Hi Jonathan, here in the City of Bend OR our City Council appoints advisory committees on specific issues. I sit on the City's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee along with one other architect, however our seats are "at large" and the specific seats for stakeholders did not include architects but rather a builder, developer, real estate agent, mortgage broker and someone living in affordable housing. Of course it should include architects, but that seems to be over looked. From that committee I sit on a stakeholder group revising our Zoning Ordinance to meet our Oregon legislation that abolished single family zoning to allow missing middle housing. We have 3 architects out of 12 on that committee. Additionally I am sitting on a task force for Homelessness issues and again, the only architect. So I wish I could give you a better example, but it is possible when architects are willing to apply, they can be appointed to City Boards even if they are not specifically designed to be architects. It's really important. I sit on our AIA Oregon State Board and am facilitating a Housing and Community Development Committee as well as a liaison on the Committee on Local Affairs. I was a Planning Commissioner and City Council member years ago and realize how important it is for architects to participate in the laws that govern the built environment. I urge all members to consider it.
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[Katherine] [Austin] [AIA]
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[Katherine Austin, AIA, Architect]
Bend OR
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-22-2021 08:56 AM
From: Jonathan Barnes
Subject: city architect advisory panel
Looking for some examples of cities w an architects advisory panel, or something like that. Anyone know of any? Not an architectural review board per se, but an advisory panel of architects that serves a municipality on an ongoing basis.
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Jonathan Barnes FAIA
Jonathan Barnes Architecture & Design
Columbus OH
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