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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Approval of a Resolution Annexing Land to the City of Eugene Identified as Assessor's Map 17-04-01-33, Tax Lot 3701 (Tate, Sharon and Robert; A 17-1) Meeting Date: March 13, 2017 Department: Planning and Development www.eugene-or.gov ISSUE STATEMENT Agenda Item Number: 2D Staff Contact: Erik Berg -Johansen Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5437 This item is a request to annex approximately 0.7 acre of land at 465 Wilkes Drive, located east of River Road on the north side of Wilkes Drive, into the Eugene city limits. No public right-of-way would be annexed as part of this request, and it is noted that the portion of Wilkes Drive adjacent to the property has already been annexed. The property is zoned R-1 Low -Density Residential with /UL Urbanizable Lands Overlay Zone and is designated for low-density residential use in the Metro Plan. The applicable refinement plan is the River Road - Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan, which also designates the property for low- density residential use. Annexation will allow for future development consistent with the property's designation and the Eugene Code. Plans for future development of the site are not included as part of this annexation application, and any land division of the property will be subject to a separate, future public process. BACKGROUND To encourage compact urban growth and sequential development within Eugene's urban growth boundary, the Metro Plan provides that ultimately all land within the urban growth boundary will be annexed into the city and provided with a minimum level of urban services. Approval of annexation requests are based on the criteria at Eugene Code (EC) 9.7825 which require that (1) the land proposed to be annexed is within the city's urban growth boundary and is contiguous to the city limits or separated from city limits only by a right-of-way or water body; (2) the proposed annexation is consistent with the applicable policies in the Metro Plan and in any applicable refinement plans and (3) the proposed annexation will result in a boundary in which the minimal level of key urban facilities and services can be provided in an orderly, efficient, and timely manner. Findings demonstrating that the annexation request is consistent with these approval criteria are included as Exhibit C to the resolution (Attachment B). To provide nearby property owners and residents an opportunity to review and comment on this annexation request, public notice for this annexation request was provided to all owners and occupants of property within 500 feet of the subject property, and the affected neighborhood