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JOINT ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETING <br /> April 19, 2005 <br /> 7:00 p.m. (Harris Hall) <br /> <br />City Councilor John Woodrow called the meeting of the City Council of Springfield to order. <br />Present: Anne Ballew, Christine Lundberg, Joe Pishioneri, and Dave Ralston. Sid Leiken and <br />Tammy Fitch were excused. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. Present: Bonnie <br />Bettman, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Gary Pape, David Kelly, Jennifer Solomon <br />and Betty Taylor <br /> <br />Commissioner Anna Morrison called the meeting of the Lane County Board of Commissioners <br />to order. Present: Bill Dwyer, Bobby Green, Peter Sorenson, Faye Stewart and Recording <br />Secretary Melissa Zimmer. <br /> <br />1. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance No. PA 1221/In the Matter <br /> of Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to <br /> Clarify and Provide Greater Flexibility for Public Safety Service Delivery in the Eugene- <br /> Springfield Metropolitan Area (Metro Plan, Growth Management, Policy 15) (NBA & <br /> PM 4/5/05). <br /> <br /> Kent Howe, Land Management, explained the purpose for the meeting is to hear and take <br /> testimony on the proposed amendment to the Metro Plan. He added the purpose of the <br /> amendment is to clarify that the formation of a Public Safety County Service District is <br /> consistent with Metro Plan policies. He said it was unique in Lane County that they have <br /> to go through the steps in the process of forming a public safety district. He noted there <br /> are no policies in the Rural Comprehensive Plan that address special district formation. <br /> He added there are no policies in the Comprehensive Plan of any of the ten small cities in <br /> Lane County. He noted it is only the Eugene Springfield Metro Plan that gives rise to <br /> addressing special district formation. <br /> <br /> Howe indicated the Metro Plan policies were created at a time when they didn't <br /> contemplate the need for special service districts that provide public safety services nor <br /> did the Metro Plan contemplate the financial constraints that would be placed on local <br /> government. He explained it is only the Metro Plan policies that specifically limit the <br /> formation of special service districts regardless of the nature of the services provided. He <br /> added the contemplated public safety services are not growth inducing services. He <br /> noted the services are consistent with and complimentary to preventive and reactive <br /> public safety services. He noted that list is included and not limited to policy language <br /> intended to provide the context for determining the services that would be consistent with <br /> and be complementary to the contemplated services. <br /> <br />Page 1 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - 7:00 p.m. - April 19, 2005 <br />WD bc/m/05043/m <br /> <br /> <br />