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endangering the water quality of Springfield or Eugene. He added that all of <br />Eugene's water comes under the sole jurisdiction of Lane County. <br />Ortiz said she was concerned about this. She said that Eugene has been going <br />through a lot of work around Envision Eugene. She added that they are working <br />on the issues of Santa Clara River Road and what they can do to help be better <br />neighbors. She hoped that they can have that conversation before any of this gets <br />decided. She asked what the next steps would be for the jurisdictions. <br />Miller explained that is up to the elected officials whether or not they want to <br />continue deliberations. He recommended a joint deliberation as it is better for the <br />public and it is more efficient. He added that if they can't conclude deliberations <br />this evening, they can coordinate a future date. He stated it was important to give <br />the date, time and place of the future deliberations so they don't have to notice it. <br />Emily Jerome, city of Eugene, didn't think anyone anticipated additional hearings <br />from the governing bodies. She wanted to know if the elected officials were <br />going to close the record. She added that then the three jurisdictions would <br />deliberate on their own and those minutes would be included in the overall record <br />and the three jurisdictions make decisions separately. She stated that because the <br />city of Eugene is the least affected, they would wait until Lane County and <br />Springfield makes their decisions. <br />Ortiz requested to leave the record open for one week for additional comments <br />and this would be the city of Eugene's last Public Hearing on this matter. <br />Mott explained that the Springfield City Council cannot make a decision on the <br />night of the First Hearing and Public Hearing. He added that was stated in their <br />charter. He indicated there was a need for the Springfield City Council to have a <br />work session. He said it was rare for the elected officials to reconvene after their <br />initial Public Hearing to jointly deliberate on the same night. He added the <br />protocol is that for whichever entity initiated the hearing to be the first to act and <br />then the other jurisdictions would act as soon thereafter if they can, assuming they <br />all adopt identical records. He recommended that the city of Springfield have a <br />work session that will occur in May. <br />Moore said she had concerns about Phase 1. She asked how Ordinance PA 1281 <br />was advantageous to the city of Springfield. She added that she had heard things <br />that made it advantageous to Lane County. <br />Lundberg indicated that issue needs to be discussed in a work session to look at <br />what it means for the city of Springfield. <br />Miller explained that the intent is to help provide recourse and accountability to <br />the elected officials for the people who live outside of the area but who are <br />impacted by the decisions that the elected officials make. He said the County is <br />17 <br />