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

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Attachment C - Application Materials (1) This policy recognizes cities as the logical providers of urban levels of service within urban growth boundaries when consistent with the comprehensive plan. (2) This policy expresses the commission's preference for providing urban services through annexation to a city in order to provide urban services to urbanizable lands. (5) This policy encourages the provision of urban levels of service within urban growth boundaries. (7) This policy expresses the commission's preference for annexation to an existing city over all other alternatives as a means of extending services to urbanizable lands. Implementing policy (3) recognizes that in order to meet the long -term objectives of annexing out to an acknowledged urban growth boundary, short-term boundaries are created which are logical within the context of the future service boundary. This proposal to annex territory to the City of Eugene, as originally submitted or as modified, is consistent with boundary commission policies and this standard. Make boundary commission determinations which are consistent with acknowledged local comprehensive plans. Assure an adequate quality and quantity of public services required in the comprehensive plan to meet existing and future growth. For major boundary changes, there must be assurance that the proposed unit of government is financially viable. ORS 199.410(1)(d), 199.410(3)(b) and (d) The proposal, as originally submitted or as modified, is within the Metro Plan urban growth boundary. The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) in August 1982 and has been subsequently amended. The Metro Plan recognizes annexation as the highest priority for extending the minimum level of key urban facilities and services to urbanizable areas (policies #8 and #10, page II -B -4) and recognizes that ultimately, all territory within the urban growth boundary will be annexed to an existing city (policy #16, page II -B -6). The privately owned portion of the annexation area is designated low- density residential in both the Metro Plan and the River Road -Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan. If the annexation is approved, the tax lotted portion of the annexation area will be rezoned to city R -1, low- density residential, zoning district consistent with the plan designation. The City of Eugene indicates that before the hospital facility can be built, the city must approve a Metro Plan amendment, a refinement plan amendment, a zone change, and, possibly, a conditional use permit, and amendments to interior property lines. The logical first step is annexation, which will determine whether the site is appropriate for urbanization, who will provide urban services, and will facilitate the development process by bringing the site and adjacent street network into the city. LCLGBC Staff Notes (c EU 06 - io) — February 2, 2006 Page IV -F -6