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Corn 5/11/77 Affirm Com 5/11/77 Approve Lane County Commissioners and to avoid hysteria of citizens in the area that Eugene is going to annex. Included in those options would be an agreement to the legitimacy of the Lane County Commissioners and City officials exploring other alter- natives. He felt the City should be an active participant and be able to reflect on any alternatives that might be proposed. His concern was the citizens of that area might wrongfully feel they have no alternatives and he felt that was not the case; they should be aware that alternatives are being explored. An- other concern was the question of who would pay for the increasing costs of the municipal services. If the benefiting citizens were the ones to pay the cost, he wondered if the Lane County Commis- sioners would give all the proportionate revenues back to the City should an alternative be found. He felt that there should be a fair distribution of that type of subsidy. Based on calcu- lations he had done, he noted that the metropolitan area loses approximately $550,000 in state revenues because that area is not part of the city. He reiterated that he would like to see Lane County and the area residents outside Eugene able to pursue alter natives with Eugene city officials active participants in those pursuits. He did not want to present a hard-line stance, but felt the Council should agree to take a look at other alterna- tives. . Mr. Haws moved seconded by Mr. Hamel to authorize Assistant Manger to deliver the policy statement to the Lane County Commissioners. - Ms. Smith noted a great deal of time and effort had gone into the preparation of the policy statement to establish good communica- tion. She hoped the answers would be acceptable to the Lane County Commissioners and hoped that proceeding with the deli- very of the sewer facilities to the citizens in the community would be immediately pursued. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. B. Senate Bill 538 relating to open meeting laws~-Manager noted this bill had just come to the attention of the City Attorney's office and that it pertains to widespread changes in the open meeting laws which would be of considerable consequence to the Council. He requested, if time allowed, Council consider the bill at the end of the present meeting. C. Skinner Bu~_d"~~p'ment--Tour takl:!n by Couoc i J pr. ior to Committee-of-the-Whole meeting; petition llnd otllcr information diatribllt"!d to (;I)unr.il. MRnl1gpr notl'!d RppraiAR1A of thp lot ulldl~r developllwnl. would bl:! ahout $125,000 and the west lot would 00 Ahoul thp !'lAmp VR1"p; thllFl, thp ("ity I.m"lrl npprl $2~O.OOO (oe pUrChillH! 01' the t.wu lots. Mr. Haws questioned whether funde were available to acquire the property. Manager responded there was perhaps enollgh money for the purchase of on" lot j II 1.111' W'lIcHul cOllti 1I~..ncy tund. Mr. llaw!; lI11tl:j.1 wllll -- 3'19' 5/23/77 --4