Ordinance No. 20326 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

PoLicies G.21 The electric service providers will agree which provider will serve areas about to be annexed and inform the cities who the service provider will be and how the transition of services, if any, will occur. Services to Development Within the Urban Growth Boundary: Schools Findings 25. ORS 195.110 requires cities and counties to include, as an element of their comprehensive plan, a school facility plan for high growth dist~cts prepared by the d/strict in cooperation with the city or county; and for the city or county to initiate the planning activity. The law defines high growth districts as those that have an enrollment of over 5,000 students and an increase in enrollment of six percent or more during the three most recent school years. At present, there are no high growth school districts in the urban growth boundary. 26. ORS 197.296(4)(a) states that when the urban growth boundary is amended to provide needed housing, "As part of this process, the amendment shall include sufficient land reasonably necessary to accommodate the siting of new public school facilities. The need and inclusion of lands for new public school facilities shall be a coordinated process between the affected public school districts and the local government that has the authority to approve the urban growth boundary." 27. Enrollment projections for the five public school districts in the metropolitan area and the -University of Oregon and Lane Community College (LCC) are not consistent. Bethel School District and the University of Oregon expect increases while Springfield and Eugene School Districts and LCC are experiencing nearly flat or declining enrollments. Enrollment is increasing fastest in the elementary and high school attendance areas near new development. 28. Short-term fluctuations in school attendance are addressed through the use of adjusted attendance area boundaries, double shifting, use of portable classrooms, and busing. School funding from the state is based on student enrollment for school districts in the State of Oregon. This funding pattern affects the willingness of districts to allow out-of-district transfers and to adjust district boundaries. Adjustments in district boundaries may be feasible where there is no net loss or gain in student enrollments between districts. 29. Creating or retaining small, neighborhood schools reduces the need for busing and provides more opportunity for students to walk or bike to school. Quality smaller schools may allow more parents to stay in established neighborhoods and to avoid moving out to new subdivisions on the urban fringe or to bedroom communities. However, growth patterns do not always respect school district boundaries. For Appendix Aa Page 10