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APPROVED
MINUTES &
NOTICE OF BOARD ACTION
LANE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
This document, upon approval in a public meeting by the Board of County Commissioners,
serves as official minutes of such meetings as required under the Open Meetings Law, ORS 192.650.
Pursuant to notice made by mailing agendas to news media, a selected list of jurisdictions and
indiyiduals in Lane County, a meeting of the Board of Commissioners was held.
Questions should be directed to the Board Office Specialist 3, ext. 4203.
September 16, 1998
7:30 p.m.
JOINT ELECTED OFFICIALS
MEETING
Willamalane Senior Center
Springfield
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Morrisette of Springfield, called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Morrisette, Councilors Ballew, Beyer, Dahlquist, Leiken, Maine and Shaver were
present from the City of Springfield.
Mayor Torrey, Councilors Laue, Taylor, Lee, Swanson-Gribskov, Tollenaar, Farr, Meisner,
Nathanson (arrived late) were present from the City of Eugene.
Commissioner Cornacchia (absent), Dumdi, Green, Sorenson, Weeldreyer were present
from Lane County.
Mayor Torrey indicated he had a potential conflict of interest relating to this issue and
therefore recused himself from the discussion. He said he would remove himself from the
debate at the table, but will sit in the audience and not participate in any voting around this
issue. He said City of Eugene, City Council President, Pat Farr, will take his place.
1. Consider Initiation of Metropolitan Area General Plan Text Amendment - Transfer Jurisdiction
of Glenwood from Eugene to Springfield.
a. History and Background of Glenwood Jurisdictional Issue
Susan Daluddung, City of Springfield, said she had led the council subcommittee the
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last four years in Springfield, examining these issues. She said the reason Glenwood
is facing the dilemma is because of geography that has been both an asset and
liability. She said the neighborhood lies between Eugene and Springfield with 1-5
serving as the western boundary and the Willamette River serving as the eastern
boundary. She said historically Glenwood was once known as West Springfield.
She said in its earlier years its location brought opportunity for river and tourist
trayel. She said because Glenwood is located in the lowlands, every winter brought
floods which slowed progress and growth. She said for nearly a century little
development took place on a significant basis because of the floods. She added
Glenwood has always been central for all kinds of transportation including buses,
trains and ferries. She said unless someone lived in Glenwood, it was often a place
to travel through. She said Glenwood was originally named Springfield Junction, the
junction of two major lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad. She said growth began
to occur in the early 1900's when residences, schools and parks were built. She said
in 1928 the steel frame bridge that crossed the river between Springfield and
Glenwood was replaced by a two lane concrete and steel bridge. She said Springfield
businesses shared in the cost of the bridge and it is the same bridge that exists today.
She added most ofthe development that occurred was in the mid-century time frame.
She said in the 1960's, the construction of the 1-5 freeway isolated Glenwood and
brought a decline in motorists trayeling though the area. She said as a result, non-
freeway oriented businesses declined and trayeland tourism were replaced;, with
commercial, light industrial and manufacturing uses. She said in the 1970's,
Oregon's land use laws were adopted and there, was no need at that time for
Glenwood to associate with any city because they already received services from all
three jurisdictions, Springfield, Eugene and Lane County. She said they were
included in the Metro Plan Amendment as part ofthe urban growth boundary. She
added not until the 1980's did the two cities, County and Glenwood face the
perplexing question, "Where does Glenwood, the area known as in between the cities
fit in? Who will provide urban services?" She said in 1984 for fiscal reasons, the
decision was made to include the area with Eugene. She said the Springfield
economy had been disrupted by loss of investment and jobs in the wood products
industry, the population was declining 'and reyenues were not enough to, produce
adequate urban services for Glenwood residences and businesses at that time. She
said in 1990 the Glenwood RefinementPlan was adopted which laid out how the area
would.be developed as the future part of the city of Eugene. She said the question, '
of jurisdiction did not, disappear. She said tonight the councils and commissioners
are again struggling with the s3l11e question. She said early in 1994, Glenwood
residences and some businesses petitioned Springfield, Eugene and Lane County
requesting a transfer of Glenwoodjurisdiction to Springfield. She said a series of
studies and discussions ensued, during which time Springfield assessed whether it
could afford to be financially responsible for providing services to Glenwood. She
said the analysis was derailed by two ballot measures that completely changed the
state's tax structure and required a whole new fiscal analysis by staff and City
Council. She said in 1997 the study was begun again and both city councils
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expressed an interest in whether people still wanted a change to the Metro Plan. She
added residents and business owners both inside Glenwood and inside the City of
Springfield were polled seyeral times. She said the survey showed that the majority
ofthe residents and business owners prefer to aiign themselyes to the community of
Springfield. She said ifthe amendment is initiated, the land uses and urban service
issues would be discussed in subsequent public hearings.
