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JEO Issues List – Page 4 of 4 <br /> Current policies of the Metro Plan support the concept of compact urban growth. Are there <br />o <br />strategies we can employ to allow this anticipated growth to occur but avoid the loss of high value <br />farmland as well as preserving and allowing for some urban farming to continue inside the urban <br />area? For example, how should the Metro Plan deal with the area south of the Jasper <br />Extension/Natron sites that are currently designated as agriculture and aggregate resource? <br /> <br /> Representation of citizens between the urban growth boundary and the city limits. Right now, under <br />o <br />ORS 190 agreements, we have transferred land use and building permit administrative authority to <br />the cities, and this is logical because this land is by definition urbanizable and will eventually be <br />inside the city. Unfortunately, however, this creates a strong feeling of disenfranchisement for the <br />citizens just outside the city limits. Are there strategies we can employ to give those citizens greater <br />voice in urbanization and annexation decisions? <br />