Winterbrook Planning is pleased to share that the City of Corvallis has unanimously approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Avery Park project—a milestone that allows the City’s Parks Maintenance Facility relocation and associated riparian restoration work to move forward.

The City’s objective, identified in the adopted Parks Master Plan, is to move the existing Parks Maintenance Facility out of the floodway and riparian corridor at Avery Park to higher ground, supporting both operational efficiency and environmental restoration goals.

To make this possible, Winterbrook, as part of the FFA Architecture and Interiors project team, led the land use and environmental planning process to prepare a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Goal 5 ESEE (Economic, Social, Environmental, and Energy) Analysis, enabling an adjustment to the Highly Protected Significant Vegetation (HPSV) Overlay.

Winterbrook’s biologists conducted fieldwork at Avery Park to evaluate habitat resources and identify areas appropriate for protection and development. The resulting plan removes a small area of low-quality habitat from the overlay and replaces it with a new protected habitat area four times larger, extending environmental protections to more of Avery Park.

Winterbrook coordinated closely with City staff, the project team, and the community throughout the process. The Corvallis Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval, and the City Council unanimously approved the proposal, affirming this balanced approach—allowing important public facility improvements while expanding habitat protection and enabling long-term floodway and riparian corridor restoration.

The next phase of the project, facility development, will involve collaboration with FFA Architecture and Interiors, Mayer/Reed Landscape Architects, Cumming Group, and KPFF Consulting Engineers.

Jesse Winterowd and Keava Campbell pointing things the want to protect in Avery Park