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to this site. The correctional facility would be located at least partially, and possibly entirely, outside the UGB. State law (ORS 199.464) prohibits EWEB from extending water service beyond the UGB. Moreover, Resolution No. 2643, adopted by the Eugene City Council on March 28, 1977, also prohibits EWEB from extending water service to areas outside the UGB. E. Similarly, sanitary service legally is not available, and may not be made available, to the prison site. Sanitary service in the metro area is provided by the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission ("MWMC"). State law (ORS 199.464) prohibits MWMC from providing such service outside the UGB. MWMC also is prohibited from providing such service outside the UGB by the intergovernmental agreement creating MWMC. F. Other than information from ODOC's consultants about water and sewer, and the identification of the site and numbers of prisoners and staff, ODOC has not, as of this date, provided sufficient information about the site, the operation, the effects on the metro area, or similar information which Eugene, Springfield and Lane County could use to further evaluate the possible nomination. G. It is possible that the siting of a medium security correctional facility on a site just outside the UGB may have detrimental effects on the metro area. The facility may result in increased costs to the local communities -- both in terms of social services and growth. In the event that the metro area is nominated, the local jurisdictions need time and information from ODOC in order to analyze the potential impacts, identify possible conditions to alleviate those impacts, and then prepare as best as possible to deal with those impacts. Other communities -- those which expressed an interest in having a correctional facility located within their jurisdiction -- have had months to contemplate such issues. Therefore, the consideration and development of those sites should precede consideration of a site in the metro area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. At this time, the City of Eugene opposes the siting of a State correctional facility in the metro area. The site does not appear to meet the mandatory criteria established for nominating a site, including the requirements for adequate water and sanitary sewer. Section 2. In the event that ODOC nevertheless nominates the metro area, the State Corrections Facilities Siting Authority should schedule the hearing on the metro area site as late as possible, in order to provide the community a meaningful opportunity to respond to that nomination.