The Neskowin Community Plan
In coordination with the Tillamook County Planning Office, the Neskowin Citizen Advisory Committee (NCAC) and its members have been tasked with facilitating an update to the Neskowin Community Plan (see current plan HERE). This plan was last revised in 1999.
A Subcommittee of the NCAC was formed in 2023 to create an update to the Neskowin Community Plan that was adopted by the county in 2001. The subcommittee has been meeting regularly on zoom. Meetings are open to the public and are posted on the upcoming events page of the NCAC website. Meetings will resume September 15, 2025 and are open to the public, with public comments appreciated. Meetings are documented on the archive page of the NCAC website, including the most recent working version of the draft plan.
Zoom, Hybrid, and in person community informational and feedback meetings have been held in Neskowin at the Neskowin Beach Golf Course club house, and the Hawk Creek Gallery. Regular updates are made to the NCAC Executive Board, and the NCAC General Meetings. In addition, community input has been solicited at the Neskowin Community Association meetings on Memorial and Labor Day weekends at the Firehall. Community Plan updates are also reported in the Neskowin Community Association newsletter.
A draft working update to the Neskowin Community Plan r26 is currently under review with the county and will be available for review and comment by the Neskowin community in the fall of 2025, with the goal of approval by a vote of the NCAC membership and submission to the county by the end of 2025. The county will have a separate public process to consider adoption of the plan.
The Neskowin Community is encouraged to monitor the NCAC website to view a final draft of the proposed update of the Neskowin Community plan in the fall of 2025 A schedule will be posted of feedback sessions which will be held either by zoom or in hybrid-zoom and in person sessions, to discuss and give comments on the proposed update.
Written questions and comments about the Neskowin Community Plan are appreciated at any time, and can be sent to admin@neskowincac.org.
Please click HERE to go to a page containing all the recorded NCAC Informational Town Hall Videos
Please sign up HERE to receive the latest information and updates about NCAC activities to your email inbox. You can contact the NCAC at info@neskowincac.org
Phases for Updating the Neskowin Community Plan
Phase 1: Education and Survey Development
December 2019 - May 2022
Provide information to the community and have a discussion on what Neskowin has now .
Outline Oregon State’s 19 Land Use Goals (see HERE) and how they relate to local Land Use Ordinances and Standards so that our community can understand how their recommendations will be referred to by the County, State and Federal agencies in Land Use applications in our community.
Conduct 19-22 Informational Town Halls to discuss Land Use and seed an open discussion to better understand specific local applications of Land Use Goals (see Town Halls HERE).
Develop survey questions related to Land Use Goals and their relation to Community interests and concerns.
Develop database of Community stakeholders and do the outreach required to engage stakeholders in Community Plan process.
Phase 2: Survey Administration, Data Collection and Analysis
June 2022 - Jan 2023
Collect new ideas and discuss them as a community.
Distribute and collect surveys and distill the Town Hall conversations to identify community driven changes pertaining to Land Use ordinances and standards.
Engage stakeholders in rating each recommendation and develop consensus-based value statements within the suggested revisions to the Community Plan.
Provide a report to County Development Office to obtain their feedback.
Phase 3: Writing the First Draft of the Community Plan
February 2023 - July 2023
Send collective recommendations to the County.
Work with the County on getting suggested Community Plan revisions integrated into clear form that includes recommendations for Neskowin Community regarding Land Use Ordinances and Standards that the County can use when making future rulings on Land Use Planning in Neskowin Community.
Phase 4: Citizen input to the first draft and finalization with County
August 2023 - May 2024
Collective recommendations delivered to and negotiated with the County.
Work with the County to finalize recommendations for Neskowin Community Plan regarding Land Use Ordinances and Standards that the County can use when making future rulings on Land Use Planning in Neskowin Community.
Here is a slideshow presentation by the Tillamook County Planning Office explaining
Goals 1 and 2 or Oregon State’s Land Use Planning Goals
Note: Use the controls at the bottom of the slide window to scroll through the slides
Click HERE for the State’s webpage for all 19 Land Use Planning Goals