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The BOC should also know that ethical practices of city staff were called into question at the Septemberl 3, 2004 Eugene City Council meeting after staff directed the Heatings Official not to prepare a report for the City Council. The Heatings Official at the July 28, 2004 public hearing announced that he could not send forward a favorable recommendation to the City Council if Lane County did not allow for the formation of a LID and allow the City to assess property outside the City. The BOC voted unanimously (4-0) on August 4, 2004 not to approve the City request to assess property outside the city limits (Commissioner Green absent). At the February 9, 2005 BOC meeting, Commissioner Sorenson asked if the Board Order in the packet had been approved at the August 4, 2004 BOC meeting and the answer was "no". Commissioner Green then stated that "no action" was taken, which is simply incorrect. The BOC on August 4, 2004 voted unanimously to oppose the City request to assess outside the City. The Eugene City Council also voted (8-0) to oppose the forced island annexation. This entire process has become tainted, which is exactly what the Mayor and the City Councilors said they wanted to avoid when they met on September 13, 2004 and voted unanimously (8-0) to oppose the River Avenue island annexation proposal. Please see the attached outline of the public heating process to date, along with minutes from the September 13, 2004 Eugene City Council meeting and a couple of written submittals in opposition to this project which I retrieved from my files. Therefore, I am requesting the Lane County Board of Commissioners to re-consider this River Avenue issue again, and to reverse the action taken at your February 9, 2005 meeting and to revert to your previous position in opposition to the City's request which was a unanimous vote against granting the City of Eugene authority to assess county property owners outside the city. Please do not needlessly force the small business owners on River Avenue to appear again before the City Council in a redundant process. Please listen to us and put an end to this process now and revert back to your August 4, 2004 original decision to oppose the request from the City of Eugene. Both jurisdictions have previously heard and taken action in opposition to this project. I hereby request that the BOC provide a timely written response to this request, which I will provide to the other small business and property owners on River Avenue. Respectfully submitted, Gordon B. Howard P.O. Box 775 Pleasant Hill, OR 97455 541-747-8206 River Avenue Exhibit C