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22 require the, City of Eugene,to increase the supply of <br />light industrial, land, particularly for .large scale <br />light manufacturing users, and to aggressively pursue <br />an annexation, servicing and coning program for <br />designated special light industrial sites. €Metro Plan, <br />pp, III-B-~5 and III-B-6.} <br />d. The Metro Plan diagram designates a large <br />parcel in the Willow Creek area as "Special Light <br />Industrial." The designation of this parcel and six <br />other special light parcels in the metropolitan area, <br />occurred after a canvass of the entire .area for <br />suitable parcels for this type of use. The Willow <br />Creek parcel is the premier special light industrial <br />site in the Eugene-Springfield area. <br />3. Because of these Metro Plan policies, the City of <br />Eugene has spent considerable public funds extending sanitary <br />sewers to the Willow Creek area and constructing public <br />improvements in that area. Since 1982, the City has extended the <br />West Eugene sewer trunk line to the Willow Creek area at a cast <br />of $2,7 million. Investments in streets, storm drainage, and <br />other public improvements have totalled $823,DDD.DD, Much of the <br />area was annexed to the City of Eugene in 1984-82 and 1987. <br />Without industrial development, the return an this public <br />investment in the area will be minimal, <br />4, Cost and reliability of electrical service are key <br />concerns to industries who are targeted to locate in the Willow <br />Creek area. According to the Metro Partnership, several <br />companies indicated they would not locate in the Willow Creek <br />area unless their concerns about cost and reliability of <br />electrical service were resolved. There have been a number of <br />other cases where electrical power would have been a serious <br />issue if negotiations had progressed. Prospective industries <br />have indicated a preference for EWEB service due to EWEB's proven <br />ability to provide highly reliable, low-cost electric service. <br />Companies already located in the Willow Creek area have also <br />expressed concerns about the cost and reliability of electrical <br />service from Lane Electric Cooperative ~LEC}. <br />5. At current rates, typical electric bills of existing <br />Willow Creek customers would drop by as much as 34~ if those <br />customers were served by EWER, dependent upon customer <br />classification and monthly use. According to a study conducted <br />for EWER by the consulting firm of R.W. Beck, Willow Creek <br />customers will save $4,3 million aver 2Q years if EWEB serves <br />them due primarily to these lower rates. <br />~. before full industrial development in the area can <br />occur, substantial expenditures on new electric facilities will <br />be needed. The R.W. Beck report concludes that the cast to <br />Ordinance - 2 <br />