NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOREST GROVE CITY COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 311-22-000030-PLNG

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOREST GROVE CITY COUNCIL FILE NUMBER 311-22-000030-PLNG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forest Grove City Council will hold public hearings on Monday, October 24, and November 14, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. or thereafter, at the Community Auditorium, 1915 Main Street and via Zoom video conferencing, to consider the following proposal: Annexation of approximately 42.7 acres of land, north of David Hill Road and west of Highway 47, into the Forest Grove city limits and Clean Water Services District and withdrawing the property from the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District. Annexation will allow extension of public utilities and future development of the land for residential development. The decision on this matter will be based on compliance with the following laws and policies: –Oregon Annexation Law (Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 222, Boundary Changes); –Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 10 (Housing) –Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 11 (Public Facilities) –Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 12 (Transportation) –Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 14 (Urbanization) –The Portland Metro Regional Government Code related to Local Government Boundary Changes (Chapter 3.09); and –Forest Grove Development Code Sections 17.2.150 (Annexation) All persons will be given reasonable opportunity to provide comments responding to the review criteria above. If an issue is not raised in the hearing (by person or by letter) or if the issue is not explained in sufficient detail to allow the City Council to respond to the issue, then that issue cannot be used as basis for an appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. If additional documents or evidence are provided in support of the application, any party shall be entitled to a continuance, if a participant so requests before conclusion of the initial evidentiary hearing, the record shall remain open for at least seven days after the hearing. Additional information regarding this proposal is available for viewing at https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/planning/project/allied-development-annexation or the Forest Grove Community Development Department at 1924 Council Street. A copy of the staff report will be available for inspection before the hearing and is published on the City’s website at https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/meetings. The hearings will be held in a hybrid format allowing the public to attend the meetings virtually via Zoom and in-person. A copy of the meeting agendas with Zoom instructions and staff reports are available and published on the City’s website at https://www.forestgrove-or.gov/meetings. To provide testimony via Zoom, please email City Recorder Anna Ruggles at arug gles@forestgrove-or.gov at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. For further information about this proposal or to submit written comments or testimony contact Senior Planner Dan Riordan at driordan@forestgrove-or.gov or (503) 992-3226. Anna D. Ruggles, CMC, City Recorder City of Forest Grove Publish Oct 20, Nov 3, 2022 FGNT261277

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