Project Advisory Committees

DO YOU WANT TO HELP PLAN MCMINNVILLE’S FUTURE?

We have several long-range planning efforts that will get underway over the next six months, all of which will have a Project Advisory Committee comprised of community members, who will meet and work with staff and the consultant team on the plan/project. For each project we are hoping to put together a committee representative of McMinnville’s residents, property owners and businesses, so we are encouraging youth (under 18), millennials, parents with kids currently in school, retirees, Latinos/Latinas, people with disabilities, business owners, residents, etc. No specific experience is necessary. Just the willingness to have thoughtful, informed dialogues about McMinnville’s opportunities and constraints and the passion to participate in planning McMinnville’s future. Each effort is described in more detail below.

PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION

Housing Production Strategy

Project Description: This project will develop a Housing Production Strategy for City Council to consider. The Housing Production Strategy is required by state law and is a tool box of city programs and policies to help incentivize and support the development of housing needed in our community. If you like planning, want to support our housing needs in our community, and like brainstorming, this would be a great match for you.

Timeline: This project will kick off in August 2024, and will last approximately 12 months, with a meeting every month for about two hours.

Transportation System Plan Update

Project Description: This project will update the city’s Transportation System Plan, including transportation infrastructure for cars, bicycles, scooters, walkers, etc. We will be planning for a population of approximately 45,000 people, evaluating roads for vehicular movements, but also planning more off-road infrastructure for pedestrians and bicyclists to encourage people to get around town in something other than a vehicle. If you like to dream about alternative ways for people to move around the community or are concerned about future congestion and want to be part of the solution, or simply like the engineering aspect of this type of infrastructure planning this committee is for you.

Timeline: This project will kick off in Fall 2024, and will last approximately 24 months, with a meeting every month or two for about two hours.

Southwest Area Plan

Project Description: This project will develop a future area plan for the Southwest Area of the city’s urban growth boundary (south of Redmond Hill Road and west of Hill Road), with a focus on housing, parkland, connectivity, and a Neighborhood Activity Center. It is a great opportunity to get involved in developing the vision for a future growth area of McMinnville and then putting together a plan to support that vision.

Timeline: This project will kick off in Fall 2024, and will last approximately 18 months, with a meeting every month or two for about two hours.

Downtown Master Plan Update

Project Description: This project will update McMinnville’s Downtown Master Plan identifying how the streets adjacent to Third Street and Alpine Avenue will grow and develop to serve a future McMinnville community in twenty years, with a focus on housing, commercial development, parking, design standards, urban gathering spaces and public improvements needed.

Timeline: This project will kick off in Fall 2024, and will last approximately 24 months, with a meeting every month or two for about two hours.

PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION