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March 6, 2006

Land Use Committee
Hugo Neighborhood Association
Members of the CAC/NA Coalition

Common CI Issues & Problems In Josephine County

A common theme to all the citizen involvement (CI) issues and problems in Josephine County is a CI program that can be improved.1 According to the Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (OCIAC) the first 10 of the following CI issues and problems are common statewide.2

1. Common Land Use Issues & Problems
2. Funding
3. Staffing
4. Time
5. Legal Constraints
6. Apathy
7. Technocracy
8. The Need for Predictability
9. State and Federal Mandates
10. The Overburdened Citizen
11. Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee

Oregon CIAC Funding Observations & Suggestions

CIAC Funding Observations3

"CI takes money. A city or county cannot run newspaper ads, mail notices, hold public hearings, or put out a newsletter without having some funding."

"One funding problem is that some people see the CI program as a frill. As a result, that program may be the first to get cut when budget problems arise. That is often penny-wise, but pound-foolish: weakening the citizen involvement program may lead to costly litigation and plan revisions."

"Another problem is that local budgets may not earmark funds specifically for CI. Rather than having a line item in the budget, citizen involvement gets buried in some larger category — "Long-Range Planning," for example. That makes it impossible to determine whether the funding for CI is adequate. That also makes it all to easy to siphon funds away from CI for use in other programs."

More Information

Oregon CIAC Suggestions.3 "Clearly identify CI activities in the budget. Specify dollar amounts for the projected costs of mailing notices, printing documents, holding public hearings, distributing a newsletter, and other activities related to CI."

The Hugo Neighborhood believes there are ways to help fund the CI program.4&5 However, ultimately a meaningful CI program depends on support from the local government’s elected officials.

More Information. Would you like to learn more? Contact a member of the Hugo Land Use Committee.

Disclaimer. This brochure is as much about providing information and provoking questions as it is about opinions concerning the adequacy of findings of fact and land use decisions. It does not provide recommendations to citizens and it is not legal advice. It does not take the place of a lawyer. If citizens use information contained in this paper, it is their personal responsibility to make sure that the facts and general information contained in it are applicable to their situation.

1. Josephine County Ordinance 93-13.
2. Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee (CIAC). July 1992. Putting the People Into Planning. Salem, OR. Web Page - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pppm/landuse/docs/toc.htm
3. Rohse, Mitch & Ross, Kim. 1992. Putting the People Into Planning. Funding. by DLCD for CIAC. p. 39. Salem, OR.
4. Hugo Neighborhood. 2003. Zero Cost To Fund Citizen Involvement. Hugo, OR.
5. Hugo Neighborhood. 2003. One Time Need To Fund CAC Inventories & Handbooks. Hugo, OR.

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