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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Dinner/Work Session McNutt Room, City Hall October 24, 1988 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Ruth Bascom, Robert Bennett The adjourned meeting of October 19, 1988, was called to order at 5:45 p.m. by His Honor, Mayor Brian B. Obie. Mayor Obie said the Council Subcommittee on Library Financing would meet November 1 to discuss its recommendation to the council. Councilors dis- cussed whether it was necessary to consider the issue prior to that recommen- dation being made, and agreed to place it on their agenda as soon as possible after the subcommittee's meeting. e Mayor Obie referred to a memorandum relating to a recent arbitration award and asked for a discussion of the matter to be placed on the agenda for the October 26 council meeting. He commented that the arbitration process ap- pears to lack effectiveness. Susan Brody, Planning Director, reviewed the City's annexation program. The council adopted a formal program in April 1986. Since that time, staff has been hired, a brochure has been developed and mailed, letters and information packets have been mailed to over 600 property owners, 750 people have attend- ed 19 meetings, and an early referral process to agencies has been developed. The City has processed 23 annexations in River Road/Santa Clara, 18 of which are effective and involve 225 acres. The City has installed about ten miles of trunk sewer lines in the River Road/Santa Clara area and the Irving Road sewer line is presently under construction. Annexations have received con- sistent approval from the Boundary Commission. In spite of these successes, the program has faced significant political opposition and several legal challenges. Ms. Brody said seven of 17 appealed annexations have been decided by the Court of Appeals in the City's favor. She mentioned a lawsuit filed on behalf of the "Keep Our Ground Waters Clean" organization challenging the City's policy of requiring annexation prior to connection to the sewer sys- tem. Remonstrances on two annexations have resulted in one annexation being e MINUTES--City Council October 24, 1988 Page 1 Work Session