b. Council Subcommittee Update
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Springfield City Councilor Maureen Maine reported the last time they had met as a
body was April 28, 1998 at ajoint elected officials meeting on a variety oftopics and
Glenwood was one ofthe topics discussed. She said after that meeting Springfield
officials met with Eugene and started scoping out the issues and concerns and then
a sub-committee was formed. She said in May, the subcommittee began to start
presenting the findings of the Springfield councilors to the Eugene councilors,
seeking to see if Eugene was in fayor of going forward with initiating this
amendment. She said Eugene councilors, Tim Laue and Ken Tollenaar were on the
committee for Eugene and Greg Shayer and herself for Springfield. She said they
started to answer questions, identify the issues and see what resolutions could be
found, and then decided to move the process forward, by the end of the summer. She
said they met four times oyer June and July and the issues that were researched were
primarily the reimbursement of sunk costs (the costs, that were already' put in
primarily to the sewer system), what the costs were, whatthey amounted to and how
they would be repaid. She added they identified planning costs to be reimbursed ' for '
the planning studies that the Eugene council had undertaken and completed and the
timing of that repayment. She said Eugene councilors had discussions and identified
potential tax revenue loses to Eugene. She said their was a huge concern over the
sentiment of the public. She said Springfield had sessions to gather public input but
felt they had a vested interest in that, so they embarked on a joint survey where
everyone would have input into the questions of the Glenwood Refinement Plan.
She said by the end of July, they had decided to go ahead with the survey. She said
the recommendation at the end of July was to proceed with. a study and to present
those results to the councils.
Ken Tollenaar gave results of the survey of the people of Glenwood. He said the
report is in a thickbook and ayailable to anyone. He said the basic finding was out
of 315 completed interviews by telephone, 249 were actually Glenwood residents.
He said of the Glenwood residents, 47% favored transferring the planning
jurisdiction to Springfield; 27% fayored leaving the planning jurisdiction with
Eugene; 13% didn't answer the question and 13% leaye as is. He said in presenting
those results to the Eugene City Council, some councilors pointed out that people
contacted were only those with telephones and some people that did not have
telephones should be contacted. He said it was determined that there were 84
Glenwood addresses with no phone listings and those people were sent a mail survey.
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He said 30 mail surveys were returned by the post office as undeliverable, leaving
54 and of the 54, 20 returned the mail survey. He said the people that participated
in that small survey fayored Eugene by 45% and Springfield by 25%, 10% didn't
know and 20%, leave as is. He said the two surveys were different, but the fact that
only 20 were inyolved in the survey of residents without telephones and 249 were in
the phone survey, the finding that almost half ofthe people that were contacted in the
survey favored transferring jurisdiction to Springfield. He said an advisory vote was
discussed by the electors of Glen wood. He said the survey itself was so thorough and
included such a large proportion of total residents of Glenwood that the committee
concluded it wouldn't change the results that they already had from the survey. He
said the committee did not recommend holding an advisory yote. He said there could
be an election involved because in addition to the transfer of the 'planning
jurisdiction, there will also haye to be a further proceeding before the boundary
commission on the question of whether the territory that has already been annexed
to Eugene (but is in Glenwood), should be transferred to the City of Springfield. He
said it is a separate question that will be decided by the Boundary Commission. He
added there are opportunities in that procedUre as set forth by state statutes for
holding an election if either city council objects to that transfer, or if 10% of the
electors who reside in the areas already annexed to Eugene object. He said an
election would be held in the jurisdiction that objected to the transfer. He. said the '
councilors' committee fayors the transfer of jurisdiction to the City of Springfield.
