HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 9 2023 PC Meeting PresentationDeschutes County 2040
Comprehensive Plan Update Project
Planning Commission | March 9, 2023
Community Development Department
Agenda
•Status Report
•Engagement Update
•Engagement Audit Results
•Revisit Batch 1 Policies
•Community Engagement
•Land Use Planning
•Agricultural Resources
•Next Steps
Project Schedule
Engagement Audit
Engagement Audit
Community & Online Open House Themes
•Water use and management
•Impacts of destination resorts
•Wildfire risk & management
•Other hazards
•Wildlife habitat & other natural resources
•Dark skies requirements
•Climate change induced growth
Meeting-in-a-Box Themes
•Housing
•Wildlife habitat & other natural resources
•Water and wildfire
•Destination resorts and sustainable recreation
•Agricultural lands
•Resources for education, community building
Goals & Policies
Community Engagement Goals
•Promote equitable community involvement that
includes all members of the community, particularly
those who are commonly under-represented, by
ensuring access to information, encouraging
community collaboration, and promoting efficient
and transparent planning processes.
•Support the activities of the Committee for
Community Involvement.
Goals & Policies
Land Use Goals
•Maintain an open and public land use process in which decisions are based on a balancing of community needs and an adequate findings of facts.
•Promote regional cooperation and partnerships on land use planning issues.
•Manage county-owned lands to balance the needs of the community.
Goals & Policies
Agriculture Goals
•Preserve and maintain agricultural lands and uses.
•Promote a diverse, sustainable, revenue-generating agricultural sector.
•Ensure Exclusive Farm Use policies, classifications and codes are consistent with local and emerging agricultural conditions and markets.
Policy Review Timeline
Winter 2022/23
Initial Policy
Review by PC
Early Spring 2023
Community
Engagement –
Review of Policies
Spring/
Summer 2023
Secondary
Review by PC
Fall 2023/
Winter 2024
Public Hearings
and Adoption
Process
Next Steps
•Review Batch 3 Policies (3/29)
•April/May Open Houses
•La Pine
•Terrebonne
•Sisters
•Bend
•Consider.it Online Engagement
•Meeting-in-a-Box Meetings
•Further Policy Refinement
•Comprehensive Plan Document
•Brothers
•Alfalfa
Questions?
Project website:
www.deschutes.org/2040
Will Groves, Planning Manager
will.groves@deschutes.org
Nicole Mardell, AICP, Senior Planner –Long Range
nicole.mardell@deschutes.org