North Clackamas

The North Clackamas Annexation Study Group was established by Clackamas County in 2005 to engage in fact-finding regarding governance issues and options for the North Clackamas Area. Concerned that piecemeal annexation in and around the Clackamas Town Center and Highway 212 industrial district may not result in the most balanced delivery of urban services when cost and service levels are considered, the County convened this group of local elected officials, community planning organization representatives, chairs of local service districts and authorities and business/economic development representatives to initiate dialogue.

The goal of the process is to jointly identify the range of issues associated with the long-term governance of one of Oregon's major urban areas. The effort is being undertaken to ensure that the concerns of all communities are recognized and incorporated in any subsequent discussions. The development of specific governance alternatives, and their presentation to and discussion by the community at large would follow, and not be replaced by, this effort.

The North Clackamas Study Area is comprised of areas inside the Metro Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) but outside any incorporated city or the "Lodges," east of the Willamette River and North of the Clackamas River. Ethan Seltzer, through the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, facilitates the Study Group on behalf of the County.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

STAFF

MEETING ARCHIVE

March 24, 2005 (.pdf files):

• Report to Participants, March 14, 2005
• Meeting Announcement
• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Summary

May 12, 2005

• Meeting Announcement
• Resources on the Cost of Urban Services
• Draft Principles for Urban Services Planning Agreement
• Tax and Fee Comparison
  
• Meeting Summary

NEXT STEPS:

1) Concluding interviews with study group partipants (Fall 2005)
2) Summary report (December 2005)

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (.pdf files)

• North Clackamas Demographic & Employment Data
• Boundaries of North Clackamas Unincorporated Areas Included in Population & Unemployment Data
• Clackamas County-City of Milwaukie Urban Services Study: Financial Analysis
• Tri-city Agreement, 1997 (Gladstone-Happy Valley-Milwaukie)
• Letter from Mayor Gene Grant to the Clackamas County weekly section of the Oregonian, March 21, 2005
  
• Updated Resources on the Costs of Urban Services
  
• Governance and Sprawl: A Review of the Literature
  
  
  

USEFUL LINKS:

Annexation in Oregon: General Information

• Annexation Information: Information from the League of Oregon Cities' website about annexation. Includes a chart of annexation methods available to cities, information about in-process and approved annexations, and state law as it relates to annexation: http://www.orcities.org/AZIndex/tabid/810/itemid/35/language/en-US/Default.aspx
  
  
• Metro: Metro's role in annexations and boundary changes in the Portland Metro region: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=24910/level=2

Annexation: Clackamas County Links

• White Paper on Annexation and Incorporation Options for Clackamas County: Prepared by Charles Heying for the Center for Urban Studies at Portland State University. Scroll down about three items on this website to find this item.
  http://www.upa.pdx.edu/CUS/publications/abstracts.html

• Metro Information on Clackamas County 2005 Annexations: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=25293/level=3

Annexations: Other Cities

• City of Portland Annexation Guide: An easy-to-read guide to annexation procedures and policies in the City of Portland: http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=dadfh
  

City/County Home Pages

• http://www.ci.gladstone.or.us/
• http://www.orcity.org/
• http://www.ci.happy-valley.or.us/
• http://www.cityofmilwaukie.org/
• http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/

Service District Home Pages

• Clackamas Fire District #1
• Clackamas River Water
• Clackamas County Water Environment Services
• Oak Lodge Sanitary District
• Sunrise Water Authority
  

Clackamas County Information

• Clackamas Industrial Area: The Clackamas County Development Agency's website on the Urban Renewal District comprising the Industrial Area: http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/dtd/da/info/da_cia.htm
  
  
• Complete Communities for Clackamas County: The website for a multi-year public participation and planning program to define common and unique community values, identify the diverse attributes of Complete Communities, and guide future policy decisions and actions: http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/community/
  
  
• Elections Division, Office of the Clerk: Information on past election results and proposed measures.: http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/elections/

Cost of Services

• Chart of Uses of 2004-05 Clackamas County Tax Receipts by Type of District: http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/at/dollars.htm
  
  
• County Services and Revenue in Oregon FY 94-95: This links to an abstract of a mid-1990's study on service provision by Oregon Counties. To find this abstract, scroll down the abstracts approximately two thirds of the way: http://www.upa.pdx.edu/CUS/publications/abstracts.html
  
  
• Services Provided by Oregon Cities: The results of a survey of League of Oregon Cities members about the kinds of services that Oregon cities provide: http://old.orcities.org/surveys/cityservices/index.cfm