Public comment sought on Draft 2018-19 Work Program

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 09, 2018

The public is invited to comment on the Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation Long Range Planning Draft 2018-18 Annual Work Program .

The work program identifies and ranks Long Range Planning staff's annual tasks including ordinances, projects and other transportation and community planning activities. Highlights include:

• Implementation of recommendations from the Aloha Tomorrow study
• Completion of North Bethany Main Street planning
• Updates to the Community Development Code including fair housing and food carts
• Exploration of options to encourage affordable housing development
• Development of the Cooper Mountain Area Transportation Refinement Plan
• Continued updates to the TV Highway Corridor Transit Concept/Access Plan
• Review of road standards
• Continued participation in regional funding initiatives and policies
• Participation in ongoing local, regional and state coordination and planning including:
• • Urban Planning Area Agreements (UPAAs)
  • Southwest Corridor
  • Transit service planning and coordination
• Action on citizen, business and agency requests including:
• • Amendments to the North Bethany Subarea Plan for the realignment of segments of Shackelford Road and Primary Streets P4 and P16
  • Amendment to the Rural Natural Resource Plan for proposed expansion of quarry operations between Farmington and Grabhorn roads.

Comments may be submitted by Feb. 8 in one of the following ways:

• Email: [email protected] . Include full name, street address, company/organization affiliation (if applicable) and any other relevant contact information
• Mail: Long Range Planning Section, Department of Land Use &Transportation, 155 N. 1st Ave., Ste. 350-14, Hillsboro, OR 97124
• In person: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the above address

All comments received by Feb. 8 will be provided to the Washington County Board of Commissioners prior to adoption of the final work program on March 6. Annual Work Program

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