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M I N U T E S EXCERPT · Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall June 28, 2004 $:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pap6, Jennifer Solomon. As his Honor Mayor James D. Torrey was unable to attend the meeting in person to act as chair, City Council President Bonny Bettman called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. .C. WORK SESSION: Examination of Potential Changes to Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Concerning Special Districts Planning and Development Director Tom Co~le joined the council for the item. He reported that Springfield had initiated an amendment to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area. General Plan (Metro Plan) to allow for the possibility of special districts to provide urban-level services; the details of the amendment were overviewed in a memorandum included in the packet that was prepared by Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) staff, dated May 5, 2004~ and entitled Scope of Work: Metro Plan Text Amendment Related to Urban Services Delivery. Mr. Coyle noted questions that had arisen about the issue of funding and distributed the e-mail response that had been sent out. He reviewed the questions and answers. 1. What'are cost, time, and resource differences between a Metro Plan amendment initiated.by a single jurisdiction and an amendment processed by LCOG? . Mr. Coyle said there would be no significant difference between the coSts of the two processes. 2. Will LCOG be using regional funds for this effort? Mr. Coyle said that LCOG had assured the City that no funds from ~he Planning Division's annual contribution to LCOG would be used to process the amendment. 3. Has the Lane Board of County Commissioners discussed this topic since May? Mr. Coyle said that the commissioners had not discussed the issue, but hoped to by early fall. Mr. Coyle called attention to an intended motion prepared by staff for Ms. Bettman. · Mr. Coyle thanked Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson and Senior Planner Kurt Yeiter for their contributions to the materials provided to the council. Ms. Bettman clarified that the first question actually referred to the difference in the process for an amendment initiated solely by just one jurisdiction. She was also concerned about cost, and noted thatCommissioner Bobby Green, among Others, had requested information about that subject, but she had yet to see it. Ms. Bettman said her interest in holding the work session was because Springfield's proposal represented a fundamental change to the Metro Plan. She termed it the "mother of ali policy issues." Ms. Bettman said the amendment spoke to the underlying premises behind who had the authority to provide services and levy taxes. In the spirit of home rule, Ms. Bettman said she did not object to Springfield pursuing a site- specific amendment to the Metro Plan. She did not object if Springfield wanted to pursue the ability to create special districts to provide its citizens with public safety services, but did not