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AGENDA COVER MEMO <br /> <br />DATE: August 25, 2004 <br />TO: Lane County Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />DEPT.: Lane County Sheriff's Office <br /> Lane County Administration <br /> <br />PRESENTED BY: Jan Clements, Russ Burger- Sheriff's Office <br /> Bill VanVactor - County Administrator <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM TITLE: ORDER ./IN-THE MATTER OF CONSIDERING <br /> CONCEPTS OF A PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIAL DISTRICT <br /> AND INITIATION OF METRO PLAN AMENDMENTS TO <br /> CLARIFY AND PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN <br /> SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD <br /> METROPOLITAN AREA <br /> <br /> I. MOTION <br /> <br /> MOVE TO APPROVE ORDRR NO. . DIRECTING FURTHER STAFF WORK <br /> NECESSARY TO IN1TIATE FORMATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIAL <br /> DISTRICT AND INITIATING METRO PLAN AMENDMENTS TO CLARIFY AND <br /> PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR SERVICE. DELIVERY IN THE. EUGENE- <br /> SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA <br /> <br /> Il. ISSUE OR PROBLEM <br /> <br /> There are two related issues for the Board to consider. Thc first issue' is the concept of a <br /> countywide public safety special district. Thc second issue is to consider initiating non-site <br /> specific text amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan <br /> (Metro Plan) in order to provide greater clarity in thc formation of a public safety special <br /> district while retaining consistency with the fundamental growth management principles of <br /> thc Metro Plan. <br /> <br /> HI. DISCUSSION <br /> <br /> A. Back~round <br /> <br /> Many county public safety services are funded primarily with property tax revenue, which <br /> flows to the county's general fund. Local property taxes are subject to constitutional, <br /> statutorial, and political and practical constraints. These revenue constraints are <br /> increasingly pressuring local governments to make difficult choices of either thivnlng <br /> <br /> BCC Agenda Cover Memo - County Special Service District Page 1 of 6 <br /> · ' August 25, 2004 <br /> <br /> <br />