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Written Statement for Annexation SSW Job #18-7587 Page 2 of 6 WRITTEN STATEMENT This written statement describes how this annexation request is consistent with the applicable approval criteria referenced in Section 9.7825 of the Eugene Code. Approval criteria are shown in italics, with subsequent findings / responses shown in regular text. 9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria. The city council shall approve, modify and approve, or deny a proposed annexation based on the application’s consistency with the following: (1) The land proposed to be annexed is within the city’s urban growth boundary and is: (a) Contiguous to the city limits; or (b) Separated from the city only by a public right of way or a stream, bay, lake or other body of water. The land proposed for annexation (hereinafter referred to as the “subject property”) is located within the City of Eugene’s urban growth boundary (UGB), the nearest segment of which is contiguous with the southeasterly boundary of adjacent Tax Lot 2600 located to the southeast of the subject property. The subject property is contiguous to the current city limits on portions of two (2) of its sides. More specifically, the adjacent properties currently comprised of Tax Lots 2910, 2911, 2912, and 2917 (City-owned access restriction strip at easterly terminus of Grizzly Avenue) immediately adjacent to the west side of the subject property were formally annexed into the City of Eugene in 1993 (Annexation No. 93-43), and the adjacent property currently comprised of Tax Lot 3500 immediately adjacent to the south side of the subject property was formally annexed into the City of Eugene in 1995 (Annexation No. 95-39). Therefore, the proposed annexation satisfies EC 9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria (1) & (1)(a). 9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria. (continued) (2) The proposed annexation is consistent with applicable policies in the Metro Plan and in any applicable refinement plans. Several policies from the Metro Plan provide support for this annexation by encouraging compact urban growth to achieve efficient use of land and urban service provisions within the UGB, including the following policies from the Growth Management section: Metro Plan Policy 1 states that the UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential means to achieve compact urban growth, and that the provision of all urban services shall be concentrated inside the UGB. The subject property is located within the UGB, and the minimum level of urban services are already available to the subject property as discussed below in response to EC 9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria (3). Therefore, the proposed annexation of the subject property is consistent with Metro Plan Policy 1. Metro Plan Policy 8 provides for conversion of land from urbanizable to urban through annexation when a minimum level of key urban facilities and services can be provided. This policy is the subject of EC 9.7825 Annexation – Approval Criteria (3), which is addressed in detail below. February 11, 2019, Meeting - Item 2C