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3 | P a g e <br /> <br />Goal 1 <br />The proposal in HB 2001 section 2 to mandate an increased density in single family zoning <br />impacts a number of these goals and the planning requirements that come with them. First, Goal <br />1, which was vital at the time the land use system was developed, requires that cities provide <br />citizens with the opportunity for meaningful participation in the land use process. Cities that <br />provide a good process for citizen involvement have to commit to providing opportunities for <br />residents to influence outcomes and design their communities. When done correctly it increases <br />long-term success when plans turn into development. When a community in invested in the <br />outcomes and understands the reasoning for the decision, they are less likely to oppose change. <br /> <br />By placing a state-wide mandate on larger cities, the result is less trust from the citizens that they <br />have a meaningful opportunity to participate. Short timelines, like 16 months, might allow for <br />proper notice, but they do not account for the time that many cities spend with their community to <br />garner community support for a change as significant as this. This in turn leads to more citizens <br />upset that the state can come in and determine what their community must look like. This <br />undermines trust and increases the sense in many communities that the land use system is <br />nothing more than the state acting as the planning commission and avoiding citizens in the land <br />use process. <br /> <br />The reason for Goal 1 was to address the deep mistrust many communities had with the <br />implementation of Senate Bill 100 in 1973. While Oregonians have learned how to work within <br />the land use system and support it’s preservation goals, mandate that undermine their ability to <br />influence the process and decisions will only lead to questions about the utility and viability of the <br />land use system. <br /> <br />Goals 11 & 12 and the price of infrastructure <br />Goals 11 and 12 require cities to go beyond making zoning decisions about where housing and <br />economic development types of uses will go. There is a requirement that cities plan for and <br />provide adequate services are provided for the site. Services include water, sewer, stormwater, <br />and roads. These are hard infrastructure systems that require significant work to ensure they will <br />meet future needs. Changes in the amount of use an area is therefore not accounted for when <br />the systems are originally planned. Infrastructure is placed in or on the ground to meet the needs <br />that is planned for at the time. Redevelopment plans must also account for changes in need, and <br />provide plans for accomplishing any upgrades needed to the system <br /> <br />Not only must the capacity of the local infrastructure be constructed to the potential need if an <br />area is completely develop, there must also be plans for financing the needed infrastructure <br />under Goals 11 and 12. Because of the limited tools for paying for infrastructure improvement, <br />March 6, 2019, Work Session – Item 1