Title 195 · ORS Chapter 195

195.912�� Local review of transmission line upgrade �� Note: Definitions in 197.015 apply to ORS chapter 195. COORDINATION AGREEMENTS (Agreements Generally) �� 195.020 Special

Citation: ORS 195.912

Section: 195.912

195.912�� Local review of transmission line upgrade

�� Note: Definitions in 197.015 apply to ORS chapter 195.

COORDINATION AGREEMENTS

(Agreements Generally)

�� 195.020 Special district planning responsibilities; agreements with local governments and metropolitan service district. (1) Special districts shall exercise their planning duties, powers and responsibilities and take actions that are authorized by law with respect to programs affecting land use, including a city or special district boundary change as defined in ORS 197.175 (1), in accordance with goals approved pursuant to ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A.

�� (2) A county assigned coordinative functions under ORS 195.025 (1), or the metropolitan service district, which is assigned coordinative functions for Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties by ORS 195.025 (1), shall enter into a cooperative agreement with each special district that provides an urban service within the boundaries of the county or the metropolitan district. A county or the metropolitan service district may enter into a cooperative agreement with any other special district operating within the boundaries of the county or the metropolitan district.

�� (3) The appropriate city and county and, if within the boundaries of the metropolitan service district, the metropolitan service district, shall enter into a cooperative agreement with each special district that provides an urban service within an urban growth boundary. The appropriate city and county, and the metropolitan service district, may enter into a cooperative agreement with any other special district operating within an urban growth boundary.

�� (4) The agreements described in subsection (2) of this section shall conform to the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (d), (f) and (g) of this subsection. The agreements described in subsection (3) of this section shall:

�� (a) Describe how the city or county will involve the special district in comprehensive planning, including plan amendments, periodic review and amendments to land use regulations;

�� (b) Describe the responsibilities of the special district in comprehensive planning, including plan amendments, periodic review and amendments to land use regulations regarding provision of urban services;

�� (c) Establish the role and responsibilities of each party to the agreement with respect to city or county approval of new development;

�� (d) Establish the role and responsibilities of the city or county with respect to district interests including, where applicable, water sources, capital facilities and real property, including rights of way and easements;

�� (e) Specify the units of local government which shall be parties to an urban service agreement under ORS 195.065;

�� (f) If a metropolitan service district is a party to the agreement, describe how the metropolitan service district will involve the special district in the exercise of the metropolitan service district�s regional planning responsibilities; and

�� (g) Contain such other provisions as the Land Conservation and Development Commission may require by rule.

�� (5) Agreements required under subsections (2) and (3) of this section are subject to review by the commission. The commission may provide by rule for periodic submission and review of cooperative agreements to insure that they are consistent with acknowledged comprehensive plans. [Formerly 197.185]

�� 195.025 Regional coordination of planning activities; alternatives. (1) In addition to the responsibilities stated in ORS 197.175, each county, through its governing body, shall be responsible for coordinating all planning activities affecting land uses within the county, including planning activities of the county, cities, special districts and state agencies, to assure an integrated comprehensive plan for the entire area of the county. In addition to being subject to the provisions of ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A with respect to city or special district boundary changes, as defined by ORS 197.175 (1), the governing body of the metropolitan service district shall be considered the county review, advisory and coordinative body for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties for the areas within that district.

�� (2) For the purposes of carrying out ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A, counties may voluntarily join together with adjacent counties as authorized in ORS 190.003 to 190.620.

�� (3) Whenever counties and cities representing 51 percent of the population in their area petition the Land Conservation and Development Commission for an election in their area to form a regional planning agency to exercise the authority of the counties under subsection (1) of this section in the area, the commission shall review the petition. If it finds that the area described in the petition forms a reasonable planning unit, it shall call an election in the area on a date specified in ORS 203.085, to form a regional planning agency. The election shall be conducted in the manner provided in ORS chapter 255. The county clerk shall be considered the elections officer and the commission shall be considered the district elections authority. The agency shall be considered established if the majority of votes favor the establishment.

�� (4) If a voluntary association of local governments adopts a resolution ratified by each participating county and a majority of the participating cities therein which authorizes the association to perform the review, advisory and coordination functions assigned to the counties under subsection (1) of this section, the association may perform such duties. [Formerly 197.190]

�� 195.033 Area population forecasts; rules. (1) As used in this section, �affected local government� means:

�� (a) A city or county for which the Portland State University Population Research Center is preparing a population forecast;

�� (b) A county that contains all or part of a city or an urban growth boundary for which the center is preparing a population forecast; and

�� (c) A local service district, as defined in ORS 174.116, that includes territory within the area subject to the population forecast.

�� (2) For the purpose of land use planning, the center shall issue a population forecast for:

�� (a) Each county except Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties;

�� (b) The portions of Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington Counties that are not within Metro; and

�� (c) The area within each urban growth boundary other than the urban growth boundary of Metro.

�� (3) A local government with land use jurisdiction over land for which the center issues population forecasts under subsection (2) of this section shall apply the current final population forecast when changing the comprehensive plan or a land use regulation of the local government.

�� (4) The center shall issue population forecasts for each area described in subsection (2) of this section not less than once every four years on a schedule established by standards adopted by Portland State University in consultation with the Department of Land Conservation and Development.

�� (5) When issuing a population forecast, the center shall:

�� (a) Consider and, if appropriate, incorporate available local data and information about local conditions received from representatives of local governments and members of the public;

�� (b) Cause, directly or with the assistance of the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the issuance of notice to all affected local governments and to members of the public that have provided a written request for notice to the center; and

�� (c) Post the methodology and supporting data used to make the population forecast on a publicly available website when the center causes notice to be issued as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

�� (6) A population forecast must forecast population for a 50-year period including:

�� (a) Forecasts for intervals, within the 50-year period, that are established by standards adopted by Portland State University in consultation with the Department of Land Conservation and Development;

�� (b) Population cohorts as provided by standards adopted by the university in consultation with the department;

�� (c) Population data segmented by race, ethnicity and disability status; and

�� (d) Segregated information for populations on tribal lands.

�� (7) Within 45 days after the center issues a proposed population forecast under this section, a member of the public or an affected local government may file objections with the center. An objection must be supported by the inclusion of data or information that supports the objection. If the center:

�� (a) Does not receive an objection within the 45-day period, the proposed population forecast becomes final.

�� (b) Receives an objection within the 45-day period, the center shall review the objections filed, make changes to the proposed population forecast, if necessary in the discretion of the center, and issue a final population forecast.

�� (8) Periodically, the Department of Land Conservation and Development may require the center to submit its forecasting methodology and local data collection practices for review by an advisory committee established by the department and composed of experts in the field of population forecasting, representatives of cities and counties and members of the public.

�� (9) The issuance of a final population forecast under this section is:

�� (a) Not a land use decision; and

�� (b) A final decision not subject to further review or appeal.

�� (10) The Land Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with Portland State University, shall adopt rules to implement the population forecasting program required by this section.

�� (11) Each biennium, the commission may allocate, from the grant funding described in ORS