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X- •.\ / e ! -, "e- ( \ - '- '\ .J • r~gional go~ernmeht (As' ofJuly 1992) "- (. • Metro is the 'directly elected thatserves , .. ,/ Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington cOUlities andilie 24 Policy Advisory COn:'!m,ittee M,ember;s: • \'citiesThat make up the P~rtlana metropolita~;rea. " "'- Ri~hard Devlin, Metro councilor and chair •e- Metr~is ;~spon~ible f~r soli~:~aste management, op~ration/of Ruth~cFariana, Metro,co~n;ilor rmd vice-chair ,_ .i ,'-- M~tro us~ \, the Washington Park Zoo, transportation-and land Sandi Hansen/Metro councilor " "- ~" ' pl~nping, 1da~inerstad, commissi~ne~ urban growth boundary management, technical ." J Judie Clackamas County . ,. services to local go\\ernments and, 'through the Metropolitan Pauline Anderson, Multnomah County commissioner ) r·, ) : fxposition)Recre,ation Gommission,man~gementofthe ' Eve Killpack, Wa~hington County commisSioner Orego~ ConveQt!onCenter, Memorial Coliseum, Civic , yobHathaway, Tualatin Hills Park and Recrea;ion District, • , St~dium ami the P61'~and Center for thc;:Performing Arts, .--= ".Mike Lindberg, cilj~fPortland commissivne~ " • j H.' Wide Byers,mayor'ofGladStone - \.. SG ' ~ ,) , \ - am .'o,x, mayor ofTroutdale- • Executive,Officer ..!- :'Shirley Huffman, 'inayor ofHillsboro -, , ~ / • 'Rena eusma ~ Mike H6uck,Audubon Society ofPortlarid4' ' ',1 • JackBr~()Ihe,IheWetlands Conservancy r,' " 7' : CC)uncilors by District are: Anne Nickel, Columbia Corridor Association ,\ • -/ Robert Evans, '(Robert Eviins f(ompany " , D;strict 1 ,S!;!.san ~cL<,!irf ~. • DorotheaI:.ensch, citizen"'" : District 2:: Jon Kvistad ' 1 1 ...-- • Susan-A. Lamb, citizen , /' J L -, Districtl 3 Jim Gardner ,'-- Ri~R~d Devlin- Dr. Judith Ramaley, president, Portland StateVniversity, • - Pisb-ic\:4 \ " Johh Magnano, Clark,County commisSioner -, J • l(istrict 5 Mike Gates ' '-I 'District6 _G~rge Van Bergen, Jane Van Dyke, Intergovernmental Resource Ce:Jter ' --- Doug Cottam;dtegonDepartment offish and Wi14life~ I ,- ) Di~trict r '. , 7_ ' Ruth ¥cFarland- , /.' Na:b~a; \' District 8 - Judy Wyers' , MargJIerire Orego'll State Parks 'Department , /.' ,,' -; I; ~District9 Russelt Peterson, U.S. Fish, an[Wildlife Service- " -.. Rod Monroe ,/ 'I ~.' ---- ) District, 10 Roger Buc~anan' ; \ , ' . ,) (~mmittee '~' W~sh1ngt6n- ,'. TecFinical Advisory Members: ./ r ,Distried 1 Ed r ,I • 1..- District 12 ~ ,'Sandi Hansen ,~ - RichardcDevlin, Metrocoun,cilor ';1nd chair', : \, 1,--) / • Dist[ic.03 Terry Moore. ,/ " Ruth McFaJrland, Metro councilor and vice-:fhafr / .- \ '/ r Sjuli~Dave j '--', ..-Jim Yarnashita,]!ortlandParks and Recriaiiiin Bureau • GreenspdCesPlalJ.~ing Staff:. ." Linda Dobson';;Com;;issione; LIndberg's Office, ~ ,~ • , city ofPortland, , ,'..; . A~dy Cotuggo"planning director: -;-- _Dan Zinzer,.ClackamasCounty Parks ..,'- " -/ • , -'\ Pat Lee~ regional planningsupervisor' , 'Ro~er B0wn" North C!ackamas-Parks an!!:..~e.creation. > _ . David Ausherma~h associate reffional planner Mel, Hui~, senior regional planner - ,.~ ) j r' District) "- '- -- " •.~ - • J er~i Bohard, Clark 'Operr Space ,Commission Staff '~ Ellen Lanier-Phelps,Jeni6r regiondlplanner r;0Z;1;f Eric Sample!program assistant '-- -:' ..-.- Charles Ciecko, !l!ultngmah County Paj-ks '\ . , \ L -- Nan,CX Chase, ¥ultnomah r;our:ty Parks - . .~ , ..--' -- '/ / i Hal Bergsl]la, Wa,shington County Laiid_lJse and ( ..- .' ~tro Transportation ' ,,/ I" .2000-SW First Ave. McEthin~y, a~d Re;;e~tionDisirict • \ Pottland, OR 97201-53Q.8 Jim Tud(atin.Hills Park ~ 'j) (5031.221-16_46 -, !<elly Prlnteney, Vancouver City-lylanager's Office '. ... Glenn,Lamb, biiergovernme'ntal Resource'Center / --., ~obertson, • After mid-1pril1993 --: Don city ofMil,(pau'7eie Park-;and_ '-- R~creation -• Department ' .; ..- 609 NE Grand bye. .J-.,_ - \ Portland, OR 97232-2136 Julee Conway, city ofGresham Parks -., , (503)'7l)7-1700' 'Pa~!Iennon, city of:[ualatin P--arks and R~creation /J ., Ron Klein, Portla,nd General Electric ." \ For m~re infQrmation ab.o~t Greenspaces, c;1lMetr6'at Ivy< Frances; CPO ,l,Washington County -:. " w~ldl Deparim'en~ ·~,22-GREEN(224-73'36)' . -'. -:- ,k- , Jack OfegOll ofPar.ks and R'ecreation. ) ) \. • 1'/ .":-l -'. ~ ~Pat '. '; Wng!J.t, U.S. Fish and.Wildlife Service \. >,- " Mike Houck, Aitdubqn $,I}!iety ofPortland • / Barbare Walker"t.;itizen' -" '- ,..-' / ,I • \ ':. ) , -.t..' r " ' • "- \ Photoiraphs by C. Bmce Fprster and Micha~l Wilhelm. • .