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| About CIAC |
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Citizens of Oregon often ask how they can participate in the statewide land use planning program. The system, after all, is complex and can be cumbersome and intimidating.
The CIAC operates, in part, to provide a regular forum where citizens around the state can share their experiences and find information.
The CIAC is supported in this effort by the department´s Communications Officer (Cliff Voliva), who helps citizens and professionals alike find easier ways to:
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Access planning information;
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Demystify planning and legal processes;
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Put you in touch with staff and public records; and
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Foster an interaction with the department and its public policy decision-making body, the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC).
This website has been designed to help citizens and citizen planners, who often ask for a Statewide Planning 101 course. Beyond the basics, you can also learn about how citizens of Oregon are actively involved in protecting the citizen involvement process, promoting and challenging the statewide land use program, finding new avenues of expression and involvement in critical land use planning issues, and expanding citizen involvement around the state.
Online citizen’s guides (see the Publications page ) will also show you how to work with the program’s 19 Statewide Planning Goals and Oregon administrative rules. They also will help you to better understand how federal programs and executive initiatives influence the way that statewide land use planning, development and conservation are being achieved in Oregon.
Each city and county comprehensive plan includes a Citizen Involvement Program (CIP), which describes how the public can participate in each phase of the planning process. Local governments must periodically evaluate their efforts to involve citizens, and, if necessary, update their programs. These requirements are established in Goal 1, Citizen Involvement:
- A Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI) be established to monitor citizen involvement;
- A Citizen Involvement Program (CIP) be adopted, providing for involvement in all phases of the planning process; and
- The CIP be reviewed periodically to assure that opportunities continue to be provided.
ORS 197 established the state´s Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (CIAC) to advise LCDC and local governments on matters pertaining to citizen involvement.
CIAC is a permanent committee established by this statute. CIAC is only an advisory body; it has no explicit or implied authority over any local government or state agency. It does not set policy nor review local land use plans or decisions.
The CIAC has eight volunteer members, one from each of Oregon´s five Congressional Districts and three chosen at-large. Committee members are appointed to four-year terms by LCDC.
CIAC´s chair is elected, by the committee´s members, for a term of one year. The committee meets bi-monthly; usually in Salem.
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| Link to Meetings Page |
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To view CIAC meeting agendas and minutes, please go here.
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| Current Members |
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DISTRICT |
APPOINTED |
TERM EXPIRES |
Pat Zimmerman
52057 Rabinsky Rd.
Scappoose, OR 97056
503-543-3485
503-543-8347 (fax) |
District 1
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January 2004 |
December 2011 |
Mollie Eder
10402 SW Fleming Rd.
Powell Butte, OR 97753
541-416-1064
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District 2 |
March 2009 |
December 2012 |
Chris White
344 SE 53rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97215
503-233-7431 |
District 3 |
August 2005 |
June 2013 |
Gregory McClarren
721 N.W. Cedar Ave.
Redmond, OR 97756
541-923-6670
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District 4 |
March 2008 |
December 2011 |
Ann Glaze (Chair)
16860 Brown Rd.
Dallas, OR 97338
503-831-1288 |
District 5 |
January 2005 |
December 2012 |
Don Greene (Vice Chair)
P.O. Box 516
Ashland, OR 97520
541-482-5904 |
At-large |
August 2008 |
June 2012 |
OPEN
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At-large |
TBA |
TBA |
Roberta Donovan
808 North 6th St.
Nyssa, OR 97913
541-372-5761
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At-large |
April 2009 |
June 2011
(Existing term)
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