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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council Dinner Session Tree House Restaurant 1769 Franklin Boulevard October 10, 1983 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor "Gus" Keller; Mark Lindberg, Emily Schue, Betty Smith, Dick Hansen, councilors; David Whitlow, Assistant City Manager; Tim Sercombe, City Attorney; Jim Farah, Acting Planning Director; Tom Hayes, Jim Carlson, Terry Smith, staff. Mayor Keller called the meeting to order and introduced Mr. Sercombe. Mr. Sercombe said the first issue was the problem of the best way to provide urban services to the River Road/Santa Clara area. The second issue was the status of the incorporation effort with respect to River Road. The incorporation effort was spawned by HB 2521 passed by the 1981 Legislature. The incorporators have gathered 10 percent of the signatures of the River Road/Santa Clara area residents. The issue is before the Boundary Commission November 3 and 17. Mr. Sercombe referred to the distributed material: Analysi s e of Feasibility Study for Proposed City of Santa Clara and Analysis of Feasibility Study for Proposed City of Santa Clara, Executive Summary. He said the material was written in response to the referral from the Boundary Commission. The document was developed by staff of several different departments within the City. Mr. Sercombe said the elements of the first issue are the relationship of the Metropolitan Area General Plan to the incorporation effort. There are policies and guidelines within the General Plan that deal with the incorporation issue. The Metropolitan Area General Plan says the cities are the logical providers of urban services in the urban and urbanized areas around the cities. The Metro- politan Plan requires Eugene to develop a sewer system for the River Road/Santa Clara area. The Metro Plan has policies about urban growth. Growth should be compact so urban services are inexpensive. The incorporation efforts are antithetical to compact growth and economic provision of urban services. Wednesday, the City Council will have the issue before them--a resolution adopted by the City Council of Springfield and which may be adopted by the Lane County Commissioners next week. It will put the City on record against the incorporation efforts in the River Road/Santa Clara area. The ~ecial Area StUd, is required by the ~lan. It explains how the full range of ur an serv1ces wil be provided in the iver Road/Santa Clara area. The first phase of the study is the sanitary sewage disposal. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner Session October 10, 1983 Page 1