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Draft 9/29/14 <br />e.The district or zone of benefit will contract with the appropriate city for interim <br />service delivery until annexed to the appropriate city. <br />16.15.Ultimately, land within the UGB shall be annexed to a city and provided with the <br />required minimum level of urban facilities and services. While the time frame for <br />annexation may vary, annexation should occur as land transitions from urbanizable to <br />urban. <br />17.16.Eugene and Springfield and their respective utility branches, Eugene Water & Electric <br />Board (EWEB) and Springfield Utility Board (SUB), shall be the water and electrical <br />service providers within the UGB. <br />18.17.As annexations to cities occur over time, existing special service districts within the UGB <br />shall be dissolved. The cities should consider developing intergovernmental agreements, <br />which address transition issues raised by annexation, with affected special service <br />districts. <br />19.18.The realignment (possible consolidation or merger) of fringe special service districts shall <br />be examined to: <br />a.Promote urban service transition to cities within the UGB. <br />b.Provide continued and comprehensive rural level services to property and people <br />outside the UGB. <br />c.Provide more efficient service delivery and more efficient governmental structure <br />for serving the immediate urban fringe. <br />20.19.Annexation of territory to existing service districts within the UGB shall occur only when <br />the following criteria are met: <br />a.Immediate annexation to a city is not possible because the required minimum <br />level of key urban facilities and services cannot be provided in a timely manner <br />(within five years, as outlined in an adopted capital improvements program); <br />b.Except for areas that have no fire protection, affected property owners have <br />signed consent to annex agreements with the applicable city consistent with <br />Oregon annexation law. <br />Such annexations shall be considered as interim service delivery solutions until ultimate <br />annexation to a city occurs. <br />21.20.When unincorporated territory within the UGB is provided with any new urban service, <br />that service shall be provided by the following method (in priority order). <br />a.Annexation to a city; <br />II-C-6 <br />