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Portland’s Neighborhood-Based Planning System
In 2001, the Portland City Council worked with citizens and proposed that Portland establish a Neighborhood-Based Planning System. The City sought to promote an exchange of information and ideas on citywide planning between the city and neighborhoods. The system includes two components:
a) Development Review Process
b) Neighborhood-Based Planning
To elevate the role of citizens and neighborhoods in the City’s Development Review Process, the City Council adopted measures to assure the timely distribution of information and to seek public input earlier in the review process. Specifically, public notices are sent earlier and over a wider area, notices are posted on our web page, neighborhood meetings must be held and public comment is allowed at Planning Board workshops.
Portland’s Department of Planning and Development is launching a neighborhood-based planning program called a Neighborhood Foundation Plan. The process is a strategic assessment of a neighborhood that is targeted in scope, action oriented and can be accomplished within a defined time frame. The purpose is to understand the neighborhood and its assets, create a neighborhood vision and identify issues within the neighborhood. Goals, objectives and actions are developed to address priority issues. It is a method that incorporates land use and physical planning elements, along with other policy issues affecting the quality of life within the neighborhood. Portland seeks to assist neighborhoods in creating Neighborhood Foundation Plans that are consistent with and integral to Portland’s Comprehensive Plan.