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He said the septic tank problem did not apply to his area. Regarding criteria and illogical boundaries, he said there are two rights-of-way ~ for 1-5 and Beltline that make his area an island. Otherwise, he ,., said, there are 300 acres that are just adjacent to the city limits. People in his area do not want to be annexed, the boundaries are not illogical, and his area is not an island. Overwhelming sentiment in the area is against annexation. They do not want to be part of the city. They do not feel they are taking advantage of city benefits as they are paying for all services they are receiving. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony presented. Regarding adequacy of notice, Mr. Saul said the Planning Department mailed notices of the Planning Commission hearings to in excess of 900 residents and property owners during October. On page 21 of the October staff report, the summary of the contents of the notice were contained. The notice indicated a copy of the preliminary staff report would be available to those interested residents by October 30, with it either being picked up at, or mailed by, the Planning Depart- ment. He said 250 copies were printed with approximately 175 left. After the Planning Commission hearing in November, residents were provided a ten-day period for written comment which were included in Council's materials. He said Mr. Spieler did,in fact, write. Notice of the hearing was also posted in 50 locations in various areas, as well as the legal notices in the newspaper. Regarding legal notice for this evening's hearing, Mr. Saul said anyone who had spoken at the public hearing and submitted written correspondence was provided a ~ letter of notice two weeks ago, with 82 individuals being notified. ~ Regarding the legitimacy of island status of the area, Mr. Saul directed Council to page 30 of the findings adopted by the Planning Commission. The findings included that the area is, in part, sur- rounded by freeway right-of-way, but to say the area is not urban in character is wrong. Immediately across the freeway is Springfield. Islands 7 and 8 are part of a dense urban concentration and are both legally and practically island areas. Regarding annexation being initiated to resolve septic tank problems, he said before the Planning Commission hearing, people in Island Area 7 did support the annexation, in particular, because of severe septic tank problems. Also, the Lane County Sanitarian did urge the City to proceed with the annexation to alleviate these problems. The Council and Planning Commission did not initiate the annexations because of presumed failures of septic tanks, but a much broader issue. He indicated Council could review findings in this regard in the written material s. Mr. Saul then responded to why the City is concerned and interested in this particular annexation and what benefits the City does provide to the residents. He said the City is pursuing the annexation based on a written report the Council endorsed in 1978, based on a broad range of e b8 2/12/79--4