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Circuit Court Judge Kip Leonard (Dave Factor, representative) District Attorney F. Douglass Harcleroad City of Springfield Mayor Bill Morrisette called to order the joint meeting of the Metropolitan Area Elected Officials at 5:45 p.m. He invited those who were present to introduce themselves. ANIMAL REGULATION Lane County Commissioner Cindy Weeldreyer reported on her work to develop a proposal for re- designing animal control services in Lane County. She described her visit to animal welfare and service provider organizations and her request for reports on countywide animal regulation systems in other areas. She said she had gathered information, submitted it to jurisdictional staffs for evaluation, and was preparing options for consideration by a stakeholders group whose membership had been identified but never met. II. GLENWOOD Springfield City Manager Mike Kelly referred to his memorandum distributed with the agenda of the meeting, regarding issues of whether the planning and urban services jurisdiction of the Glenwood area should be changed from the City of Eugene to the City of Springfield. He described the origination of consideration of the change, the work program to deal with the issues involved approved by the Metropolitan Policy Committee, the "due diligence" study undertaken, the influence on the work program of Measures 47 and 50, and the initial results of cost analyses of the change. Eugene City Councilor Laurie Swanson Gribskov said she supported consideration of the change and asked if considerations included differences between the Eugene Water & Electric Board and the Springfield Utility Board regarding underground utility infrastructure. Mr. Kelly replied that representatives of the two utility providers had met and made a commitment to reach an amicable resolution of all issues involved, if a change was made. Eugene City Councilor Ken Tollenaar stated that he was concerned that public information regarding the proposed change implied that areas of Glenwood already annexed to the City of Eugene would automatically revert to the City of Springfield. He said he was not sure of which statutory provision provide for such a change. PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL REPORT Lane County Commissioner Steve Cornacchia reminded participants that the October 1997 joint meeting of Metropolitan Area Elected Officials had charged the Public Safety Coordinating Council (PSCC) with preparing a recommendation of a coordinated regional strategy and funding for the Lane County public safety/judicial system. He described processes which had led to recommendation of a Lane County Public Safety Local Option Levy proposal. He referred to MINUTES-Metropolitan Joint Elected Officials April 28, 1998 Page 2