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FAYE HILLS STEWART Lane County Commissioner East Lane District Faye. Stewart@co.lane.or.us February 28, 2006 WD bc/fs/06004/T Mr. Lane Shetterly Department of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street, Suite 150 Salem, OR 97301-2540 Dear Lane: The Policy Advisory Board met on February 22, 2006 and posed the following question to you about the Regional Problem Solving process. The text below was recommended to the Board by the Regional Technical Advisory Committee (RTAC). The Policy Board wants assurances from DLCD that the Department will recommend this approach to your commission before proceeding further with the process. Your kind assistance at this critical juncture would be very welcome and appreciated. Is implementation of the Regional Growth Management Strategy by the 11 local governments voluntary? 1. All participating jurisdictions endorse the Regional Growth Management Strategy, when final, as a tool to help guide growth and development. As part of this endorsement, the 11 local governments will agree to the coordinated population allocations reflected in the Strategy for their jurisdiction. Strategy endorsement and agreement on the population allocations do not involve a land use action at the local level. 2. The only action at the Strategy agreement stage is taken by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). The action taken by LCDC will be to find the Strategy in compliance with the intent of the statewide planning goals. Chapter VII of the attached February 14, 2006 Draft Regional Growth Management Strategy contains a list of the applicable Goals and the source of the data to support these findings. 3. Implementation of the "Optional Measures"l in the Strategy, including the use of the Regional Problem Solving (RPS) process, remains voluntarv. This is consistent with the language o.fthe 1 ORS 197.656 states: "(2) Following the procedures set forth in this subsection, the commission may acknowledge amendments to comprehensive plans and land use regulations, or new land use regulations, that do not fully comply . with the rules of the connnission that implement the statewide planning goals, without taking an exception, upon a determination that: (a) The amendments or new provisions are based upon agreements reached by all local participants, the commission and other participating state agencies, in the collaborative regional problem-solving process; (b) The regional problem-solving process has included agreement among the participants on: PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING / 125 EAST 8TH AVENUE / EUGENE, OR 97401 / (541) 682-4203 / FAX (541) 682-4616