Southwest Area Plan

Thank you to all who participated in Community Design Workshop #1!  Your ideas and input will be used to help develop alternative concepts for evaluation and consideration.  We'll be seeking your input on these at Community Design Workshop #2 to be held on January 24, 2026. Save the Date!

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About the Southwest Area Plan

This planning project will develop an Area Plan for the southwest area.  The southwest area is one of the areas added to McMinnville’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) in 2020 as part of the McMinnville Growth Management and Urbanization Plan (MGMUP).  This is an area intended to meet a share of McMinnville’s 20-year growth needs.  Approximately 640 acres, (a square mile), it is the largest contiguous area added to the UGB in 2020. 

The City of McMinnville also adopted a Framework Plan, which identifies the different land uses to be included in each area to meet its part of McMinnville’s overall growth management plan.  The Framework Plan includes a high-level concept map for each area.  The Area Plan must be consistent with the “sidebars” of the adopted Framework Plan.  The Southwest Area Plan will create a plan to guide new neighborhoods to include a variety of housing types, neighborhood commercial uses and services, school and park sites, and opportunities for greenways and walking and biking trails.  McMinnville's Great Neighborhood Principles provide a key foundation for the plan. 

Once the Area Plan is adopted, it will guide future development of the area.   Before a property can be annexed into the City and developed, a property owner must prepare a master plan for development of the specific property proposed for annexation.  That proposed development plan must be consistent with the Area Plan, which codifies the community’s vision for the area.  

The Southwest Area Plan project will be guided by a Project Advisory Committee to make recommendations to project staff.  The City has a contract with a multi-disciplinary consultant team to work with staff and the Project Advisory Committee to conduct the Area Planning work. 

Throughout the project, there will be public outreach and engagement such as community design workshops and surveys to help guide the work and develop a plan that reflects the community’s vision. 

Project Scope and Timeline

Latest News

September 2025

The City hosted Community Design Workshop #1 on September 13, 2025.  Thank you to all who participated!  Your ideas and input will be used to help develop alternative concepts for evaluation and consideration.  We'll be seeking your input on these at Community Design Workshop #2 to be held on January 24, 2026. 

August 2025

The Project Advisory Committee held its first meeting on August 19, 2025

June 2025

The Project Advisory Committee met for an orientation meeting and site visit on June 4, 2025

December 2024 - May 2025

City staff began working with the consultant team on project start-up tasks in preparation for upcoming work that will be guided by a Project Advisory Committee, and which will include public engagement throughout the project phases.

December 2024

Request for Proposals (RFP) and Contract Award.  The City of McMinnville issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Qualifications-Based Selection Process for Professional Services for the Southwest Area Plan.  The City received and evaluated responsive proposals.  The City issued a Notice of Intent to Award the project to HHPR. No objections were received.   At their December 10, 2024 meeting, the City Council adopted a resolution awarding the project to the consultant team led by HHPR. 

Foundational Planning Documents

• McMinnville Framework Plan, Amended 2025 (Ordinance 5157)
• McMinnville's Great Neighborhood Principles

Related Reference Documents

• Comprehensive Plan - Volume I (Database)
• Comprehensive Plan - Volume II (Goals, Policies, and Proposals)
• McMinnville Growth Management and Urbanization Plan and Appendices (2020, Ordinance No. 5098), See Appendix G for Framework Plan
• McMinnville Transportation System Plan (2010), Appendices and Supplemental Documents
• 1995 McMinnville Westside Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
• 1999 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan  (New PROS plan was adopted by Resolution 2024-38.  Comprehensive Plan Amendment to adopt new plan/replace 1999 PROS plan as supplemental document to Comprehensive Plan will occur by Ordinance in Spring, 2025)*. 
• McMinnville Zoning Ordinance (Title 17 of McMinnville Municipal Code)
• McMinnville Municipal Code (MMC) Title 16 (Annexations) and Chapter 17.10 (Area and Master Planning Process) see above link to pdf of Zoning Ordinance
• 2002 Highway 18/99W South Interchange Area Management Plan (IAMP)
• Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) Statewide Wetlands Inventory (SWI)
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Compass Tool
• McMinnville Buildable Land Inventory, Housing Needs Analysis and Economic Opportunities Analysis 2024 Update (Adopted by City Council, Ordinance 5141, Currently In Review by DLCD, Submitted Using the Sequential UGB Process per OAR 660-025-0185)

Related Planning Efforts

The City is currently in process, or will be soon starting, a number of other planning efforts.  The following are in process or forecasted to overlap with the Southwest Area Planning process.

• Transportation System Plan Update
• Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Master Plan Update (Adopted)
• Public Facility Plan Updates (Water Distribution and Wastewater Conveyance)
• Docket G 3-22:  Draft Natural Hazards Inventory and Management Program
• Docket G 2-23:  Draft Natural Features Inventory and Management Program (Riparian Corridors, Scenic Viewpoints and Viewsheds, Tree Groves)
• Land Use Efficiency Measures Task (Part of Sequential UGB Review)
• Housing Production Strategy

For any further questions regarding the Southwest Area Planning Project, feel free to reach out to the Senior Planner, Tom Schauer, directly at Tom.Schauer@mcminnvilleoregon.gov or (503) 474-5108.