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Adoption of Resolution 4967 Requesting that Jurisdiction over a Portion of County Road
No. 180 (Old Coburg Road) Be Transferred to the City of Eugene within a Specified
Period of Time
Meeting Date: March 9, 2009 Agenda Item Number: 3C
Department: Public Works-Engineering Staff Contact: Jenifer Willer
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5364
ISSUE STATEMENT
This item is a request to transfer jurisdiction of a portion of Old Coburg Road (County Road No. 180)
from Lane County. Subsequent to the council action, the request will be forwarded to the Lane County
Board of Commissioners to release jurisdiction to the City in accordance with the provisions of ORS
373.270. The City of Eugene Pubic Works Department is submitting this request as it relates to an
approved Capital Improvement Project (CIP) to upgrade and re-align Old Coburg Road from Chad
Drive to North Game Farm Road (“Chad Drive Extension Project”).
BACKGROUND
The City of Eugene and Lane County first entered into an Urban Transition Agreement (UTA) for
operational maintenance of roads within the City’s urban growth boundary on July 18, 1987. Since
1987, the UTA has been periodically reviewed and updated through Intergovernmental Agreements
(IGA). The purpose of the IGA is to increase efficiency in the provision of road maintenance services by
defining City and County road maintenance responsibilities by logical geographic boundaries rather than
jurisdictional boundaries. Each jurisdiction maintains roughly the same number of miles of road, some
within its jurisdictional boundary and some outside its jurisdictional boundary. The IGA also addresses
the transfer of jurisdiction of county roads that have been annexed to the city. The IGA stipulates that
the City will enact the necessary legislation (See Attachment A – Proposed Resolution) to transfer
jurisdiction of all county roads annexed by the City.
On February 23, 2009, the council approved annexation of the right-of-way and adjacent properties on
Old Coburg Road.
The Chad Drive Extension Project was identified in the FY08-FY13 Capital Improvement Program
(CIP) adopted by the council in March 12, 2007, and in the FY08 Capital Budget adopted June 11, 2007,
and the FY09 Capital Budget adopted June 9, 2008. The extension of Chad Drive and the improvement
of Old Coburg Road were identified in the Willakenzie Area Plan (adopted in 1992) and TransPlan.
The Chad Drive Extension Project will extend Chad Drive east to connect to Old Coburg Road and
upgrade Old Coburg Road to a major collector consistent with the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street
Plan, TransPlan and the Willakenzie Area Plan. In addition to upgrading the street facility, the project
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will include the provision of bike lanes, sidewalks, illumination, a traffic signal at the intersection of Old
Coburg Road and North Game Farm Road and the extension of wastewater and stormwater facilities.
All of the necessary right-of-way has been acquired. The design is over 90% complete and the project is
scheduled to bid in early May with construction to commence in June 2009.
If the resolution requesting transfer is adopted, the Lane County Board of Commissioners will provide
the proper notice and hold a public hearing to take and consider testimony and objections from
interested persons before determining whether it is necessary, expedient or in the best interests of the
County to surrender jurisdiction of Lane County roads.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
The jurisdictional transfer of rights-of-way within annexed areas of the City is consistent with the
following principles identified in the Eugene-Springfield Metro Plan:
The Metropolitan Plan is based on the premise that Eugene and Springfield, the two existing cities,
are the logical providers of services accommodating urban levels of development within the urban
growth boundary, and
To be meaningful, the plan requires cooperation by all general purpose, special district, and special
function agencies in the community. This reflects its comprehensive nature encompassing physical
land use, social, and economic implications for the metropolitan area. Examples where cooperation
are essential include planning and implementation of a transportation system, development of a
metropolitan-wide energy plan, metropolitan-wide analysis and resolution of certain housing issues,
and planning for areas outside the urban growth boundary and within the plan.
COUNCIL OPTIONS
The City Council may consider the following options:
1.Adopt the draft resolution.
2.Adopt the draft resolution with specific modifications as determined by the City Council.
3.Deny the draft resolution.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends that the City Council adopt the draft resolution by finding that the
request complies with all applicable approval criteria and that the request is approved.
SUGGESTED MOTION
Move to adopt Resolution 4967 requesting that jurisdiction over a portion of County Road No. 180 (Old
Coburg Road) be transferred to the City of Eugene within a specified period of time.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Resolution and Exhibit A
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Jenifer Willer
Telephone: 682-5364
Staff E-Mail: jenifer.m.willer@ci.eugene.or.us
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. __________
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT JURISDICTION OVER A
PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 180 (OLD COBURG ROAD) BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY OF EUGENE WITHIN A SPECIFIED
PERIOD OF TIME.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A.
The City Council finds it necessary and expedient and in the best interests of the
City to acquire jurisdiction over the portion of County Road No. 180 (Old Coburg Road)
described in Exhibit A attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference, to the
same extent as it has over other public streets and alleys of the City. The described portion of the
county road lies within the corporate limits of the City of Eugene.
B.
The Board of County Commissioners of Lane County, Oregon has authority under
provisions of ORS 373.270 to release jurisdiction over county roads within the limits of the City
of Eugene, and should be requested to do so.
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 upon the above findings, which are incorporated herein by reference,
the City Council of the City of Eugene finds it necessary, expedient, and in the best interests of
the City to acquire jurisdiction over the portion of County Road No. 180 (Old Coburg Road)
described in Exhibit A attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference, to the
same extent as it has over other public streets and alleys of the City. The described portion of the
county road lies within the corporate limits of the City of Eugene.
Section 2.
The City Council directs that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the
Board of County Commissioners of Lane County, Oregon, which Board is requested to release
jurisdiction of the above described portion of County Road No.180 (Old Coburg Road) to the
City of Eugene in accordance with the provisions of ORS 373.270.
Section 3.
Within 150 days from the date this Resolution is adopted, and upon receipt by
the City Manager of a certified copy of an order of the Board of County Commissioners of Lane
County, Oregon releasing jurisdiction of the above described portion of County Road No. 180
(Old Coburg Road) to the City of Eugene, the City shall have the same control, power and
jurisdiction over the road as it has over all other streets and alleys within the City of Eugene.
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Section 4.
In the event the Board of County Commissioners of Lane County fails to
enter the order referred to in Section 3 above within 150 days from the date this Resolution is
adopted, the request and authorization contained herein shall terminate as though this Resolution
had not been adopted.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the ______ day of _________________, 2009.
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City Recorder
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EXHIBIT “A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION MILEAGE
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OLD COBURG ROAD (COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 180) 0.37
All that portion of Old Coburg Road (County Road Number 180) from a
westerly extension of the north right of way line of County Road Number
209, Northerly 0.37 miles, more or less, to a point 182.64 feet northerly
from an easterly extension of the south line of Lot 20 of Hawthorne
Estates P.U.D., as recorded on Reception Number 2004-058044 in the
Lane County, Oregon Deed Records, all in the Southeast One Quarter
(SE1/4) of Section 16, Township 17 South, Range 3 West of the
Willamette Meridian in Lane County, Oregon.
EXHIBIT “A” – Page 1 of 1
Portion of Old Coburg Rd. (Co. Rd. 180) - Eugene