Planning Provides land use planning and is responsible for maintaining the Portland-area urban growth boundary, a legal boundary which separates urban from rural land, and is designed to reduce urban sprawl. It coordinates with the cities and counties in the area to ensure a 20-year supply of developable land. Serves as the metropolitan planning organization for the area, responsible for the planning of the region's transportation system. It is a separate organization from TriMet, which operates most of the region's buses and the MAX Light Rail system. Responsible for the region's Geographic Information System (GIS), maintains the Regional Land Information System (RLIS). Oversees a $652.8 million regional bond for affordable housing. Operations Management Manages more than 17,000 acres of natural areas and parks around the Portland region, including Blue Lake Regional Park, Chehalem Ridge Nature Park, Cooper Mountain Nature Park, Graham Oaks Nature Park, Oxbow Regional Park, Howell Territorial Park, Glendoveer golf course, the Sauvie Island and M. James Gleason Memorial Boat Ramps, Chinook Landing Marine Park and the Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area. It also manages 14 pioneer cemeteries, including Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Lone Fir Cemetery and Gresham Pioneer Cemetery. Manages a closed landfill, St. Johns Landfill, and owns the two public garbage, hazardous waste and recycling transfer stations in the region. Metro also has responsibility for the ultimate disposal of the region's solid waste and regulates private transfer stations. Operates the Oregon Convention Center, Oregon Zoo, Portland's Centers for the Arts, and Portland Expo Center. It has the (so far, un-exercised) authority to take over operation of the regional transportation authority, known as TriMet. Jurisdiction, leadership Metro serves 24 cities, including Portland, in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties in Oregon, as well as unincorporated parts of those counties. The Metro Council consists of a president and six councilors, all directly elected by their districts, and nonpartisan. The incumbent President is Lynn Peterson, who assumed office January 7, 2019. According to the 2020 census, the average district population for the districts used from 2011-21 was 248,362 and the current population of the old districts is as follows (the populations for the newly drawn districts are yet to be determined): Metro's approved 2020-21 Budget is $1.4 billion, with 979 FTE. Regional plan Metro is also the Portland regional planning organization and develops a regional master plan to coordinate future development. Metro's master plan for the region