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ATTACHMENT C JOINT ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETING April 19, 2005 5:30 p.m. (Commissioners' Conference Room) City Councilor John Woodrow called the meeting of the City Council of Springfield to order. Present: Anne Ballew, Joe Pishioneri, and Dave Ralston. Sid Leiken and Tammy Fitch were excused. City Councilor George Polling called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. Present: Bonnie Bettman, George Poling, Andre~. Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Gary Pape, David Kelly and Betty Taylor Commissioner Anna Morrison called the meeting of the Lane County Board of Commissioners to order. Present: Bill Dwyer, Bobby Green, Faye Stewart and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer. 1. SECOND READ lNG AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance No. PA 1221/In the Matter of Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to Clarify and Provide Greater Flexibility for Public Safety Service Delivery in the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area (Metro Plan, Growth Management, Policy 15) (NBA & PM 4/5/05). Kent Howe, Land Management, explained the purpose of the proposed plan amendment is to clarify the formation of a Public Safety District that would be consistent with Metro Plan policies. He noted there are no policies in the Rural Comprehensive Plan or other small city plans thataddresses special district formation. He said it was only the Eugene Springfield Metro Plan that has policies that address district formation. He indicated at the time the Metro Plan was developed, it didn't contemplate the need for special service districts that would be providing public safety services nor did the Metro Plan contemplate the financial constraints that would be placed on local government. Howe noted the Metro Plan has policies that specifically limit the formation of special service districts regardless of the nature of the services provided. He added the Metro Plan contemplates special districts for urban services and growth management. He indicated that Policy 15 appropriately limits their formation and links them to future annexation requirements in order for cities to measure growth-reducing services. He explained the services are limited to and consistent with benefits in reaction to public safety services to provide context for determining services that would be consistent. He noted the proposed amendment does not weaken the position of Eugene and Springfield or their ability to annex land or to control the proliferation of other growth inducing special districts. He said there were two criteria that were applicable to the authorization of the Metro Plan amendment: that the amendment is consistent with the statewide Page 1 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - April 19, 2005 WD bc/m/05035/T