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Cons: <br />• Requires legislative changes to ORS 268 to allow a MSD outside the Portland <br />metropolitan area. <br />• Electors are likely to be skeptical of a new, metropolitan layer of government. <br />• Anti -tax and anti - government sentiment could work against creating a new <br />district. <br />• A new MSD would compete with other local government entities operating <br />within Oregon's property tax constitutional limitations. <br />Inter - Governmental Agreements (IGA) /Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) <br />An agreement affirming the philosophy of cooperation and coordination among and <br />between government entities and /or non - profit organizations (e.g., land trusts and <br />conservancies) to acquire and protect regionally significant lands. <br />Pros: <br />• Pools resources (e.g., staffing, funding, and expertise). <br />• Improves agility in executing land transactions. <br />• Can alleviate constraints posed by political matters and by mandated <br />procedures and regulations. <br />• Improves efficiency by coordinating operations and reducing duplication of <br />efforts. <br />• Provides a forum for resolving conflicts. <br />• Partnerships are attractive to funders. <br />Cons: <br />Requires a high degree of coordination, cooperation, and trust among <br />partners. <br />Redistribution of power can potentially disenfranchise constituencies. <br />LCOG: LANATURALRESOURCEAPARKS OPEN SPA MMETRONFUNDING3.DOC <br />Last Saved: Januan 4, 2002 <br />Open Space Acquisition Funding and Protection Strategies — Draft October 2001 18 <br />