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254. According to local municipal utilities, efficient electrical service is often <br /> accomplished through mutual back-up agreements and inter-connected systems <br /> are more efficient than isolated systems. <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />G.201 The electric service providers will agree which provider will serve areas about to <br /> be annexed and inform the cities who the service provider will be and how the <br /> transition of services, if any, will occur. <br /> <br />Services to Development Within the Urban Growth Boundary: Schools <br /> <br />Findines <br /> <br />235. ORS' 195.110 requires cities and counties to include, as an element of their <br /> comprehensive plan, a school facility plan for high growth districts prepared by <br /> the district in cooperation with the city or county; and for the city or county to <br /> initiate the planning activity. The law defines high growth districts as those that <br /> have an enrollment of over 5,000 students and an increase in enrollment of six <br /> percent or more during the three most recent school years. At present, there are no <br /> high growth school districts in the urban growth boundary. <br /> <br />246. ORS 197.296(4)(a) states that when the urban growth boundary is amended to <br /> provide needed housing, "As part of this process, the amendment shall include <br /> sufficient land reasonably necessary to accommodate the siting of new public <br /> school facilities. The need and inclusion of lands for new public school facilities <br /> shall be a coordinated process between the affected public school districts and the <br /> local government that has the authority to approve the urban growth boundary." <br /> <br />257. Enrollment projections for the five public school districts in the metropolitan area <br /> and the University of Oregon and Lane Community College (LCC) are not <br /> consistent. Bethel School District and the University of Oregon expect increases <br /> while Springfield and Eugene School Districts and LCC are experiencing nearly <br /> flat or declining enrollments. Enrollment is increasing fastest in the elementary <br /> and high school attendance areas near new development. <br /> <br />-248. Short-term fluctuations in school attendance are addressed through the use of <br /> adjusted attendance area boundaries, double shifting, use of portable classrooms, <br /> and busing. School funding bom the state is based on student enrollment for <br /> school districts in the State of Oregon. This funding pattern affects the <br /> willingness of districts to allow out-of-district transfers and to adjust district <br /> boundaries. Adjustments in district boundaries may be feasible where there is no <br /> net loss or gain in student enrollments between districts. <br /> <br />2-79. Creating or retaining small, neighborhood schools reduces the need for busing and <br /> provides more opportunity for students to walk or bike to school. Quality smaller <br /> <br /> Appendix Aa Page 10 <br /> <br /> <br />