to the public prior to a formal recommendation.