Oregon Statutes 197.639 – State assistance teams; alternative coordination process; grant and technical assistance funding; priority of population forecasting program; advisory committee
(1) In addition to coordination between state agencies and local government established in certified state agency coordination programs, the Department of Land Conservation and Development may establish one or more state assistance teams made up of representatives of various agencies and local governments, utilize the Economic Revitalization Team established under ORS § 284.555 or institute an alternative process for coordinating agency participation in the periodic review of comprehensive plans.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 197.639
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
(2) The Economic Revitalization Team may work with a city to create a voluntary comprehensive plan review that focuses on the unique vision of the city, instead of conducting a standard periodic review, if the team identifies a city that the team determines can benefit from a customized voluntary comprehensive plan review.
(3) The department may develop model ordinance provisions to assist local governments in the periodic review plan update process and in complying with new statutory requirements or new land use planning goal or rule requirements adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission outside the periodic review process.
(4) A local government may arrange with the department for the provision of periodic review planning services and those services may be paid with grant program funds allocated under subsection (5) of this section.
(5) The commission shall establish an advisory committee composed, at a minimum, of representatives from the League of Oregon Cities, the Association of Oregon Counties, metropolitan service districts, the Special Districts Association of Oregon, land use planning public interest groups and developer interest groups. The advisory committee shall advise the commission and the department on the allocation of grants and technical assistance funding from General Fund sources and other issues assigned by the commission.
(6) The population forecasting program operated by the Portland State University Population Research Center pursuant to ORS § 195.033 is the highest priority for the allocation of grant funding under subsection (5) of this section. [1991 c.612 § 5; 2003 c.793 § 5; 2005 c.829 § 6; 2013 c.574 § 5]
[1981 c.748 § 9; 1983 c.827 § 11; 1987 c.69 § 1; 1987 c.729 § 7; 1987 c.856 § 8; repealed by 1991 c.612 § 23]
[1983 c.827 § 11b; 1987 c.729 § 8a; repealed by 1991 c.612 § 23]
[1983 c.827 § 11c; 1987 c.729 § 9; repealed by 1991 c.612 § 23]