I relevant priorities are set out in ORS 197.298(l)(b) and (d), exception lands <br />2 have priority over agricultural lands, and lower quality agricultural lands have <br />3 priority over better quality agricultural lands. 15 Under ORS 197.298(3), lower <br />effective on January 1, 2016, and is irrelevant to these proceedings. All <br />references are to the version of ORS 197.298 that existed prior to 2013. <br />15 Prior to amendments that took effect on January 1, 2016, ORS 197.298 <br />provided: <br />"(1) In addition to any requirements established by rule <br />addressing urbanization, land may not be included within an <br />urban growth boundary except under the following <br />priorities: <br />"(a) First priority is land that is designated urban reserve <br />land under ORS 195.145, rule or metropolitan service <br />district action plan. <br />"(b) If land under paragraph (a) of this subsection is <br />inadequate to accommodate the amount of land <br />needed, second priority is land adjacent to an urban <br />growth boundary that is identified in an <br />acknowledged comprehensive plan as an exception <br />area or nonresource land. Second priority may include <br />resource land that is completely surrounded by <br />exception areas unless such resource land is high- <br />value farmland as described in ORS 215.710. <br />"(c) If land under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection <br />is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land <br />needed, third priority is land designated as marginal <br />land pursuant to ORS 197.247 (1991 Edition). <br />"(d) If land under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection <br />is inadequate to accommodate the amount of land <br />needed, fourth priority is land designated in an <br />Page 18 <br />