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e the annexation of the River Road/Santa Clara area. For this reason, staff favors Option 1. Mr. Smith said staff has also been influenced by the belief that there is likely to be a referendum on whether sewers are constructed in the River Road/Santa Clara area unless the City clearly demonstrates that sewers will be constructed in the area. Mr. Smith said this is why staff has provided Option 2 as a fall-back position. Mr. Smith added that in the fall, the Environmental Quality Commission will probably rule that sewers should be provided to aJl area residents within a decade or so. Responding to a question from Mr. Boles, Mr. Smith said that the original agreement that the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) made with the County mandates that sewers be installed in the River Road/Santa Clara area. Mr. Smith explained that the Lane County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance which forces residents outside the City to connect to an available city sewer should the opportunity occur. Mr. Smith distributed and reviewed a handout detailing the sewer construction schedule, the time line associated with a council-initiated annexation of River Road (Option 1), and the time line for the provision of sewers ahead of annexation for River Road (Option 2). Mr. Holmer asked when the City will have to begin sewer design and construction for Santa Clara. Mr. Smith said the sewering of Santa Clara e probably will not occur for some time. He said if the City concentrates on the sewering of River Road, the sewering of Santa Clara would not begin until at least 1993. Mr. Holmer asked how the City can proceed simultaneously with amendments to the Metro Plan and an annexation-based sewer design process. Mr. Smith said staff feels it is necessary to begin working on both options now, because it would be too late to start from the fall-back position in May 1990. Ms. Decker qualified this statement saying that while this would be possible, it would most likely cause delay in sewer connections for property owners that have not been annexed. Mr. Bennett asked if staff has polled residents in the River Road/Santa Clara area to determine how they would vote in an annexation election. Mr. Smith said informal surveys indicate that less than 30 percent of the residents would vote favorably and 65-70 percent of the residents feel they need more information. Ms. Ehrman thought that the City should pursue Option 2, of providing sewers ahead of annexation for the River Road area. She felt that the residents in that area have already received a lot of information about annexation and sewers. Mr. Holmer thought that the City needs to try Option 1 before proceeding to Option 2. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 21, 1989 Page 4