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State Review of Metro Reserves
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| Commission Hearings and Verbal Decisions |
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October 29, 2010
The Land Conservation and Development Commission held hearings on five days in late October to hear objections from 46 parties to the Metro Urban and Rural Reserve designations. On October 29, 2010, the Commission voted unanimously to approve the urban and rural reserve designations in Clackamas and Multnomah counties, and most of the urban reserve designations in Washington County. Two urban reserve areas (representing about ten percent of the total in Washington County) were sent back by the Commission, one just north of the City of Cornelius and the other just north of Forest Grove. The Commission directed Washington County and Metro to remove the urban reserve designation near Cornelius, and to reevaluate the one near Forest Grove. The Commission indicated that the county and Metro may (they are not required to) add other areas as urban reserves to make up for any acreage lost in the Cornelius/Forest Grove areas. As a result, the Commission also did not take final action on the rural reserve areas in Washington County in order to leave the county and Metro the flexibility to consider areas for urban reserve designation. The Commission did also approve the overall amount of urban reserves in Washington County (and the rest of the region).
The commission’s final written order is expected to be issued in December.
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| DLCD Staff Report Released |
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Sept. 28, 2010
The Department of Land Conservation and Development issued a staff report today on its review of the Metro Urban and Rural Reserves. The report is at the link below.
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| Exceptions to Staff Report |
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Oct. 08, 2010
The deadline for filing exceptions to the above DLCD Staff Report was Friday, October 10, 2010. Those exceptions, which were sent to the department, are listed below. (NOTE: Some of these files are very large and may take some time to download.)
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| Background Information |
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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:
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| Metro and County Decisions |
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Metro and the three counties recently used this new state tool to adopt both urban and rural reserves. Those local decisions now go to the state Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) for review.
For a copy of the decisions, please see the links below:
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| Objections for State Review |
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The deadline for filing objections to a county and/or Metro desicion was Thursday, July 14. Those objections, which were sent to the department for review, are listed below. (NOTE: Some of these files are very large and may take some time to download.)
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| State Review / Overall Schedule |
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The Metro and county decisions were submitted to DLCD on June 23, 2010. The following is a schedule for the state review of those decisions.
| Deadline for Filing Objections | July 14, 2010 |
| DLCD Staff Report | September 28, 2010 |
| Exceptions to DLCD Staff Report | October 8, 2010 (5 p.m.) |
| Hearing to Review Metro's and Counties' Decisions | October 19-22, 2010 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.
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