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under contract from the Eugene Fire Department, limited water services from EWEB, and school services from District 4J. A portion of this property abuts Spencer Butte, An amended legal . description was provided to the councilors. No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were noted, Staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Public hearing was opened. Speaking in favor: Doug DuPriest, 101 East Broadway, represented the applicants. He stated that this proposal received a favorable staff report and Planning Commission recom- mendation. He said this offers an opportunity to protect the southern boundary of the city and to complete its extension, He stated there has been much concern about this area and that has resulted in the South Hills Study, which restrains development and protects the public when development occurs, The original request had contained 173 acres, but six acres have been acquired by the City for a park. This request is for 165 acres, 59 of which are west of Fox Hollow Road and 106 of which are east of Fox Hollow Roadr The 43 tax lots range in size from two-tenths of an acre to 15-1/2 acres, with the average size less th an four acres. There are about 23 residences on the properties in the proposal. This annexation was a triple majority application--more than half the land owners supported the annexation request and those land owners owned more than half the land and represented more than half the assessed value of the land. The Planning Commission suggested RA zoning and the applicant agreed. The applicant also agreed to the Planning Commission.s proposal of the - western boundary. The proposed annexation is within the urban service boundary and consistent with the 1990 Plan, the Metropolitan Plan Update, and the South Hills Study, which designate the area for low-density residential development. This area is also within the urban growth boundary. There is no prime agri- cultural land in the proposed annexation and rnost of the soils are Class VI, There is no commercial timber land within the property. Mr. DuPriest said this 'annexation should be approved because land is needed to maintain the City's inventory of undeveloped land. He feels most of the people opposed to the annexation are concerned about the livability of the area, The South Hill s Study contains stringent guidelines for development in the area and those constraints should meet the neighbors. concerns. He feels this would be a good opportunity for the City to make the southern boundary rational and gain control of development in the area, There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed, Ms, Schue asked if people with those two split tax lots would have problems in the future. Mr. Byrne stated that they do, not foresee any problems and would like to leave partition judgments to the property owners, e 9/8/80--2