The Newberg City Council created the Ad Hoc Committee on Newberg' Future (the Committee) to provide a forum for citizen involvement in planning for Newberg’s future land use patterns. The Committee was asked to make recommendations that would help the City Council make future amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee was to consider Newberg’s future land use needs for at least the next 20 years (2025) and preferably longer (out to 2040). The Committee met from April 2004 to June 2005. During that time, the Committee considered future population and housing needs, and the land requirements for residential, industrial, commercial, and industrial development. They reviewed the supply of buildable land within the existing Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), and evaluated the land in the Urban Reserve Areas (URAs) and surrounding areas to determine which areas would be most suitable to meet the requirements of each type of land use.

The attached report contains the Committee's recommendations to the City Council.