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<br />17. Eugene and Springfield and their respective utility branches, Eugene Water & Electric <br />Board (EWEB) and Springfield Utility Board (SUB), shall be the water and electrical <br />service providers within the UGB. <br /> <br />18. As annexations to cities occur over time, existing special service districts within the UGB <br />shall be dissolved. The cities should consider developing intergovernmental agreements, <br />which address transition issues raised by annexation, with affected special service <br />districts. <br /> <br />19. The realignment (possible consolidation or merger) of fringe special service districts shall <br />be.examined to: <br /> <br />R. Promote urban service transition to cities within the UGB. <br /> <br />b. Provide continued and comprehensive rural level services to property and people <br />outside the UGB. <br /> <br />c. Provide more efficient service delivery and more efficient governmental structure <br />for serving the immediate urban fringe. <br /> <br />20. Annexation of territory to existing service districts within the U"GB shall occur only when <br />the following criteria are met: <br /> <br />a. Immediate annexation to a city is not possible because the required minimum. <br />level of key urban facilities and services cannot be provided in a timely manner <br />(within five years, as outlined in an adopted capital improvements program); <br /> <br />b. Except for areas that have no frreprotection, . affected property owners have <br />signed consent to annex agreements with the applicable city consistent with <br />Oregon annexation law. <br /> <br />Such annexations shall be considered as interim service delivery solutions until ultimate <br />annexation to a city occurs. <br /> <br />21. When unincorporated territory within the UGB is provided with any new urban service, <br />that service shall be provided by the following method (in priority order). <br /> <br />a. Annexation to a city; <br /> <br />b. Contractual annexation agreements with a city; <br /> <br />c. Annexation to an existing district (under conditions .described previously in Policy <br />#20); or <br /> <br />d. Creation of a new service district (under conditions described previously in Policy <br /># 15). <br /> <br />II-C-6 <br />