Recently, the Marion County Board of Commissioners has submitted a proposal to weaken the guidelines of the Urban Growth Management Framework that was adopted in 2002. A hearing has been set for January 15.
The Framework ensures that local residents have choices in housing and transportation while protecting community identity and economic opportunities. It also encourages more efficient urban land use by adopting specific residential density guidelines for cities to meet and helps protect agricultural land.
According to Oregon League of Conservation Voters Marion County representative Tresa Horney, focusing on compact urban development is more important now than ever before.
"We cannot afford to be moving backwards," she said. "The guidelines for compact development reduce our carbon output by making new development more walkable and bikable and making driving trips shorter. The guidelines should be strengthened, not weakened."
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