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encouraging single agency service delivery over service delivery by several agencies. The Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission was created under ORS Chapter 199, and has jurisdiction over local government boundary changes for many special· districts. Today, the Lane County Boundary Commission is the only local government boundary commission still existing in the state. The Boundary Commission policies regarding efficient delivery of services do not prohibit the use of special districts, The local comprehensive plan is the primary tool employed to express legislative policy about local service delivery needs. Part of the requirement for Boundary Commission action is a determination that the proposal is consistent with the comprehensive plans of the involved area. In this ease, only the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Was adopted with specific expressions of what entity should provide services under these policies. However, the Metro Plan was developed and acknowledged before voter-approved property tax limitations, Measures 5 and 50, restricted local government's ability to finance services via property tax increases. Me~ro Plan The Metro Plan is the official long-range general plan of metropolitan Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield. Its policies and land use designations apply only within the area under the jurisdiction of the Plan. The Metro Plan sets forth general planning policies and land use allocations and serves as the basis for the coordinated development of programs concerning the use and conservation of physical resources, furtherance of assets, and development or redevelopment of the metro area. Any proposed new special district within the area of the Metro Plan must be consistent with the Plan. Depending on the content of a public safety service district, the Metro Plan does appear to contain policies and perhaps definitions that might act as obstacles to formation of anew district. All other adopted and acknowledged comprehensive plans within Lane County do not seem to preclude formation cfa public safety service district but will need to be carefully reviewed and analyzed to ensure consistency if the proposed public safety special district concept proceeds. The Metro Plan, Growth Management, Policy #15 addresses creation of new service districts and states that service districts areeomidered "interim" service delivery methods. The Metro Plan calls for annexations to occur over time and existing service districts within the urban growth boundary to be dissolved. The Metro Plan does recognize that Lane County provides a variety of public services to unincorporated portions of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. Currently, Lane County provides countywide public safety services such as corrections, juvenile justice, prosecution, and parole and probation, in incorporated as well as unincorporated areas of the county. The Metro Plan, Growth Management, Policy # 8 states ':land within the urban growth boundary may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through annexation to a city BCC Agenda Cover Memo - 'County Special Service District Page 4 of 6 August SS, 2004