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. Thomas C. Brandt, Mohawk Star Route, said he fel t the Cou~cil should reevaluate standards of building solely for a prof1t and look more into the needs of the people of Eugene. Michael A. Granro, 1207 Polk Street, asked if the City Council felt this was the kind of vision that the people would want to develop for the City of Eugene in the future. Shawn Boles, 3145 Whitten, urged the C~ty ~ouncil to loo~ closely at the quality of the informat10n 1t has before 1t, to assess growth across time and the resource demands and the local food production needs. R. Tim Renn, 294 West 11th, said he felt the.ploy of using Data General as a possible fishhook looked llke subterfuge to him, and that the Breeden Bros. ~evelopers we~e the ones who would benefit from this annexat10n and rezon1ng. He urged opposition. Public testimony was closed, there beinq no further testimony given. .Jim Saul, Planning Department, replied to testimony,' saying the property was classified under soil classification system as Class If or IV soils, with a mixture of both on the property. According to LCDC definition of urbanizable land, this property would have to be so considered, that it is within the urban growth boundary and can he served by urban services and facilities. He said it was impossible to exclude prime agricultural land from any area located close to the Willamette River area, and Council should recognize the need to accommodate expanded growth. fie said there was a need for annexation of this property to accommodate housing, that this will be a long-range development plan by the property owners, and will give the City the power to regulate planning as it develops. In regard to the 3,000 available acres within the city, he said that figure needed to be modified by a number of factors includin~ the availability of property for development and that the data used to arrive at this figure were over a year old, with some of the property already committed to development. In the Willakenzie area, no parcel over five acres in size with urban services available exists which is not already committed to development. He said the statement about the amount of land aVllilahle had to be taken with some caution. . Councilman Haws asked how much money the annexation will actu- ally cost the taxpayers. Mr. Saul said it was impossible to have a dollar figure available. Mr. Haws then said that at the last budget meeting it was indicated police services were stretched pretty thin. He asked if this will make a differ- ence as far as police protection, would there be a need to increase it to this area. . Mr. Martin responded that there were two features involved here: 1) operating costs; and 2) capital outlay costs. For operating costs, he said these are service costs by the city. ~ sai? that in constructing single-family dwellings, there 1S a h1gh cost for new construction generated, which generates ILf9 2/28/77 - 13