(1)(a) Following a public hearing as provided in ORS § 197A.509, the Metro Council shall either:

(A) Adopt a land use final order establishing the project improvements and locations applied for by TriMet; or

(B) Continue the public hearing and refer the proposed project improvements and locations back to TriMet for further review.

(b) If the council refers the proposed locations back to TriMet for further review, TriMet shall consider amendments to its proposed project improvements and locations and forward the amended application to the council for hearing and adoption as described in this subsection.

(2)(a) The council shall adopt a land use final order establishing the project improvements, including their locations, as provided in this section and ORS § 197A.509.

(b) The council shall include with the land use final order a statement of findings demonstrating how the decisions on the project improvements, including their locations, comply with the criteria.

(c) Following adoption of a land use final order, the council as soon as reasonably practicable shall:

(A) Publish notice of the adoption in a newspaper of general circulation within Metro’s jurisdictional area;

(B) Provide notice of the adoption to each affected local government; and

(C) Provide notice of the adoption to persons who:

(i) Provided oral or written testimony at the hearing; and

(ii) Provided at the hearing a written request for notice and a mailing address to which written notice shall be sent. Persons whose names appear on petitions submitted into the public hearing record are not considered by that action to have provided oral or written testimony at the hearing.

(3) The notice of adoption required under subsection (2) of this section shall:

(a) Include the date of adoption of the land use final order;

(b) Identify the place at and time during which a copy of the land use final order may be obtained; and

(c) State that appeals from decisions in the land use final order must be filed within 14 days following adoption of the land use final order.

(4) Upon adoption of the initial land use final order, TriMet shall staff the steering committee until the completion of the Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project.

(5) A land use final order issued under this section and ORS § 197A.509 is effective upon adoption.

(6) An amended land use final order or a new land use final order adopted in accordance with the process provided for in this section is required for:

(a) Any siting of a project improvement outside the locations established in the land use final order; or

(b) Any new project improvement. [2017 c.714 § 7]

See note under 197A.500.