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regon Department of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 SalemI Oregon 97301-2524 Phone: (503) 373-0050 First Floor/Coastal Fax: (503) 378-6033 Second Floor/Director's Office: (503) 378-5518 Web Address: http://www.oregon.gov/LeD Theodore R. Kulongoski, Governor March 3, 2006 Mr. Faye Stewart, Chair Region 2050 Policy Advisory Board 125 E. 8th Street Eugene, OR 97401 ~ RE: Request for Update on Department of Land Conservation and Development Recommendation Status Dear Commissioner Stewart: I can see by the information included in your recent letter of February 28, 2006 that the Region 2050 jurisdictions are still hard at work and ready to move forward with the next step of their joint, voluntary strategy. We too are interested in the next layers of analysis for housing and employment lands and then the discussions that will occur that will fine tune the solutions. You correctly characterized the regional problem solving process: it is voluntary and the affected jurisdictions must agree on how the solutions they have designed are to be implemented. As the Commission and I have continued to relate, this is a locally driven "problem solving'~ process. Staff and I have reviewed the steps outlined in your letter and find nothing that would curtail our positive support. I think that you are accurate in highlighting that there are thresholds that will need to be addressed in the required monitoring element ORS197.656 (2) (b) (F) of the final strategy, but we understand that you have not reached that point in your discussions yet. We are also confident that the staff that you have hired for the process will be able to complete the findings of compliance with the Statewide Planning Goals as listed on page 57-58 of the February 14, 2006 draft Strategy~ We are very interested in the creative solutions, showing that all input has been carefully considered and wishing you continued success as you move forward into crafting the region's final strate gy ~ Yours very truly, ~~ LANE SHETTERLY Director cc: Marguerite Nabeta~ DLCD Regional Representative Carol Heinkel, LCOG