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Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee
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 staff, Bob Rindy, who helps citizens and professionals alike find easier ways to:
  • Access planning information;
  • Demystify planning and legal processes;
  • Put you in touch with staff and public records; and
  • 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:
  1. A Committee for Citizen Involvement (CCI) be established to monitor citizen involvement;
  2. A Citizen Involvement Program (CIP) be adopted, providing for involvement in all phases of the planning process; and
  3. 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.

Recruitment - At Large Member
 
December 22, 2011 - Recruitment extended to January 30!!
 
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) are seeking a volunteer to serve as a member of the state’s Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (CIAC). CIAC is an eight-person committee that advises the LCDC on citizen involvement in land use planning. Members of CIAC are advocates for citizen involvement serving a critical role in the statewide land use planning process. This appointment will run January 2012 through December 2015.
 
The committee meets approximately ten times a year. For four of these meetings, members meet together in Salem; other meetings are also held in Salem but CIAC members attend on line.. Regular attendance is expected of appointed CIAC members. The State of Oregon (DLCD) pays travel costs to the quarterly meetings in Salem.
 
This committee is established by state law in order to assure widespread citizen involvement in all phases of the Oregon land use planning process. CIAC’s work centers on Statewide Planning Goal 1: Citizen Involvement. The committee advises LCDC and helps further the statewide goal through activities such as:
  • Advising LCDC, state, and local officials about ways to enhance citizen involvement;
  • Reviewing local government changes to citizen involvement plans;
  • Gathering and disseminating information about citizen involvement techniques; and
  • Writing materials to educate and inform Oregonians about citizen involvement.
 
Additional information about CIAC is available on the Web at:  http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/citizeninvolvement.shtml. Interested candidates are welcome to contact any of the current CIAC members for more information about duties and activities.
 
Submit completed applications to DLCD by 5 p.m. on Monday, January 30, 2012.
 
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APPLICATION MATERIALS:
  • Resume
  • Four letters of recommendation and/or references
  • Answers to four questions below (Please answer on a separate sheet of paper.)
 
APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
  1. Please explain why you are interested in this position.
  2. Please explain any involvement you have had with community planning or citizen involvement committees.
  3. Please explain any experience you have had in writing, editing or producing educational materials.
  4. Please explain any involvement you have had with state, regional or local advisory boards.
 
Please send application materials to:
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Attn: Bob Rindy
635 Capitol St. NE, Suite 150
Salem, OR 97301
 
Alternatively, you can submit your application by:
FAX: 503-378-5518
E-MAIL: bob.rindy@state.or.us


Publications

Link to Meetings Page
To view CIAC meeting agendas and minutes, please go here.

Current Members
MEMBERDISTRICTAPPOINTEDTERM EXPIRES 
Pat Zimmerman
52057 Rabinsky Rd.
Scappoose, OR 97056
503-543-3485
503-543-8347 (fax)		District 1
January 2004December 2011
Mollie Eder (Chair)
10402 SW Fleming Rd.
Powell Butte, OR 97753
541-416-1064
District 2March 2009December 2012
Chris White
344 SE 53rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97215
503-415-6056		District 3August 2005June 2013
Gregory McClarren (Vice-Chair)
65491 Bay Breeze Rd.
North Bend, OR 97459
541-633-0228
District 4March 2008December 2011
Ann Glaze
16860 Brown Rd.
Dallas, OR 97338
503-831-1288		District 5January 2005December 2012
Don Greene
P.O. Box 516
Ashland, OR 97520
541-482-5904		At-largeAugust 2008June 2012
Debra Martzahn
1148 SW 9th Street
Lincoln City, OR 97367
541-996-1228
At-largeJanuary 2010December 2013
Sadie Carney
1720 SW 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
917-887-8896
At-largeMarch 2012December 2015