The leaders of the cities and service districts within Washington County joined with Washington County leadership to form an Urbanization Forum in April 2008. The goal of the forum is to address two broad issues:

• What is the best way to accommodate and plan for the tremendous growth anticipated for Washington County?
• What are the appropriate roles for cities, service districts and the county government in delivering services to the residents of urban, unincorporated Washington County?

The forum sets the stage for a public dialogue about how communities in Washington County will handle dramatic growth in population.  The public discussion will focus on the best way to provide and finance urban services in unincorporated but developing areas of the county and the best choices for extending urban services to undeveloped areas (urban reserves) outside of the cities but on the edge of Metro’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB).

The group is comprised of elected and appointed leaders from these public bodies:

Governments: Cities of Banks; Beaverton; Cornelius; Forest Grove; Hillsboro; King City; North Plains; Sherwood; Tigard and Tualatin.

Washington County, Washington County Sheriff

Metro

Service Districts: Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue; Clean Water Services; Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District; Tualatin Valley Water.

*For a description of Metro’s UGB process click here.