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<br />Bozievich asked if there were any wellhead protection ordinances that cover the <br />areas outside of the Springfield UGB currently. <br /> <br />Chinitz responded that there are no local ordinances. She indicated that the <br />wellhead zones extend quite a bit. She added that they have their wellhead <br />production areas delineated out to the 99 year time of travel. <br /> <br />Bozievich asked how many of the wells that lie in the area are under the influence <br />of surface water. <br /> <br />Chinitz reported their Willamette Well Field has 13 wells designated as being <br />under the direct influence of surface water. She added that they run that through a <br />treatment plant and they have one well in the Thurston Well Field that is <br />designated. She said the actual ground water under the direct influence of surface <br />water is active in their Willamette Well Field where they have their treatment <br />plant. <br /> <br />Bozievich commented that there is little protection in the area they are discussing <br />and how much of the area that needs to be protected is outside the plan boundary. <br />He reiterated that there is a request to have some jurisdiction in an area where <br />there is none. He said he had no objection in the future to Lane County adopting <br />a wellhead protection ordinance in the zones they are discussing, similar to the <br />fact that they have adopted pollution discharge with regard to stormwater <br />regulations that are the same as the city of Eugene. With regard to sole <br />jurisdiction, Bozievich asked under what authority Lane County exercises their <br />Rural Comp Plan. <br /> <br />Miller responded that it is an acknowledged Rural Comprehensive Plan under the <br />statewide planning program. He added that Lane County’s plan has been <br />acknowledged by the state and that is the authority they have to administer their <br />Rural Comp Plan. <br /> <br />Bozievich said this is a question of having representation in the body that actually <br />has jurisdiction over the land they own. He thought it was questionable in the <br />UGB areas. He said the issue is they have people who live in an area who are not <br />able to ever vote for a city council member but with the Metro Plan Boundary, the <br />city council members are allowed to have jurisdiction over land use. He asked if <br />there is a question about jurisdiction, why they are stopping where the Metro Plan <br />Boundary is now. He indicated the Metro Plan is a leftover artifact of a 1968 plan <br />that was developed before the statewide planning goals were made and Lane <br />County is the only jurisdiction in the entire state that has it. He added that it takes <br />away the rights of people to have representation and the people governing their <br />land. He stated that is why he wants to make them co-terminus. He thought this <br />was about being fair to the people who own the land. He thought they could deal <br />with the issues by coming up with agreements and passing their own wellhead <br />16 <br /> <br /> <br />