He added after the meetings and public hearings before the planning.commissions'
and elected bodies, having Springfield reimburse Eugene for their sunk costs in
infrastructure and planning actiyities. He said Springfield would be required to adopt.
the refinement plan and they would pick up maintenance on a sewer line that has
already been installed by Wildish Company. He said there would be some issues
regarding EWEB and SUB as to who would proyide the electric service and that
would have to be worked out between the two agencies. He said the rationale for
their recommendations was that Glenwood residents and business owners favor this
transfer to the extent of 50%. He said there were yarious opinions and petitions. He
said Springfield conducted its own mail survey of Springfield residents. He said,
there was a focus group and an open house on March 30, a phone survey, and public
opinion. He said the substantial trend of opinion is to favor the transfer. He said the
other part of the rationale for the recommendation would' be some financial impact
on the Cities of Eugene and Springfield. He said Eugene wouldJose property tax'
reyenue it is now collecting in the Glenwoodarea, and also lose the expense of'
providing services that go along with the revenue collection. He said conversely
Springfield would gain some property tax reyenue but would incur the costs of
providing those services. He said since there is no real fiscal windfall either way, the
councilors' committee concluded that the decision should be made on the basis of
social and political considerations.
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c. Initiation and Amendment Process
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Jan Childs, Planning Director, City of Eugene, reported that the process oftonight's
meeting and the action that the two city councils and Board of County
Commissioners are being asked to take is not to decide whether or not to transfer'
jurisdiction of Glenwood from Eugene to Springfield, but to begin the proceedings
for an amendment to the Metro Plan that governs the three jurisdictions. She said in
order for jurisdiction of Glenwood to transfer from Eugene to Springfield, an
amendment to the Metro Plan is necessary. She said in order to start the formal
hearing proceedings, it is first required that there be a formal action to initiate the
proceedings. She said the discussion that the two city councils and the Board of
County Commissioners haye at theconc1usion of the public comment, will not be the
merits of the transfer of jurisdiction or retaining jurisdiction, but rather whether or .
not the two city councils and the Board of County Commissioners want to continue
moying forward in this process that was set in motion five years ago by property
owners and residents in the Glenwood area. She said assuming that there is an action
to initiate the Metro Plan Amendment Proceedings by anyone of the jurisdictions,
the process can start with anyone of them taking action. She said there are dates
tentatively scheduled for two additional public hearings that will be required to
consider the merits of the transfer. She said iLthe Metro plan Amendment is
initiated, there will be a joint hearing of the three planning commissions,.that is
scheduled for October 13. She said the three planning commissions will receive
evidence at that time from people both in support,and opposition,of the transfer of
jurisdiction. and will make their recommendations to their respectiye elected officials;
She said there is time reserved on Noyember 16 for a joint hearing of the three
elected bodies. She said it would be after that public hearing in November that the
two city councils and the Board of County Commissioners would act to determine
whether or not the jurisdiction of Glenwood would stay with Eugene or transfer to
Springfield.
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2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Dave Jewett, 644 N. "A", Springfield, stated he lives in Eugene and works in,
Springfield. He added he is a member of,theSpringfield-,Chamber Board of
Directors, a Springfield attorney, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce Future
Committee. He.saidthrough the chamber and the future committee there has been
interest in Glenwood. He said 15 businessmen of the chamber have businesses in the
Glenwood area. He said a couple of years ago they began looking at Glenwood. He
said they began having more discussions in November. He said early in 1997 he
approached the Uniyersity of Oregon School of Architecture about the potential for
taking a look at a yisionary basis about Glenwood, what it status was, what it could
be. This is a partnership between the Chamber and the School of Architecture. He
said the school used Glenwood as a terminal project for their graduating architectural
students. He said there were three receptions of the work the students did. He added
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a book was put together ofthe composite ofthe work done by the students. He said
they had also produced models, charts and presented their ideas about what a future
Glenwood could haye. He said that Glenwood gives a first impression of Springfield
and the Springfield's chamber would like to see the transfer of jurisdiction to
Springfield. He added that they would like to help and provide direction and input
over the next several years with respect to how Glenwood's future can be developed.
He said they intend to commit the resources from the chamber and appreciate the
opportunity to let eyeryone know how they feel.
