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. e Com 5/11/77 A1)prove e VIII. Mr. Saul continued that the basic policies included the following: 1) an urban level of development should only occur with the mini- mum level of urban services as described in the 1990 Plan and with a full range of urban services also defined in the 1990 Plan avail- able; 2) that in the area west of Interstate 5 exclusive of Glenwood, the City of Eugene is the logical provider of urban services; and 3) that the city limits will be extended through annexation in re- sponse to need and as necessary to maintain the wellbeing of the entire community. He then reviewed the criteria that had been used by the city in the last five years when evaluating annexation requests. Mr. Delay noted the City was beginning to become more rigorous in its outlook and the City's future in regard to annexation and other policies. He said he felt that after another year had passed, the Council should reexamine its policies to make sure they are consistent with the future growth of the area. He ex- pressed some general concerns in regard to the annexation policies saying they were now very subjective and vague so that people and the City Council did not know until it addressed a specific request what criterion it was dealing with. He said it did not address the cost trade-off and impact of growth, capital costs involved, spheres of annexation, and urban and suburban de- velopment. He felt it would be necessary for the Council to take a closer look at the annexation policy, make refinements, and make it more definitive. Mr. Whitelaw concurred with Mr. Delay's perspective and said he felt over the next year that Mr. Delay would see the policies becoming clearer. Mr. Saul agreed with Mr. Delay's concerns noting that with the economic reports coming in over the next year, the growth study, and the update of the 1990 Plan, it would be appropriate for staff and Council to look at these policies again to see how they might be more refined and definitive. Jim Johnston, Crest Drive Citizens Association, agreed with Mr. Whitelaw's and Mr. Delay's comments. He felt it very important that the Council continue to examine its annexation policy to make it more definitive. Senate B~~~ 5~~ealing with open meeti?f laws--Mr. Long noted he had only recelved a copy of the bill at 1 : 30 and his 'review would be very cursory. It is sponsored by the Oregon Newspapaer Publishers Association and the hearing will be held Thursday, May 12 at 3 p.m. He noted it would be important for City Council to take a position on the bill so that staff could testify. He said the bill deals with two kintilJ of /11(>,,1 in~e:--ft)"mt11 "",J i,nf,,"lttal. II .1cfi"oa a'j i"r....,hol meeting as any discussion or activity between two or more members of the same public body and goes on to delineate that minutes or memo- rnnnllm of tho~p r1iR~llQRinnR Rhnlllrl h.. ttlknn Ann ..nt..rnd into th.. formal minutes of any informal meeting regarding that particular issue. 5/23/77 --11 LfOb