Item 3D: Resolution 5083 Annexing Land to the City of Eugene (River Ridge Golf Complex - A 12-6)

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Exhibit C Page 2 of 5 floodplain, but not the floodway. The Metro Plan Residential Land Supply and Demand Findings confirm that “Undeveloped residential land is considered unbuildable…if it is within…the floodway…” Conversely, the floodplain is only considered a development constraint. (Metro Plan, page III-A-2). Eugene Code (EC) Chapter 9.6705 through EC 9.6709 establishes special flood hazard area standards for development in the floodplain. Those development standards require construction techniques for flood proofing structures and for mitigating flood hazards, such as elevating floors above the based flood elevation. The City’s standards for development in the floodplain are recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as being consistent with their regulations. Based on the above findings, the applicant’s requested UGB is consistent with the Metro Plan. As such, the subject annexation establishes a site-specific UGB that coincides with the proposed city limits. Therefore, the land proposed to be annexed is within the City’s UGB, as required by the above approval criterion. With regard to contiguity with city limits, a portion (about 29 acres) of the golf course was annexed in 2006 (City file A 05-44), in anticipation of hospital siting. The subject annexation would bring in the balance of the golf course (about 109 acres) and the portion of North Delta Highway that bisects the property, north of Ayres Road. Ayres Road is within City limits. Adjacent lands to the east are annexed and have been developed as residential subdivisions. Thus, the subject request is contiguous to City limits to the south and east. As discussed previously, the UGB and City limits will be established along the north and west boundaries of the area of request. Based on these findings, the approval criterion at EC 9.7825(1) is met. EC 9.7825(2) The proposed annexation is consistent with applicable policies in the Metro Plan and in any applicable refinement plans. Complies Findings: Several policies from the Metro Plan generally support this annexation by encouraging compact urban growth to achieve efficient use of land and urban service YES NO provisions within the UGB, including the following: C. Growth Management, Goals, Findings and Policies: Policy 8. Land within the UGB may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through annexation to a city when it is found that: a. A minimum level of key urban facilities and services can be provided to the area in an orderly and efficient manner. b. There will be a logical area and time within which to deliver urban services and facilities. Conversion of urbanizable land to urban shall also be consistent with the Metro Plan. (page II-C-4) River Ridge (A 12-6) March 2013 Page 2