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Bettman noted the County sponsored a bill, HB3301 in the State Legislature that would enable special districts by removing the prohibition on overlapping districts, meaning that it could take in the City of Eugene. She added there was a provision in that bill that was onerous because it eliminated the cities from their jurisdictional authority to approve or d~aopro noted there is a promise that that provision would be taken out. She thou mt that says "Notwithstanding the above provisions of this policy ~dall in the plan" meant that nothing in the Metro Plan would apply She said it removes Policy 15b) that says the three metropoI~t~ ~a concur with the proposal to form the service district requirement for compliance for Policy 15. She said th~ ould and Eugene adopted the Metro Plan Amendment, they ~¢~ t~i~ th~elves out and agreeing to give up jurisdictional authority. Van Vactor stated the state law would remain in effect wh~l~e ~ ~i~i~ ~6~ have to give their consent before the County could go to the Boundary CommisSion. Bettman said Lane County's provision would ha~ ~~n ~is provisio~ ~ith to the safety district Van Vactor explained that their provision in th~ ~etro the provision with regard to a public safety district, not ~ith ~er Bettman thought they would be a~eeing to gige up t~ei~ ~n authori~ She requested that the City's legal team give them a comp~ensive explanation regaling ~at the state statute says and how adopting this amendment ~lfl impact thei~ abili~ ~ ~uthority in this decision. Sorenson asked if there could be ~ option for the Count~ an~ ~° cities to make the creation of this district contingent upo~ ~ii ~th~ ~i~es approving it. He wanted to make it clear that the district doesn,t come into effe~ ~il ~ ~the general-purpose governments prove it by a certain date. :: to red~a~ ~ l~guage in the proposed Metro Plan ent to they to the Boundary Commission until they application is ~ist~nt ~ith the appli~hble comprehensive plan. He said they wanted ..to have the more flexible lan~ag~ ~ :case all of the cities didn't approve. ~asked what in Policy i~ ~ ~he subsections was restrictive. ~*rh~ ~ught the langu~ ~ ihe amendment was restrictive. Bettman tho the lan e~ m~Pohcy 15 was permissive. Page 4 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - April 19, 2005 WD bc/m/05035/T