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Adoption of Resolution 4903 Amending the Administrative Guidelines for Annexations
Adopted By Resolution No. 4358 of the City Council
Meeting Date: February 12, 2007 Agenda Item Number: 3E
Department: City Attorney’s Office Staff Contact: Glenn Klein
glenn.klein@harrang.com Contact Telephone Number: 682-5080
ISSUE STATEMENT
The City Council is being asked to approve a resolution amending the Administrative Guidelines for
Annexations (“Administrative Guidelines”) as previously adopted by Council Resolution No. 4358 in
1993. This resolution would add language to explicitly prohibit right-of-way annexation in the River
Road/Santa Clara areas if such annexation would create an island.
BACKGROUND
At the January 24, 2007, work session, the City Council reviewed the City’s adopted annexation policy
as it is applied in the River Road and Santa Clara area and, in particular, the policy that directs road
rights-of-way and public land be added to privately initiated annexation requests. At the conclusion of
the work session the council, by motion, directed the City Manager to halt the practice of adding road-
rights-of-way to privately initiated annexation requests in the River Road/Santa Clara area if doing so
would create islands of unincorporated properties.
During that work session, City Attorney Glenn Klein advised the council that if the motion passed, he
would recommend that the council adopt an amendment that would add similar language to the
Administrative Guidelines. The attached resolution would add that language.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
This item relates to Metro Plan provisions relating to annexations in the River Road/Santa Clara area.
COUNCIL OPTIONS
The council may approve and adopt the resolution, reject the resolution, or request modifications to the
resolution.
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CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends adoption of the proposed resolution.
SUGGESTED MOTION
Move to adopt Resolution No. 4903 amending the Administrative Guidelines for annexations adopted by
Resolution No. 4358 of the City Council.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution Amending the Administrative Guidelines for Annexations
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Glenn Klein
Telephone: 682-5080
Staff E-Mail: glenn.klein@harrang.com
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
GUIDELINES FOR ANNEXATIONS ADOPTED BY
RESOLUTION NO. 4358 OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A.
Administrative Guidelines for Annexation Proposals (the Guidelines) were
adopted by Resolution No. 4358 of the City Council on January 25, 1993. The Guidelines,
which were attached as Exhibit A to Resolution No. 4358 were adopted as City policy to be
utilized, together with such other criteria as may be required under state law and adopted City
policy, in the formation, processing and adjudication of annexation proposals.
B.
Copies of Resolution 4358, including its Exhibit A, were forwarded to the City’s
Planning Commission, Planning and Development Department and other affected City
departments to ensure the Guidelines were considered and evaluated in the processing and
development of annexation proposals to be initiated before the Lane County Local Government
Boundary Commission.
C.
The second paragraph under the Annexation Initiation and Formation Guidelines
section of the Guidelines sets forth the conditions under which property owner initiated
annexation requests should be expanded to include road rights-of-way or public land. The City
Council has directed that the city manager halt the practice of adding right-of-way to annexation
requests in the River Road/Santa Clara area where such additions would create islands of
unincorporated properties, and the Guidelines should be amended to explicitly recognize this
direction.
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.
Based on the above findings, which are hereby adopted, the lead sentence for
the second paragraph under the Annexation Initiation and Formation Guidelines section of the
Guidelines attached as Exhibit A to Resolution No. 4358 is amended by adding language to read
as follows:
“Under any of the following conditions property owner initiated annexation
except
requests should be expanded to include road rights-of-way or public land
where adding right of way would create islands of unincorporated properties
in the River Road/Santa Clara area
.”
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Section 2.
The City Recorder is requested to append a copy of this Resolution to
Resolution No. 4358, and to forward copies to the City’s Planning Commission, Planning and
Development Department, Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission, and other
affected agencies or departments.
Section 3.
Except as herein amended, all other provisions of Resolution No. 4358, and
the Administrative Guidelines for Annexations adopted therein, remain in full force and effect.
Section 4.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the ____ day of ______________, 2007.
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City Recorder
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