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Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

Metro Urban and Rural Reserves 2011
DLCD Staff Report
July. 28, 2010
 
The Department of Land Conservation and Development issued a staff report today of the review of the Metro Urban and Rural Reserves re-submittal. The report is at the link below.

Metro and County Decisions
For a copy of Metro and the Counties re-submittal ordinances and material, please see the links provided below:

Background Information
Senate Bill 1011, enacted by the 2007 Oregon Legislature, enables Metro and metro-area counties to designate "urban and rural reserves." The reserves identify:
(a) what lands might become urbanized in the future (if there is a need); and
(b) what lands will be left in a rural setting over the long-term.
The purpose of this program is to allow Metro and other local governments to plan for efficient future development patterns, while at the same time giving farmers and others certainty about what areas will not be urbanized and that will remain available as farm or forest lands.
 
For copies of the legislation authorizing Metro and the counties to adopt reserves, and the state rules implementing that legislation, please see the links below:

Objections for State Review

The deadline for filing objections to a county and/or Metro decision was Friday, June 3, 2011. Those objections, which were sent to the department for review, are listed below.
 
REF.
 NAME
1
 VDM Family 
2
 Coalition for a Prosperous Region
3
 City of Cornelius
4
 City of Hillsboro
5
 1000 Friends plus other objectors 
6
 Department of Agriculture
7
 Joseph C Rayhawk
8
 Save Helvetia Community
9
 Thomas Black
10
 Steve and Kelli Bobosky
11
 Chris and Tom Maletis
12
  Forest Park Neighborhood Association 
13
 MLG 
14
 East Bethany Owners 

Exceptions to Staff Report
The deadline for filing exceptions to the above DLCD Staff Report was Monday, August 8, 2011. Those exceptions, which were sent to the department, are listed below.
 
1000 Friends
City of Cornelius
Linda Peters
Save Helvetia
East Bethany Owners
Joseph C Rayhawk
Metro
Cities of Tualitin and West Linn
Chris and Tom Maletis
Metropolitan Land Group
Ruth Anne Van De Moortele Dean

State Review / Overall Schedule
The Metro and county decisions were submitted to DLCD on May 13, 2011. The following is a schedule for the state review of those decisions.
 

Deadline for Filing Objections
June 3, 2011
DLCD Staff Report 
July 28, 2011
Exceptions to DLCD Staff Report
August 8, 2011 (5 p.m.)
Hearing to Review Metro's and Counties' Decisions
August 18, 19, 2011 LCDC Meeting
 
For more information on the state's review of the Metro and county decisions, please contact DLCD regional representatives Jennifer Donnelly at (971) 673-0963; or Anne Debbaut at (971) 673-0965.