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Shannon Wilson, 3920 E. 17th Ayenue, Glenwood, said earlier in the day he had
made a call to the Eugene City Manager's Officer and asked them whether this was
a public hearing where public testimony was going to be taken. He said he was told
"no it was not." He said subsequently he called again and then was told it was a
'public hearing where public testimony could be giyen. He said he didn't know how
many Glenwood residents knew that this was the case, that comment was going to
be received here. He said he questioned whether the outreach was done properly to
the residents of Glenwood. He said he submitted an E-Mail letter to both City
Councils and County Commissioners on the issue. He said that looking at the survey
results, 130 residents that responded to the survey were in favor of the jurisdiction
change to Springfield. He added looking at the population of Glenwood in 1990,
there were 1362 residents in Glenwood. He said the 130 residents do not truly
represent what everyone really wants in Glenwood. He said there was a mention of
a petition that was circulated, that petition was taken to local businesses in
Glenwood; 65 of those businesses signed a petition that opposed the jurisdiction
change to Springfield. He wanted to know how many of these meetings have been
held, where there was public comment and testimony solicited. He said that he has
no complaints about current services in Glenwood. He said he did not know any of
his neighbors who had complaints about the current services or law enforcement. He
said the community does an extensiye community watch program and has cleaned
up the neighborhood from what it was four years ago. He added it is a yery safe
neighbor with Glenwood haying one of the lowest crime rates in the metropolitan
area. He said he urges local governments to open up this process to all the residents
and businesses of Glen wood. He said this should be serving Glenwoodresidents, not
other interests who may haye a vested interest in the area. He said he wouldlike to
see when the process comes near completion, an election where 'all of the electors in
Glenwood' could vote on this matter whether they want jurisdictional' change or not
and at that point everyone would be happy with the result because it would have been
a complete process. He said he doesn't think that process is open and completely
honest.
Stanley Lynch, 853 Centennial, Springfield, stated some people have been running
home repair shops out of Glenwood. He said these business would have to be
relocated, placing these people in unemployment lines. He said since they were self-
employed they would not be eligible for unemployment, possibly making them
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homeless. He said a large number of people are not landowners and are renting in
Glenwood. He said he fixes properties up and gets citations for cleaning up messes.
He said a large number of people in Glenwood would not meet the criteria in
Springfield in these situations. He said renters shouldn't be allowed to vote, the
homeowner should because they ultimately pay the sacrifice.
Sandra Rennie, 6222 Thurston Road, Springfield, stated she is speaking as a member
of the Historic Museum Board in Springfield. She mentioned a historic precedent
that exists between Glenwood and Springfield. She said there is a riyer between both
ofthem but both were closer and hayebeen closer to each other than to Eugene. She
said Springfield Junction was the spot where roads came together going east, west
and south and because there was a ferry across the riyer, they could go east. She said
later, a bridge was built which made the connection between the two communities
even stronger. She said there is a cemetery in Glenwood that is the resting place of
many of Springfield's founders and early pioneers. She said 54 years ago the
Willamalane Park District formed. She said Glenwood was one-third ofthat original
district and today the people in Glenwood are still able to participate in the same
program. She said since 1948 Springfield had been providing fire protection and
medical and emergency services to Glenwood. She said as a member of the museum
board, she would be pleased and proud along with the entireboard.tohave Glenwood
under the jurisdiction of Springfield.
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Ann Ware, 1561 Mississippi"Glenwood,she said she recently decided< to put her
house onthe market. She said in the process she requested a market value analysis
from two different realtors in the area. She said when her property was compared
with Springfield properties, the value of her home dropped $30,000 to $40,000
compared with Eugene properties. She said when she writes her address, it is
Eugene, not Springfield and she doesn't write Glenwood. She said she didn't elect
the councils of Springfield and Eugene, she just elected the County Commissioners.
She asked the commissioners to consider the fact that her property yalue is the only
thing she has and said it wasn't fair to take that away.
Mark Branson, 3698 Franklin Blvd~, Eugene, said he supports the jurisdictional.
change from Eugene to Springfield. '
Shelly Lynch. 835 Centennial, Springfield, said he didn't have anything against.
going with Springfield. He said he thought home values will go up because Jackie
Murdoch will be there making the people straighten. the places up to look better
because they are dumps. He said she will go after the landlords. He said they will
get a quicker response to police. '
Rob Adams, 200 S. Mill St., Springfield, Chairman, Willamalane Board of Directors,
said they are meeting in the next room and they were in a middle of a work session
on needs assessment. He said he is deyising their plans for needs assessment for
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neighborhood parks in the future. He said Glenwood is part oftheir planning area.
He said tonight the Willamalane Board of Directors passed a resolution, number
9899-8, regarding the jurisdictional change. He read into the record a letter, dated
September 16, 1998 to the Joint Elected Officials from the Willamalane Park and
Recreation District Board of Directors. He said they support the proposed transfer
of Glenwood from Eugene's jurisdiction to Springfield.
Mmjorie Tomseth, 1625 Henderson A yenue in Midway Manor, Eugene, said she was
representing the senior citizens and they are hoping the shift goes to Springfield
because the park district is so close as is police and ambulance service~ She added
she was one of the people who took a petition around to get signed to go to
Springfield. She said she hopes the yote will be to go with Springfield.
