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Metro Plan policies relevant to this proposal include the i~llowing: <br /> <br /> Policy 8 (Growth 2~anagement and the Urban Service Area Element. Page ]~.- - gB 4 "Land <br /> within the urban growth boundary may' be converted from urbanizable to urban only <br /> through annexatiOn to a city when it is found that: <br /> <br /> a. A minknum level of key urban fhcilities and services can be provided to the area in an <br /> orderly and efficient manner. <br /> <br /> b, There will be a logical area and time within which to deliver urban services and <br /> facilities. Conversion of urbanizable land to urban shall also be consistent Mth the <br /> Metropolitan Plan. <br /> <br />Development of/his area can progress sequentially~ as is typical throughout the Eugene Urban <br />Growth Boundary. Properties need not annex until such time as development or need for City <br />services are desire& After the property is annexed, urban services are provided to accommodate <br /> complement of urban services can be provided within two years to any' <br /> · area. Street knprovements to Garden Way, scheduled to commence in 2002, will <br />provide drains, natural gas, and bicycle and pedestrian circulation <br /> the remaining vacant land within the study area. Extensions of <br /> will typically be extended by the devetoper~ <br /> The Cky recently purchased 4.0 acres adjacent to <br /> new public park. Eugene School District 4J maintains Washington <br /> and Sheldon High School nearby. The area is already <br /> <br /> Policy 9 {~G_rowth A~[anagement an_d the Urban Service A "A <br /> full range of key urban facilities and services shall be provided to urban areas according <br /> to demonstrated need and budgetary priorities. <br /> <br />In addition to key urban services, the plan provides for continued transit service to the ske, <br /> <br />rovision of natural gas service, and storm drainage. City code provides for street lighting, Local <br />ark land has been purchased; park improvements have yet to be funded. A branch library has <br />been opened in the Sheldon neighborhood. <br /> <br /> Policy 16 ('Grow& Managemem and the Urban Services Area Element Page JI-B-5) <br /> "Ultimately, land within the urban growth boundary shall be annexed to a city and <br /> provided with the required minirnmn level of urban services. While the time frame for <br /> annexation may vary, annexation should occur as land transitions from urbanizable to <br /> urban." <br /> <br /> C~ty proCedures, which will remain effective in this nodal development area~ provide <br />for the urbanization of urbanizable land within the urban growth boundary. The plan also <br />provides for eventual annexation of land within the planning area to the City of l~ugene and <br />provides for the required minimum level of urban services. <br /> <br />Exhibit C - 8 <br /> <br /> <br />