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County commissioners and Metro councilors will come to agreements on urban and rural reserves in February. Find out how you can still weigh in.
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Metro and the three metropolitan area counties have crafted a proposed regional map of urban and rural reserves and the legal agreements that will formally establish these land designations. The representatives of these four governments, called the Core 4, met regularly through 2009 and released their proposed map to the public for comment. County commissioners and Metro councilors heard from hundreds of citizens around the region who shared their views at hearings and open houses in January. Officials are considering what they heard and are preparing to define a final map of reserves in February. Read about the Core 4 process
The Core 4 is considering what they have heard from residents from around the region at open houses and Metro Council hearings in January as they finalize the regional map and agreements.The four governments anticipate approving these agreements in spring 2010.
The reserves process was launched in early 2008. Since then, officials from Metro and the three counties have consulted residents, stakeholders and public officials on how best to create the right regional system of urban and rural reserves for the next half century.Find out what partners and the public said
A regional Reserves Steering Committee and county advisory committees represented regional and local interests as the counties determined land suitability for either urban or rural uses. Learn more about the steering committee
Metro and the three counties have presented information to civic, business, agriculture, professional and academic organizations.
The Oregonian, community news papers, the Capital Press agriculture newspaper, commercial television stations, community access cable stations and Oregon Public Broadcasting have provided coverage.
In summer 2008, seven open houses were jointly sponsored by the counties and Metro to share information about this new land designation process and to ask residents to help define the area to study. More than 300 people attended these events. The three counties also maintain reserves web pages and email lists to notify people of decisions and events. Members of the regional and county advisory committees have reached out to their constituents and communities to share information and obtain guidance.
Metro and the counties hosted eight public open houses in April 2009 where people viewed candidate area maps, heard presentations and shared their views with officials. You can still access maps and information and you are welcome to share your views with officials at any time.
See county proposals
View public comment report
View the spreadsheet of all survey comments
The three counties also maintain reserves web pages and e-mail lists to notify people of decisions and events. Members of the regional and county advisory committees have reached out to their constituents and communities to share information and obtain guidance.
On Sept. 15, 2009 Metro's chief operating officer Michael Jordan released his recommendation to the Metro Council on how the region should manage growth and achieve long term sustainability and prosperity over the next decades. Metro hosted open houses and hearings and online surveys providing residents of the region the opportunity to comment on his recommendation and advise the Metro Council regarding key decisions coming this fall on land use as well as transportation.
Download the recommendation on reserves (5.8M PDF)
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Find information about how your county is planning for urban and rural reserves.
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