Mid-County Future Alternatives Committee v. Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission

On August 18, 1983, the City of Fairview filed a petition and related documents with the respondent Boundary Commission as part of a process to consolidate the city with unincorporated territory in Multnomah County and to form the new city of Columbia Ridge. ORS 199.460-.480. On December 8, fewer than 120 days after the filing of the documents, the chairperson of the commission signed a final order disapproving the consolidation and terminating further consolidation proceedings under ORS ch 222. ORS 199.480(2). However, the commission’s order was not mailed to the city until December 20, more…