This constitutes Metro’s official notice of adoption of a Land Use Final Order Amendment for the Expo Center/Hayden Island Segment of the South/North Light Rail Project, following a public hearing on April 12, 2012. This order was reduced to writing and signed by Council President Tom Hughes on April 12, 2012.
In 1996, the Oregon Legislature passed legislation authorizing the Metro Council to approve Land Use Final Orders to address multi-jurisdictional light rail projects in the South/North corridor and associated highway improvements consolidated in environmental statements addressing South/North light rail projects. The 1998 LUFO for the South/North Project established the initial light rail alignment extending from Clackamas Town Center to the Oregon/Washington state line. This 2012 LUFO represents the fifth time the Metro Council has amended the original LUFO. Earlier amendments include Interstate MAX (1999), I-205 and downtown Portland (2004), Portland to Milwaukie (2008), and Columbia River Crossing (2011).
This 2012 LUFO Amendment will remove the portion of the LUFO adopted on August 11, 2011, that is outside the urban growth boundary.
The 2012 LUFO Amendment was adopted in writing by the Metro Council on April 12, 2012, through Resolution No. 12-4340, entitled “For the Purpose of Revising the 2011 Land Use Final Order for the Expo Center/Hayden Island segment of the South/North Light Rail on Remand from LUBA and the Oregon Supreme Court.”
Copies of Metro’s 2012 Land Use Final Order Amendment for the Expo Center/Hayden Island Segment of the South/North Light Rail Project may be obtained at www.oregonmetro.gov/columbiarivercrossing or, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, at the Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232, or by calling that office at 503-797-1839.
Only parties to the appeal of Resolution No. 11-4280 may appeal Resolution No. 12-4340 (Revised 2011 Land Use Final Order Amendment for the Expo Center/Hayden Island Segment of the South/North Light Rail Project) to the Supreme Court. To obtain Supreme Court review of this order, an eligible party must submit a memorandum within 14 days following the adoption of Resolution No. 12-4340 by personal deliver to the State Court Administrator and to the other parties before the court, and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 10 of Oregon Laws 1996 Special Session, Chapter 12 (House Bill 3478).
Sincerely,
Tom Hughes Metro Council President