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Bill Grile, Development Service Director, City of Springfield, indicated the Springfield Planning Commission took this up and they passed it by unanimous recommendation to move it forward. He noted the Planning Commission stated this was primarily a budget issue for the elected officials to deal with. He said there was a recommendation to the Springfield City Council that the language would state there would be a single service district within the County. Kurt Yeiter, City of Eugene, noted the City of Eugene Planning Commission had similar concerns as the Springfield Planning Commission. He said they noted the Metro Plan policies were written at a simpler time and it reflects services~the County is currently ~ providing. He said they thought an amendment to the Metro Plan made sense. Christine Lundberg arrived at 6:20 p.m. Yeiter indicated that the Eugene Planning Commission was the first to deliberate on the proposed amendment. He said they weren't ab~ie Xo wordsmith adequately. He said the concern was to constrain the special districts~s0 that other services that wouldn't be provided by statute are not pulled in under a broad language. He noted the closest to that was Option 4. He stated the Eugene Planning Commission discussed the public safety district as too broad a term. Bettman asked if it would cost more for rural services than for urban services and if the Planning Commissions discussed' this. Yeiter responded they didn't address any financial issue~. He said they considered growth inducing impacts and wordsmithing. Bettman asked if they were comparing services with what the statute stated. Yeiter indicated they discussed what~,:Was required by state statute and the list might have · ' beefi~t°o constrained for what could:be allowed with the exception. He said there are -, . current services that are provided that arenot required that are logically provided by state ',,, ,, statute. - ::!:i~}· ;ii:,,,,, Bettman asked if this language was internally consistent. She stated she would submit ¢ ~::~ ~4 : questions and wanted responses back. '~ i ,.:: :, :~ Alex,iGardner, Deputy District Attorney, commented that this was a rational process. He ~indicated·if there was a better alternative that he was willing to hear those ideas. He n~Sted'that service in Lane County is cost effective. He urged the elected officials to do an analysis of what it takes them to prosecute each case. He added that they are failing to prosecute over 100 cases per month and 60% to 70% of those cases come from the Eugene/Springfield area. Page 4 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting April 19, 2005 WD bc/m/05035/T