HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4544
RESOLUTION NO. LJ- S if i.
A RESOLUTION CONCURRING WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR THE
FORMATION OF THE MCKENZIEIMOHA WK SHERIFF'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT DISTRICT.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. The Lane County Sheriff has proposed the formation of the McKenzie/Mohawk
Sheriff s Law Enforcement District, a county service district authorized under ORS
451.010(1)(n), to provide law enforcement services.
B. The boundary of the proposed McKenzie/Mohawk Sheriffs Law Enforcement
District will generally conform to the existing boundaries of the Mohawk Valley Rural Fire
Protection District, the McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District, the Blue River Water District
and the Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District.
C. The proposed McKenzie/Mohawk Sheriffs Law Enforcement District includes
property located north and east of the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary but inside the
Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (MetroPlan) Jurisdictional Boundary.
D. Growth Management and the Urban Service Area Policy #14 of the Metro Plan
addresses the creation of new service districts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the
Metropolitan Plan. The only criteria of Policy # 14 that is applicable to the formation of the
proposed McKenzie/Mohawk Sheriff s Law Enforcement District is that criteria which requires
that the three metropolitan area general purpose governments concur with a proposal to form a
service district within the jurisdictional boundary of the Metropolitan Plan.
E. The Lane County Sheriff has requested that the Eugene City Council concur with
the proposal to initiate the formation of the McKenzie/Mohawk Sheriff s Law Enforcement
District.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a
Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows:
Section 1. The City Council concurs with the proposal to initiate the formation of a
McKenzie/Mohawk Sheriff s Law Enforcement District and which will include property within
the jurisdictional boundary of the Metropolitan Plan but outside the Springfield Urban Growth
Boundary .
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Section 2. This resolution does not represent the City Council's support for any future
proposals to form a special district that will include property within the jurisdictional boundary
of the Metropolitan Plan.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the 10th day of November, 1997.
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