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Fred Collier, 4005 E. 17th, Glenwood, responded to the survey as not being very
thorough. He said that over 50% ofthe residents are not in favor of the change. He
said the demographics of Glenwood are changing and most ofthe elderly are in favor
of the change, but most of the younger people are not. He said a lot of younger
people are moving in and in a couple of years the demographics could be completely
different. He said maybe this should be put on hold. He said he purchased his home
in Glenwoodbecause he really liked the neighborhood the way it is and is worried
about the kind of developmentthat Springfield wants to movetowards. He said with
regard to the connection between Glenwoodand Springfield, he doesn't think it is .
there at all. He said he has more ties with Eugene and none with Springfield. He
said he would prefer to have Eugene services from parks, libraries.and the Hult,
Center. He said he opposes the change.
E.c. Burkett, 4446 Franklin, Glenwood, stated he has been a resident of Glenwood
since 1943. He'said he owned Burkett Trailer Sales and has been in business since
1946. He said he wants to and always has wanted to go to Springfield. He said 90%
ofthe people in Glenwood would say so too.
Steye Moe, P. O. Box 847, Springfield, said he is a life-long Glenwood resident. He
said as a result of the Glenwood petition, people are present. He said, there are 750
registered voters.. He said less than 200 voted in the March; 1994 election. He said
if they would get 200 signatures on the petition, they. would be doing good. He said
the petition was mailed to all 485 Glenwood residences and then asked that it be
mailed back or collected by someone that liyed close by. He said they had to take a
positive action to return the petition and the response was completely yoluntary. He
said he was amazed how the petition took off. He said they had collected 504 names
to giye to Commissioner Frazier. He said he hoped that she would cany the ball for
them, but she didn't. He said after submitting the copies to both Springfield and
. Eugene Councils, it has taken four years to get to the hearing tonight. He said within
the'past four years, some minds have changed, but most ofthe people that signed the
original petition stillliye there. He said he does hear comments that people do not
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want to be part of Springfield, but none of the numbers he has backs that up. He said
in May, after Springfield had done a survey and open house, he did the following: he
sent out a postage paid return polling post card to 483 Glenwood residences. He said
he got the addresses off the water and electric services. He said he had 204 cards
returned, which is 42%. He said what became clear was there. is an enormous
number of people in the mobile home parks who do not participate in any Glenwood
activities. He said in the petition of four years ago the survey showed going with
Springfield and this survey shows the same. He said he is a County Planning
Commissioner and all services in downtown Springfield are less than two minutes
from most points in Glenwood. He said for a community to participate in city
government, being close always helps. He said Glenwood would' have a much
greater advantage if it were part of Springfield. He said people are trying to change
this into a Springfield/Eugene issue but it is a Glenwood issue. He said he lives in,
owns property and has a business in Glenwood. He said whenever he has to leave
his residence or business, he goes to Springfield for recreation, parks, groceries,
shopping, banking, doctor, dentist, hospital or post office because everything is
closer and easier. He said that Springfield is the logical answer for all of the above.
He said 85% of Glenwood residents agree with him. He urged the Springfield and
Eugene City Councils and Lane County Board of Commissioners to support the
majority of the Glenwood residents and send forward a resolution supporting the
jurisdictional change of Glenwood to Springfield.
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Kate Reinken, 3975 E. l8thAve., Glenwood, statedthereisno pointin initiating the
process to amend the Metro Plan to move the jurisdictionto annex Glenwood into -.
Springfield. She said everyone was wasting time and money, because people don't
want it. She said to leave the jurisdiction with Eugene, which is her opinion. She
asked the audience, of the people who live in Glenwood to raise their hands ifthey
are interested to moying to Springfield (the majority of the people in the audience
raised their hands). She then asked how many people who live in Glenwood were
interested in keeping the jurisdiction with Eugene (not many people held up their
hands). She added the word did not get out well about the meeting.
Willie Combs. 334 Scoffs Glenn Drive, Springfield; said he became interested in
Springfield because he was told "don't go to Springfield, you are-going to smell-all
of the stuff from the milL" He said he decided he was going to move there because' .
he talked with people who worked there and they were' getting along fine/He said
the areas of Springfield and Eugene work together constantly. He said Springfield
now has a high class ambiance. He said people are working together and they are
doing it to everyone's benefit. He said he is a Springfield person and he is going to
stay there because there is strength, thrill and fun to belong in the area, become a part
of it and lie is proud of it.
