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. - Mr. Henry admitted that the type of taxation problem described existed. within Eugene. He said taxation must be changed in the case where people were holding land for speculative reasons. He pointed out also that tax inequities were possible in areas like River Road and Santa Clara which are highly urban, but not incorporated. He asked if the County plan meant to say that people should have the choice whether to incorporate or not. Mr. Bennett said this was partly the plan's intent. He said not all areas could be incorprorated, such as Alvadore, where the population felt it had grown as much as it could. He said this was not true in other areas and ways to incorporate were being sought. Mr. Henry said the problems of not being incorporated, such as provision of police and street maintenance by the County at county-wide expense, would be accentuated by the County's plan. Mr. Bennett said it was not anticipated that the County would provide water districts to communities, but it could provide technical assistance on how an area could get a water district for itself. He said Dexter was an example of an area which had received the County's help in this manner. Mr. Henry pointed out that even counseling services were not free. He added that he was referring previously to the need for police and street maintenance services which would be provided to unincorporated areas, but not to incorporated areas by the County. Mr. Bennett agreed that this was a concern that Council should continue to work on. Ms. Smith expressed concern over the timing of the plan. She said the Council had identified several issues of concern and the 1990 Plan was not e completed. She said she hoped the Council's concerns would be considered along with timing and coordination of the plan. Mr. Bennett said that although the County Planning Staff had indicated a time frame of four months, it would probably take closer to six months to finish the plan. He said it had been an intensive project, partly because of LCDC require- ments and partly because peopl e were uncertai n about County pl anni ng policies. He agreed that the final months of work on the plan would take careful coordination. Mr. Lieuallen said he felt the Council was being too polite and indirect in its comments. He said the Council was familiar with the County Commis- sioners' ideas on land planning. He said that with the exception of Jerry Rust, the Commissioners did not like the concept of an urban service boundary, compact growth, or land use planning in general. He said he suspected that if they drew up a new plan for the County, it would "fly in the face" of Eugene's policies. He said there were clear disagreements between the City and the County. He said it might be hard to pullout of the County plan what the County Commissioners had in mind, but it was not hard to determine this through their campaign literature. He said the Council knew what would happen if the County Commissioners' plan had the force of law. Mr. Bennett responded that he had worked directly with all the Commis- sioners on the plan and had seen a majority reassess their ideas on land-use planning since their campaigns. He said their ideas expressed in e the plan summarized their thinking. He added that several had attended LCDC meetings and were interested in good planning. 7/25/79--7 if/a