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said he had been working with some of the citizens in the River Road area. He suggested to get councilors from the City of Eugene that would be interested in related issues around annexation and efficiencies as they relate to public safety. He suggested that the CEO's create some options so the citizens will know exactly what they are. He noted in the River Road area that most people know if they get annexed, they get to become part of the city but what they get with that becomes the issue. He wanted to go out and listen to a smaller group representing the joint elected officials. Mayor Torrey suggested that the executives working with LCOG prepare a set of items for future discussion that are not binding and present them to the three governmental bodies. He added the individual governmental bodies could set up their own process for dealing with them. He added it could be worked through MPC and then brought back to the individual government bodies. Mayor Torrey closed this portion of the meeting to reconvene at 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1. PUBLIC HEARING a. SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING/Ordinance PA 1128/In the Matter of Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metro Area General Plan to Adopt a New "Residential Land Use and Housing Element" and Related Changes to the Plan Text and Glossary; and Adopting a Severability Clause. Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area. Clair Van Bloem, L-COG, noted that the Public Hearing is an opportunity for the public to provide testimony for the residential land and housing study, specifically the recommended Metro Plan amendments that are contained in the Eugene/Springfield/Lane County Planning Commissions' recommendations report. She stated the unanimous recommendations from the three planning commissions upon adoption, will replace the existing Metropolitan Plan Residential Land and Housing elements with a new introduction, findings and policies. She noted that the Metropolitan Residential Land and Housing Studies are part of the Metro Area State Mandated Periodic Review. She said the Eugene/Springfield metro area entered the periodic review in 1993. She said between 1993 and 1995, the metro area community developed a work program to address periodic review of the general plan. She added it was decided at that time by the elected officials that a complete and total revision of the Metro Plan could not be undertaken due to fiscal constraints caused in part by the passage of statewide Ballot Measure 5. She said what was adopted was a minimalist approach and did not contain any activities that were not absolutely required. She said Page 9 -- Joint Elected Officials Meeting -- April 14, 1999 WP bc/m/99039/T