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Mr. Bradley moved second by Mr. Haws to initiate again annexation of Eugene Sand & Gravel property north of Belt Line, east of Delta Highway, by referring to the.Planning commission for hearing in all due haste., ~ Councilman Keller said he would not support this motion for the same reasons he d~d not support the original annexation request. He felt from reading the BO~ndary Com- mission minutes that the Commission was adamant in its denial, and he cons~dered the thoughts reflected in the minutes good. Councilman Williams ,didn't disagre~ w~th the Boundary Commission, he didn't support referring the annexat~on to the Comm~s~~on initially, he said. But he thought that irrelevant. His objection at this po~nt was to a situation affecting one owner of a major portion of the property involved who did not want his property annexed to the city. The issue had been heard by the planning Commission, the City Council, and the Boundary Commission, with a final de- cision rendered by unanimous vote. For the city to make the property owner "run through that governmental hoop" again was one of the worst uses of an individual by government that he could imagine. Comm V k h. . . .' 9/3/75 ote was ta en on t e motlon to re~n~tlate annexat~on of Eugene Sand & S t' 1 " d '1 b ee ac ion Grave property. Mot~on carrle - Councl mem ers Murray, Beal, Bradley, b 1 and Haws voting aye; Council members Keller, Williams, and Shirey voting e ow no; Councilman Hamel not present. John Alltucker, owner of the Eugene Sand & Gravel property, reviewed the Boundary Com- mission action, noting the "tone" of Commission discussion on which its decision not to annex was based: (1) The property owner did not initiate the annexation and the policy at this time was not to annex everything within the urban service boundary or everything to which city services were 'permissive rather than compulsory:' and (2) III-A-l there would have to be a certain percentage of property owners in favor of annexing if there was a subdivision or homes on the land, however there were no residences on this property and the one owner, Mr. Alltucker, did not wish the property annexed. ~ He expressed concern about Fasano regulations that prevented his discussing the issues involved with individual council members. As a consequence, he was at a loss with regard to what might be important and what particular questions needed to be addressed. He noted that the decision of the Boundary Commission not to annex was very definite - it was unanimous - and he felt if the whole process was repeated'the final vote would be the same. He expressed the hope that the matter would now be dropped "leaving time in the next few months or years to make Eugene such an attractive place that he would then want to come in." James Redden, architect representing Wildish Construction, owner of property included in the annexation, objected to going through the annexation process again. He said the Wildish property had no need for urban services nor did that property "plug" or cause circulation problems for public vehicles to any other property. He thought the Boundary Commission had made its action quite clear; he felt the only result of annexation would be the city's collection of additional taxes. Councilman Murray asked for a summarization of Ms. Nechak's (Boundary Commission staff person) position in favor of the annexation. He said he understood Mr. Porter's previous comments in committee were that staff would advise a better record needed to be established if the decision of the Boundary Commission was to be changed. Mr. Porter said he thought the record was fairly good, he knew of nothing that could be added that would make the record substantially better. Councilman Murray said he was still in favor of the annexation but could see no value in pursuing the issue. Councilman Haws wondered if there would ever be any basis for annexing this ground ~ unless it was surrounded by the city thereby. permitting an "island annexation." Mr. Porter said the existing zoning is ~ temporary use for the gravel operation and 9/8/75 - 16 504-