Eklund v. Clackamas County

The Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission (Boundary Commission) appeals a circuit court order granting an alternative writ of mandamus. The writ required the Boundary Commission and Donald Carlson, its executive officer, to approve extension of an existing domestic water system to petitioners’ proposed housing development. The writ also ordered Clackamas County, the County Commissioners, the Director of Public Works and the Planning Director to grant final approval of petitioners’ subdivision, subject to certain specified conditions, and to issue the requisite…