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community that the council was moving as rapidly as possible on the issue, but it also wanted to ensure an enforceable and usable ordinance. e Mayor Obie thanked councilors and task force members for their work. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to authorize the Nuclear Free Zone Task Force to invite public testimony on its progress to date and to proceed with planning for the Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Commemoration observance to be held on August 6, 1987. Roll call vote; the motion carried unani- mously, 8:0. IV. URBAN TRANSITION AGREEMENT Assistant City Manager Dave Whitlow presented the staff report. He said the financing agreement being considered would implement the Urban Transition program that had been worked on wi th representatives of the Eugene and Springfield City Councils and of the Lane County Board of Commissioners. He said the agreement would provide payment for services to be assumed by the Cities of Eugene and Springfield. He noted that services to be transferred were descri bed in agenda attachments and i nc 1 uded p 1 ann i ng and bull di ng services for unincorporated areas withi n the urban growth boundary; responsibility for four park parcels, including Alton Baker Park and Cuthbert Amphitheatre; full payment for Regional Information System charges; and maintenance of about 66 miles of roads. Mr. Whitlow noted that this agreement did not deal with the ownership of Alton Baker Park, and he said staff hoped to deal with that issue before the agreement went into effect. He said current e assumptions were that the developed portion of Alton Baker Park <not including the part under discussion for a golf course) would be transferred to the ownership of the City of Eugene, and the agreement was being drafted under those assumptions. Mr. Whitlow said agenda attachments also included detail about department expenditures. He said approval for those items was not being sought today but would have to be approved later as a supplemental budget. Mr. Whitlow said the Lane County Board of Commissioners had approved the agreement, and the County administrator was authorized to sign the agreement. Mr. Whitlow said discussion on the issue had begun with the former Urban Services Policy Committee, which included Councilors Rutan and Schue, and had continued under the Metropolitan Policy Committee, on which Councilors Schue and Ehrman served. He said staff enthusiastically recommended approval of the agreement, which would implement lIyears and years" of discussions. Ms. Schue confirmed Mr. Whitlow's comments about the length of discussions. She said the agreement was one that was comfortable to everyone involved and would begin to implement the philosophy of the Metropolitan Plan in which the County would provide rural services and the cities would provide urban services and in which financial differences would be adjusted accordingly. She also said she hoped that the City soon would own Alton Baker Park and that next year it might not have to discuss that. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 17, 1987 Page 9