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e Ms. Decker called attention to a map showing annexations to Eugene over a period of time. She reviewed the annexations of Bethel Danebo (in the 1950s and 1960s), the Willakenzie area, College Crest, and the Skyline area, and said that the Metro Plan, 1984-adopted Urbanization Report, and several technical reports form the foundation of the City's present annexation policy. Ms. Decker particularly noted pages 1I-D-3 to 11-0-7 of the Metro Plan as providing policy direction for the proposed annexation of River Road/Santa Clara. Mr. Holmer flagged for additional discussion the prerequisite of annexation to the provision of urban services. Responding to a point made by Mayor Miller, Ms. Decker affirmed that the Metro Plan implied that the city.s boundaries would extend to the urban growth boundary and that cities would be the providers of services within the urban growth boundary. Mr. Gleason added that acknowledgement of the Metro Plan was also a condition of an agreement with the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Answering a question from Mr. Rutan, Terry Smith, Public Works Department, said between 6,000 and 8,000 acres are outside the city limits but within the urban growth boundary. Responding to a question from Mr. Boles, Ms. Decker said the triple-majority method of annexation was changed by the Legislature in 1987 and now allows a ~ remonstrance to be filed requesting an election. In September 1980, Ms. Decker said Lane County and the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reached an agreement, in response to a ground water pollution study, that the County would limit development until there was an action plan for providing service to the River Road/Santa Clara area. In 1982, the DLCD agreed to acknowledge the Metro Plan based on the assumption that River Road/Santa Clara would be included in the urban growth boundary and that a servicing plan would be developed with Eugene being the provider of those services. While the plan referred to timely provision of services and logical extensions, it did not require the provision of all urban services at one time. In 1983, Springfield, Eugene, and Lane County passed a joint resolution that resulted in a sewer service plan calling for a Federal sewer construction grant to assist with the construction of interceptor sewers in the River Road/Santa Clara area. Conditions of that grant specified a sewer hook-up schedule in order to mitigate the ground-water problem. The Urbanization Report adopted by the council in 1984 called for an incremental and voluntary annexation approach. At this point, Ms. Decker said two options exist for proceeding with sewer connections that will achieve compliance with a future connection schedule. The first involves council initiation of annexation of the River Road portion of the River Road/Santa Clara area, which could be expected to result in a remonstrance e MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 31, 1989 Page 6