Come join us for our annual business meeting! Elect your board members for the next two years. Snacks provided. No host bar.

The board will meet to discuss financial, administrative and land use matters. Contact friendsofyamhillcounty@gmail.com if you are interested in watching the meeting.

Come join the board for the annual membership meeting. The featured speaker will be Sam Diaz, executive director of 1000 Friends of Oregon. Gather at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:00, program begins at 7:00. No host dinner.

This is a virtual meeting. Make a request to friendsofyamhillcounty@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

“An Oregon Story: Saving Our Beaches, Farmland & More" is an intimate exploration of Oregon's decades long history of innovative land-use planning and conservation practices. You’ll meet many of the farsighted and dedicated leaders, farmers and other individuals, who worked tirelessly to create and later defend our land-use planning program, which has protected Oregon’s fertile and productive farm and ranch lands, our beaches and iconic places from urban sprawl and other inappropriate development.

Presented by the Parkdale Valley Land Trust in association with Bergman Productions. The executive producer is Jim Gilbert, a long-time nursery owner from southern Clackamas County, Oregon.

This documentary is a testament to the spirit of Oregon and to the stewardship and determination of its many citizens, who have worked so hard to keep it a great place to live, work, recreate and farm. It showcases our shared values and our dedication to preserving and nurturing our land, honoring a heritage that dates back generations.

“An Oregon Story: Saving Our Beaches, Farmland & More" is an intimate exploration of Oregon's decades long history of innovative land-use planning and conservation practices. You’ll meet many of the farsighted and dedicated leaders, farmers and other individuals, who worked tirelessly to create and later defend our land-use planning program, which has protected Oregon’s fertile and productive farm and ranch lands, our beaches and iconic places from urban sprawl and other inappropriate development.

Presented by the Parkdale Valley Land Trust in association with Bergman Productions. The executive producer is Jim Gilbert, a long-time nursery owner from southern Clackamas County, Oregon.

This documentary is a testament to the spirit of Oregon and to the stewardship and determination of its many citizens, who have worked so hard to keep it a great place to live, work, recreate and farm. It showcases our shared values and our dedication to preserving and nurturing our land, honoring a heritage that dates back generations.

Hilary Foote, the Farm and Forest Lands Specialist for the state Department of Land Conservation and Development, will address how well Yamhill County is protecting working resource lands and give a status report on a state project to improve the rules and laws protecting farm and forest lands. This is also a Friends of Yamhill County business meeting that includes election of officers.

City Council consideration of planning commission’s recommendation on the Fox Ridge Road Area Plan.

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22.

Planning Commission Public Hearing

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22.

City Council/Planning Commission Joint Work Session

For more information, go to the city’s project page.

Hearing on proposed adoption of updated Housing Needs Analysis and Economic Opportunities Analysis. More information is available here.

Hearings on (1) Chehalem Parks and Recreation District request for approval of a Parks Master Plan and for a new park adjacent to the Willamette River and Highway 219 and (2) a request for a new dwelling at 1895 NE Noble Lane, McMinnville. More information is available here.

Project Advisory Committee Meeting #3 (Draft Preferred Scenario)

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22.

Meeting to consider changes to the city’s draft updates to its Housing Needs Analysis and Economic Opportunities Analysis. More information is available here.

Mary Kyle McCurdy, 1000 Friends of Oregon Deputy Director, and Rob Hallyburton, FYC vice president, will lead a presentation Oregon’s landmark statewide planning program, and share tips on how to effectively participate in local land use matters.

Mary Kyle McCurdy is a legend in Oregon planning circles. She is one of the most respected land use attorneys in Oregon and is familiar to many members from her involvement in urban growth boundary issues in McMinnville and Newberg.

Before retirement, Rob was a county planner for 13 years, including five years at Yamhill County, and worked at the state Department of Land Conservation and Development for almost 20 years as a regional representative and division manager.

Come join us looking back, but more importantly looking forward to Yamhill County’s livable future!

Community Design Workshop #2 and PAC Debrief

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22.

Hearing to consider amendments to Sections 501, 502, 503, and 1014 of the Yamhill County Zoning Ordinance to permit Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) on lands zoned for rural residential use, namely the AF-10 Agriculture/Forestry Small Holding, VLDR Very Low Density Residential, and LDR Low Density Residential zones. By statute, ADU’s are prohibited from use as short-term rentals.

Agenda and hearing materials available here.

Final hearing on proposal to expand the city’s urban reserve on Corral Creek Road (applicant: Bellairs). The city’s project page is at https://www.newbergoregon.gov/planning/page/cpma21-0002-newberg-urban-reserve-area-expansion-land-use-application.

Project Advisory Committee Meeting #2 (Draft Scenarios)

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22.

The meeting agenda is at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/planning_commission/meeting/24105/0_-_pc_5-4-23_agenda.pdf.

For more information, go to the city’s project page at https://www.mcminnvilleoregon.gov/cd/page/fox-ridge-road-area-plan-project-g-1-22

McMinnville Civic Hall, 200 NE Second Street, or ZOOM Online Meeting. More information later.

To consider findings for approval of CPMA21-002/PA01-21, a request to amend the Newberg Urban Reserve boundary.

Newberg Public Safety Building, 401 E Third Street

More information is here.

Continued hearing to consider the appeal of the Historic Landmark Committee denial of the demolition permits to make way for the Gwendolyn Hotel in downtown McMinnville. More information here.

This will be a Zoom meeting. Please contact the president at friendsofyamhillcounty@gmail.com if you would like to participate.

Yamhill SWCD invites all partners and the public to attend its upcoming workgroup meeting with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This is an opportunity for the public to voice their natural resource concerns. The SWCD and NRCS use this feedback to guide our efforts in assisting the public.

To consider findings for approval of CPMA21-002/PA01-21, a request to amend the Newberg Urban Reserve boundary. Meeting packet: https://www.newbergoregon.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/newberg_urban_area_management_commission/meeting/32895/2023-0124_nuamc_agenda_packet.pdf

CONTINUED TO MARCH 28

Newberg Public Safety Building, 401 E Third Street

Location to be determined

At Miller Woods, 15580 NW Orchard View Rd, McMinnville, OR 97128

Location to be determined