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ORDINANCE N0. 1969' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN TO ALLOW SEWER SERVICE TO DEVELOPED PROPERTIES IN THE RIVER ROAD AND SANTA CLARA AREAS WITHOUT ALSO REQUIRING ANNEXATION. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: 1. The 1910 CH2M "Sewerage System Study, River Road-Santa Clara" publication demonstrates the f eas i bi 1 i ty of providing sanitary sewers to the River Road-Santa Clara area in a manner consistent with the "Eugene-Spring- field Metropolitan Waste Treatment Alternatives Report" X208 "Facilities" Plan} and the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan. 2. Based on the "River Road/Santa Clara Groundwater Study, Final Technical Report, February, 1980" by Sweet, Edwards, and Associates, Inc., the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission found on April 18, 1980, that: a. The River Road/Santa Clara shallow aquifer is generally con- taminated with fecal coliform organisms in excess of drinking water and body contact standards . b. Existing nitrate-nitrogen concentrations within the area exceed the planning target on the average, c. About 13 percent of the nitrate-nitrogen pollutants hand by analogy a similar share of the fecal coliform contaminations} results from septic tank effluent. Septic tank pollutants can migrate rapidly to the groundwater from drainfields via macrapore travel. 3. The Environmental Quality Commission concluded that a public health hazard exists based on fecal coliform data for people using the aquifer for domestic drinking} or irrigation and that a health hazard similarly exists in several areas based on nitrate-nitrogen levels, 4. To remedy the groundwater pollution problem, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded Eugene a grant to build a sewer system to replace the individual septic systems i n use throughout River Road and Santa C1 ara according to a prescribed time frame, 5. Efforts toward incremental and voluntary annexation of River Road and Santa C1 ara properties to Eugene and connection to the sewer system according to the Environmental Protection Agency's time frame have not been successful. fi. These proposed ,amendments are necessary to alleviate the ground water pollution problem ~n the River Road and Santa Clara areas as soon as possible. 1. Adoption of these proposed amendments wi 11 al 1 ow extraterritorial extension of sewer service to devel aped properties i n the River Road and Santa C1 ara areas wi thaut the necessity of an annexation, annexati On consent, ar annexation contract before such annexation. Ordinance - 1