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Draft 9/29/14 Objectives 1.Ensure the availability of land in River Road and Santa Clara for urban levels of development. 2.Capitalize on existing public expectations by providing further public services which will allow the River Road and Santa Clara areas to achieve urban densities. 3.Deliver a full range of urban services to the River Road and Santa Clara areas through annexation. 4.Consider the unique situation of the residents of River Road and Santa Clara by providing financing mechanisms which will take into account the financial ability of the residents to pay for service delivery and the City of Eugene’s ability to provide these services. 5.Guide capital improvements in the River Road and Santa Clara areas through the River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities plan developed cooperatively by Lane County, the City of Eugene, and the residents and property owners of the two areas. 6.Eliminate groundwater pollution from individual septic tank disposal systems in River Road and Santa Clara. Policies 1.Eugene shall develop methods of financing improvements in the River Road and Santa Clara areas which are responsive to the unique situation of residents and property owners, as well as the City of Eugene. 2.Eugene will plan, design, construct, and maintain ownership of the entire wastewater system that services the River Road and Santa Clara areas. This will involve extraterritorial extension which will be supported by Lane County before the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission and all other applicable bodies. 3.Annexation of the River Road and Santa Clara areas will occur only through strict application of state laws and local policies (e.g., ability to extend key urban facilities and services in a timely manner). In each case, Eugene will make every reasonable attempt to provide for annexation only on a voluntary basis and according to prior individual property annexation agreements. 4.The City of Eugene shall provide urban services to the River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods upon annexation. In the meantime, to reduce the groundwater pollution problem, Eugene will extend wastewater service to developed properties. 5.Using the CH2M Hill report as a foundation, efforts to prepare more detailed engineering studies which will provide the basis for a capital improvement program to sewer the River Road and Santa Clara areas in a manner consistent with the above policy direction II-F-4