02/13/1984 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

e 4It - III. RIVER ROAD/SANTA CLARA--JIM FARAH, JIM CARLSON, AND TIM SERCOMBE Mr. Farah said an urban transition paper will be presented at next Wednesday's City Council meeting. Springfield is working to get fire protection to unincor- porated areas to the south. Eugene, Lane County, and Springfield are joining together to do a jurisdictional study in Glenwood. Many activities are going on since the acknowledgement of the Metro Plan. There have been major annexations of industrial land which included 500 acres in West Eugene. Staff is currently involved with River Road/Santa Clara. An application is being prepared for submittal for a $7.5 million grant to pay for a sewer trunk line. The incorporation effort continues. Annexation in the River Road area continues. There have been a total of eight property owner-inititated annexations for 234 acres and 223 people. Residents have approached the City about a major annexation in the River Road/Santa Clara area. There have been six meetings. Staff has presented information on process, ordinances, and data. Mr. Sercombe said the legal context of these discussions is that there is a process for wholesale annexation if ten percent of the residents petition the Boundary Commission. After the Boundary Commission issues the order allowing annexation, there is an opportunity for remonstrance by 100 registered voters on the issues of whether there would be annexation or not. The issue would then be put on the ballot for a vote. Many issues come up: fire services, parks, sewers, and police, to name a few. Mr. Carlson said the River Road citizens are paying 65 percent of what the Eugene citizens pay for services. The Santa Clara citizen pays 35 percent. A phase-in of urban services will have to be worked out. Mr. Farah said the discussions are metro area problem and on the most viding urban services to the area. He reviewed the process. very positive and center on this being a cost-effective metro area solution to pro- He did not expect any action before November. Staff stressed that although they were staffing the meetings in the River Road area, the process was beyond the City's control. They would report to the council as the process proceeds. Mr. Farah anticipated a phasing-in of services that could happen over a ten-year period. Mr. Hansen asked if Eugene could deny an annexation. He Questioned if they were committed to adding services to the detriment of other areas of the city. Mr. Farah said staff would supply that information. It was a decision of the Boundary Commission with recommendations from the Planning Commission and City Council. Mr. Carlson said Eugene has already committed dollars to the inter- ceptor sewer and bought land along the river. Annexation would be recouping those expenses. There was already a commitment in the Metro Plan to make the area an urban reserve. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. (Recorded by Beth Conant) Be :cj/CM8a13 ~~~ (~~ . ..~"'" ~ MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner Session February 13, 1984 Page 3