1. 1000 Friends of Oregon Mary Kyle McCurdy, Deputy Director
Introduce yourself to someone you don’t know.
Talk about your favorite place and Oregon and why.
To the main group: What are some reasons that you chose this break-out session over all the others? Personal? Professional?
Part of this interactive discussion will be based on lived experiences that dictate our world view. We ask that you please be conscious of different positions in our communities.

2. 1000 Friends of Oregon - Who we Are
Founded in 1975 by Gov. Tom McCall and Henry Richmond
Non-profit, statewide organization
Focused on implementing and improving Oregon’s land use planning program
Research, advocacy, outreach, education, litigation

3. Mission of 1000 Friends of Oregon
We work with Oregonians across the state, rural and urban
Livable towns and cities that are walkable with housing and transportation choices
Economically healthy rural areas with working farms, ranches, and forests and iconic landscapes

4. The State Land Use Program SB 100 Framework
• Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC)
7 citizen members appointed by Governor, confirmed by Senate
• Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
• Statewide Planning Goals
Guide local plans and state agencies

5. SB 100 - Legislative Policy
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that:
      (1) Open land used for agricultural use is an efficient means of conserving natural resources that constitute an important physical, social, aesthetic and economic asset to all of the people of this state, whether living in rural, urban or metropolitan areas of the state.
      (2) The preservation of a maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land is necessary to the conservation of the state’s economic resources and the preservation of such land in large blocks is necessary in maintaining the agricultural economy of the state and for the assurance of adequate, healthful and nutritious food for the people of this state and nation.
      (3) Expansion of urban development into rural areas is a matter of public concern because of the unnecessary increases in costs of community services, conflicts between farm and urban activities and the loss of open space and natural beauty around urban centers occurring as the result of such expansion.
      (4) Exclusive farm use zoning as provided by law, substantially limits alternatives to the use of rural land and, with the importance of rural lands to the public, justifies incentives and privileges offered to encourage owners of rural lands to hold such lands in exclusive farm use zones.

6. Statewide Planning Goals
Goal 1: Citizen Involvement 1974)
Goal 2: Land Use Planning (1974)
Goal 3: Agricultural Lands (1974)
Goal 4: Forest Lands (1974)
Goal 5: Natural Resources, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Open Spaces (1974)
Goal 6: Air, Water, and Land Resources Quality (1974)
Goal 7: Areas Subject to Natural Hazards 1974)
Goal 8: Recreational Needs (1974)
Goal 9: Economic Development (1974)
Goal 10: Housing (1974)
Goal 11: Public Facilities and Services (1974)
Goal 12: Transportation (1974)
Goal 13: Energy Conservation (1974)
Goal 14: Urbanization (1974)
Goal 15: Willamette River Greenway (1975)
Goal 16: Estuarine Resources (1976)
Goal 17: Coastal Shorelands (1976)
Goal 18: Beaches and Dunes (1976)
Goal 19: Ocean Resources (1976)

7. Major Policy Areas Citizen Involvement Protect Agricultural Lands
Protect Forest Lands
Protect Coastal Resources
Focus Development in Urban Areas (UGBs)
Housing for all in Every Town & City
Transportation Choice

8. Goal 10 - Housing
“To provide for the housing needs of citizens of the state.”
“… plans shall encourage the availability of adequate numbers of needed housing units at price ranges and rent levels which are commensurate with the financial capabilities of Oregon households and allow for flexibility of housing location, type and density.”
“Needed Housing… includes attached and detached single-family housing, multiple family housing, and manufactured homes, whether occupied by owners or renters.”

9. Goal 10 - Housing
  To provide for the housing needs of citizens of the state. Buildable lands for residential use shall be inventoried and plans shall encourage the availability of adequate numbers of needed housing units at price ranges and rent levels which are commensurate with the financial capabilities of Oregon households and allow for flexibility of housing location, type and density.
Goal 10 – Housing

10. Needed Housing: What does it Mean?
Inside UGBs, cities must provide land planned & zoned - for adequate numbers of housing types at the price ranges and rent levels, and in the right locations, shown to be needed over 20 years. No exclusionary zoning.
Types in statute -
attached and detached single-family housing
multiple family housing
manufactured homes and mobile home parks
government assisted housing
farmworker housing
without regard to whether occupied by owners or renters
ORS – “Needed Housing” defined.

11. State requirements for local decisions on residential development
Local governments must adopt clear and objective standards, conditions, and procedures regulating needed housing. These may not have the effect, either in themselves or cumulatively, of discouraging needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay.
Local government may adopt alternative approval process for residential development based on approval criteria regulating appearance or aesthetics that are not C & O if:
      (a) The applicant retains the option of proceeding under the C & O process      
(c) The approval criteria for the alternative process authorizes a density at or above the density level authorized by the C & O process
ORS

12. How does this translate to housing needs?
Grants Pass: 66% of HH are 1-2 persons
Medford: 63% of HH are 1-2 persons
Jackson Co. 25% over 60 years old
Josephine Co. 30% over 60 years old
Yet, zero MF units and only a few duplexes built in Grants Pass in 2016
2010 US Census
Medford Mail Tribune,

13. Housing Tools: change what we think of as a “single family home” and a “single family” neighborhood
Missing Middle Housing
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Duplexes
3- and 4-plexes, cottage clusters
Rowhouses, townhouses, attached housing
Internal conversions of SF homes
Other tools
Minimum average density (80%)
Restrict short term rentals
Upzone and rezone land to allow more MF housing
Less parking
Reduce fees, SDCs
State: OAR division 660, chapter 7
Metro: Metro Code, REGIONAL FUNCTIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS, Title 1: Housing Capacity, sections
(b)-(f) (minimum average density) and (g) (accessory dwelling unit

14. State Legislation House Bill 2007
Cities must allow ADUs and duplexes in SF zones
Shortens period for cities to review development applications for certain types of affordable housing
Strengthens requirements for clear and objective approval standards for all housing
Cannot use discretionary design review to deny housing or reduce the number of units