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be placed in the difficult circumstance of being compelled to provide service to <br />unincorporated properties in consideration of overarching public safety concerns <br />without any form of compensation <br /> <br />Heritage Options <br /> <br />? <br />None <br /> – Eugene Fire is already the service provider for all fire protection and EMS to all residents <br />and businesses in River Road. There are essentially no “heritage” services or characteristics to <br />be sustained for this service (except perhaps that a Santa Clara Fire or Lane Fire expansion into <br />River Road might help sustain those two Fire Districts as the amount of non-City property shrinks <br />due to incorporation). <br /> <br />Santa Clara <br />A significant transition is already underway in Santa Clara with the opening of the City’s new fire station in <br />2005 (and the City’s prior decision in 2002 to provide direct service to in-City residents and businesses in <br />this neighborhood). <br /> <br />Transition Options <br /> <br />? <br />Option No. 1: Continue Current Fire District Services <br /> – Lane Fire/Rescue and Santa Clara <br />Fire continue to provide fire protection and EMS services to all non-City properties within their <br />respective zones until such time as the neighborhood is fully incorporated. <br /> <br />Advantages: Sustains two institutions and governance options with a long-standing presence <br />in the neighborhood (including the volunteer fire service) <br />Challenges: The expanded presence of Eugene Fire (e.g.: direct service to City residents by <br />Eugene Fire rather than contract service thru the two Fire Districts) combined <br />with gradually decreasing fire district service territories and changing service <br />needs and costs may test the two District’s viability and resources (most <br />particularly Santa Clara Fire). <br /> <br />? <br />Option No. 2: Fire Districts Serve Entire Neighborhood <br /> – The assumption of service to in-City <br />properties by Eugene Fire in 2002, combined with the construction of a new City fire station in <br />Santa Clara renders this option moot. <br /> <br />? <br />Option No. 3: Expand Fire District Services <br /> – Santa Clara Fire and/or Lane Fire contracts with <br />the City to once again provide services to all in-City properties in Santa Clara, and/or potentially <br />to take over the City’s contract with the River Road Water District for fire protection in the River <br />Road neighborhood. Again, the circumstance described in the preceding Option No. 2 makes this <br />alternative essentially moot. <br /> <br />Advantages: Creates a uniform agency and level of fire service between the two <br />neighborhoods; sustains important community institution(s) and local governance <br />opportunity <br />Challenges: Requires a highly unlikely reversal on the part of the City of Eugene with respect <br />to fire service to in-City properties in Santa Clara; the resources of Santa Clara <br />and/or Lane Fire may be over extended by such an expansion. <br /> <br />? <br />Option No. 4: City Assumes Service to All Santa Clara Properties <br /> – The two Fire Districts in <br />Santa Clara withdraw from all direct fire protection and EMS service to non-City properties inside <br />the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), and the City contracts with the Santa Clara Water District to <br />provide fire service to the entire neighborhood (as is presently done in River Road with the River <br />Road Water District). <br /> <br />11 <br />River Road/Santa Clara Transition/Heritage White Paper <br />DRAFT <br />11-24-05 <br /> <br />Service provider Review <br /> <br />