-/' . , -- -" ./ . Printed'onre;;leapaper '\ - :-- / "', '} :.' 12277, ts' , ( ,7 .. • " \ '. ) , • <..' '" t_ • • • • • • • Greenspaces • • Master Plan • Adopted July 1992 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • METRO • • • Preface • July 1992 e• • Defining the Metropolitan "Our options are expiring. Asfar connected with greenways and • Greenspaces program as open space is concerned, it trails. The objectives ofcreat­ • ing this system include main­ • During the past three years, the doem't make a great deal of taining the character and liv­ • Metropolitan Service District difference when the projected new ability ofthe region and provid­ has worked with cities, coun­ ing additional passive recre­ • popultJtion reaches target or • ties, park districts, state and ationaloppormnitiesand • federal agencies, businesses, whether it is going to be housed in improvements for existing and • nonprofit conservation organi- green-belted mega-struaures or fuOIre residents to enjoy and . zations, "friends" groups and experience. Protection would .'• interested citizens in develop­ linear cities or what. The land be accomplished through a • ing the Metropolitan Green­ that is still to be slJVed will have variety ofstrategies. spaces program. From this • to be saved within the nextfew • cooperative genesis, the major The second, and more subtle, • themes and initial policy and years. We hlJVe no luxury of level would cultivate a strong • implementation recommenda­ choice. We must make our sense ofstewardship for the • tions ofthisMetropolitan namral resources among the • Greenspaces Master Plan have commitments now and look to this region's constiments. It seeks • grown. landscape as the last one. For us to foster and shape a civic ethic • it will be." through which full implemen­ • The master plan details the tation ofthe plan may occur. • vision, goals and organizational Wtlliam H. Whyte framework ofa regional system The Last Ltmdscape, 1971 •'.e) ofnamral areas, open space, The need to protect eJ trails and greenways for wildlife open space and people in the Portland, Oregon ­ • Vancouver, Washington, metropolitan area. Metro's adopted population forecast projects • that the Pordand-Vancouver metropolitan area • At this time, the document focuses on the will grow by more than 480,000 people between • Oregon component ofthe plan. Itwill be 1987 and 2010. Growth trends during the last • amended toinclude the Washington compo­ five years support this forecast. More homes • nent once a parallel planning effort is com­ and business oppormnities will be created to • pleted by Clark County and the city of serve anticipated growth. A crucial question is • Vancouver. The master plan and the regional how the communities in our region will work • system ofgreenspaces will then trUly serve the together to plan for, direct and adjust to the • larger metropolitan area. changes brought on by growth. • The master plan is a complex planning docu­ The quality oflife ofthis region is at a cross­ • ment with deliberately broad scope. It may best roads. It seems clear that, as communities • be understood as a document that functions on continue to develop, the land supply available • two levels. The first, and most tangible, level for open space and parks will be smaller and • articulates a desired system oflarge natural generally more expensive to purchase. What e• areas recommended for protection and inter- are our planning and funding priorities? Should • Metropolitan Greenspaces Master Plan, July 1992 • parks and open space continue to be among the The strucmre ofthe visual and natural charac­ • first items cut in public budgets? teristics ofthe region includes watersheds that • drain the land and topographic features that • Lands outside designated urban areas are also provide fonn and focus to the skyline. Each of • experiencing growth, and some real estate these landscape units is affected by human • speculation is occurring outside the urban settlement and the alterations that accompany • growth boundary. Should some ofthese lands development. • be set aside now as protected greenspaces? • In 1989, Metro inventoried and mapped the • It is our assertion that ifwe are to have parks remaining natural areas within the Oregon • and open space areas in the fumre, we need to component, a 372,682-acre smdy area. At that • reposition our planning and funding priorities time, approximately
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