Item 4: Public Hearing on Ordinance Regarding Transfer of Jurisdiction Over County Roads

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance Requesting that Jurisdiction Over Portions of County Road Nos. 1313, 32, 543, 636, 1695, 1697, 1696, 1511, 1430, 1557, 2097, 2050, 1003, 2143, 2228, 200, 1123, 1500, 2236, and 548 Be Transferred to the City of Eugene Within a Specified Period of Time Meeting Date: November 14, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243 ISSUE STATEMENT Pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 373.270 (b), the City Council will be requested to adopt an ordinance initiating the transfer of jurisdiction of those portions of county roads within the city limits. A public hearing is required prior to the adoption of an ordinance. BACKGROUND The City of Eugene and Lane County first entered into an Urban Transition Agreement (UTA) for operational maintenance of roads within the City’s urban growth boundary on July 18, 1987. Since 1987, the UTA has been periodically reviewed and updated through Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA). An updated IGA is currently being processed for signatures. The purpose of the IGA is to increase efficiency in the provision of road maintenance services by defining City and County road maintenance responsibilities by logical geographic boundaries rather than jurisdictional boundaries. Each jurisdiction maintains roughly the same number of miles of road, some within its jurisdictional boundary and some outside its jurisdictional boundary. The IGA also addresses the transfer of jurisdiction of county roads that have been annexed to the City. The IGA stipulates that the City will enact the necessary legislation (see Attachment A – Proposed Ordinance) to transfer jurisdiction of all county roads annexed by the City. . Exhibit A to Attachment A identifies the 21 different roads totaling 4.27 miles proposed for jurisdictional transfer. The roads have been annexed to the City over the past 13 years, since the last significant jurisdictional transfer of roads in 1992. If the ordinance requesting transfer is adopted, the Lane County Board of Commissioners will provide the proper notice and hold a public hearing to take and consider testimony and objections from interested persons before determining whether it is necessary, expedient or in the best interests of the County to surrender jurisdiction of Lane County roads. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M051114\S0511144.doc