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t <br /> Open Space, Parks and Streams <br /> 1995 Ballot Measure 26 -26 <br /> METRO Fact Sheet 3: Commonly Asked Questions <br /> Why is Metro Metro is responsible for providing regional services that cannot be addressed <br /> managing adequately at the local level. <br /> the bond <br /> measure? The Metro Charter, adopted by the voters in 1992, authorized Metro to establish a <br /> regional greenspaces system that provides ecological connections that cross jurisdic- <br /> tional boundaries in the region. <br /> In January 1994, Metro's Greenspaces program and Multnomah County Parks <br /> merged to become the Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department. The <br /> department's primary objective is to carry out and implement the policies and goals <br /> of the Metropolitan Greenspaces Master Plan. <br /> The master plan is the growth management strategy that details the vision for a <br /> cooperative regional system of parks, open space, trails and greenways for wildlife <br /> and people. The primary objective of the master plan is to protect natural resource <br /> areas for wildlife and public use. <br /> The Metropolitan Greenspaces Master Plan — adopted by the Metro Council in <br /> 1992 after a two -year development process involving local governments, businesses, <br /> environmental groups and thousands of citizens — identifies Metro as the primary <br /> coordinator of the program. <br /> The plan assigns Metro the responsibility of working cooperatively with govern- <br /> ments, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, businesses and citizens to provide long - <br /> Let nn protection and accessibility to natural areas in the metropolitan area. <br /> How is The emphasis of this open space acquisition bond measure is to assure land availabil- <br /> this bond ity on a broad regional scale for outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat as the tri- <br /> measure county population continues to grow. The measure is designed to purchase addi- <br /> different from tional land that will become a foundation for a system of parks, natural areas and <br /> other recent trail corridors of regional significance that crosses jurisdictional boundaries. <br /> parks bond <br /> measures? <br /> �;. Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces <br /> Metro Regional Center <br /> fNe <br /> e 4/ 600 NE Grand Ave. <br /> Portland, OR 97232 -2736 <br /> (503) 797 -1850 <br />