BPS Long-range Planning Project Updates – December 2025

A monthly newsletter of BPS’s active long-range land use planning work in the City of Portland. Please see the monthly update for more details, including links to project websites with contact information.

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December 2025 highlights

Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub Policy Project invites the public to give testimony on proposed policy and code amendments to further regulate bulk fuel storage facilities in northwest Portland. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. Read more about the Proposed Draft and how to submit testimony.
Columbia Corridor and Industrial Lands (CCIL) Environmental Overlay Zone Project, which proposes amendments to existing natural resource protection policies and environmental overlay zone boundaries, is scheduled for Planning Commission hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 5 p.m. and welcoming public testimony. Read more about the Proposed Draft and how to submit testimony.
Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA), Portland’s required update to its long-range employment land needs analysis, scheduled for Planning Commission hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 5 p.m. and welcoming public testimony. Read more about the Proposed Draft and how to submit testimony.

Active projects with updates this month:

Affordable Housing Opportunities Project (AHOP)
Central City Code Amendments Project (CCCAP)
Columbia Corridor and Industrial Lands Environmental Overlay Zone Project
Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub Policy Project
Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA)
Reconnecting Albina Planning Project (RAPP)

Also in this month’s newsletter:

Ongoing projects (active projects with no updates this month)
Useful resources

Read the December 2025 update

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