In
1978, a Citizen Task force designated the boundaries
of eight neighborhood associations.
Today, neighborhood associations
geographically cover the entire extents of the
City, out to the
Urban
Growth Boundary. As of 2005, there were
twelve neighborhood associations with boundaries
revised
as shown on the map below.
Oregon
City established a Citizen Involvement Program in
the 1980s. The program has
two major components: neighborhood associations and
a Citizen Involvement
Committee (CIC). The CIC is the officially recognized
citizen advisory committee to meet LCDC Statewide
Planning Goal 1, and as required by Goal 1, is
responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating
the Citizen Involvement
Program.
Goal
1 of the 2004 Oregon City Comprehensive Plan is
based on the Citizen Participation Goal in the
1976 Land-Use Policies for Oregon City. The 1976
policy seeks to "provide an active and systematic
process for citizen and public agency involvement
in the land use decision-making for Oregon City".
Goal 1 of the 2004 Plan, described as Citizen Involvement,
details both the Neighborhood Associations and
the Citizen Involvement Coordinating Committee
(CICC) as the vehicles for ensuring citizen participation.
The CIC coordinates and communicates
various aspects of citizen participation in the
community and advises
the City Commission, the Planning Commission and
other planning and advisory bodies. The City Manager
provides a City Liaison.
Presentations
are regularly made to neighborhood associations
by the City, developers, the school district,
other units of government and the business community
on plan proposals, ballot measures and other
topics of interest. Neighborhood associations
discuss other topics and plan activities on neighborhood
projects.