Owen Reid, 2540 Tyler St., Eugene, stated he and his son own a business and have
operated in Glenwood for about 18 years. He said he was raised in Glenwood in the
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40's and 50's. He said the Metro Plan was forced upon Glenwood and it was given
to Eugene. He said there have been changes since that time. He said it is his opinion
that Eugene is not really losing much because they were forced into accepting what
they had. He said he agreed with the majority, that meetings with the County were
not successful. He said he hopes that at these meetings the majority are being
listened to. He said he was in fayor of jurisdiction to be given to Springfield.
William Cassara, 4363 E. 20th, Glenwood, stated he owns his home and lives on the
street that Mr. Lynch spoke of. He said there is no road maintenance in Glenwood,
he said he had to take it upon himself to smooth out the road. He said he favors
going into Springfield if they have to go anywhere. He said he is happy now, there
are no major crime problems, the sheriff responds yery well and he would prefer not
to be a part of Springfield or Eugene. He said he does business in Springfield and
they would be more caring for the community of Glenwood. He said Eugene would
have Glenwood as their poor little orphan child.
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Joan Armstead, 4017 E. 16th, Glenwood, she said she was curious as to how many
people of the Glenwood residents who yoted for Springfield, own their own piece
of ground in Glenwood. (Some hands went up) She, asked how many people
understood the issue when Glenwood became Eugene' sj uris dictional charge., She
asked how many people really understand. the issue now. She said now Springfield
wants a change and the people of Glen wood have Written a petition saying theydid
want that change in 1994. She said it took 10-13 years for Springfield to decide to
go to Glenwood, but Springfield wants to make the change before the end of this'
year. She said she is suspicious because anyone who has studied societies, politics,
economics or statistics knows that a population's opinions can be presented in a
number of ways. She said facts can be presented in certain ways to carry out political
agendas. She said people's opinions can be maneuvered. She said politics are no
different here than those at work. She said people like to feel powerful and
influential. She said money is always a high priority. She said goyernments must
be monitored by the people and this has become a complex task. She said since
everyone' must get along on this issue in the end, and she doesn't care to stir up
feelings one way or the other. She said she wanted to thank the various governing ,
bodies for the lessons she has learned. She said eyenthough she hasna been able to
achieve the watching she wanted to do' on the Glenwood jurisdiction issue, she said
whateyer the outcome, she has learned to watch, monitor and question., She said
through this she has learned about processes and the wonderful Glenwood neighbors
that she has met. She said Glenwood's residents are straightforward, dedicated, and
wonderful people. She said it is an example of who real Americans are. She said
eyeryone has had a reasonable attitude and talked open minded about the issue. She
thanked the Glenwood folks for just being them. She said it should stay the way it
IS.
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MaJjorie Ralph, 3698 Franklin Blyd., Glenwood, stated she was here to support the
jurisdictional change and had a letter written by Effie M. Morgan. She then read the
letter into the record. She stated she wanted the Springfield services to continue in
Glenwood. She said she lived at her residence since 1971 and did not get a notice of
the meeting. She said it came to her father who was deceased 13 years ago.
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Otto Poticha, 1820 Kona, Eugene, stated he is an architect and a Professor of
Architecture at the Uniyersity of Oregon. He said he had the priyilege of working
with the students who did a dream study about Glenwood. He said he personally
doesn't care who administers Glenwood, he cares that whomever administers
Glenwood makes a commitment to Glenwood. He said it hasn't happened. He said
the work that was done by the students was exciting, not terribly practical, but a
dream. He said the dream was an incredible dream and Glenwood is an incredible
resource. He said his fear is without good planning and good commitment to the
Glenwood area, it won't succeed. He believes the people that want to have
jurisdiction over Glenwood should be prepared to make the commitment necessary
to make Glenwood the incredibly special place that it is. He said there is no other
place that is surrounded on three sides by a river and freeway, and haying the
resources potentially ayailable in Glenwood. He said it is the only place that could
actually have an actiyeconnection with the river. He said Eugene only has a passiye.
connection to the river. He said the only place to eat dinner and watch the river was
at Pietro's in Glenwood. He said it could be the combined resources of Eugene and
Springfield, for a train station, a bus station, Emerald Stadium, where high school
kids could play football, a lot of housing and a lot of mixed use. ,He said Glenwood
is the only place in the region that has that capability. He said his fear is if you don't
care, it will become like Franklin Bouleyard, W. 11th, East Main and Gateway, by
planning commissions that had no good plan. He said the commitment might be
which jurisdiction is prepared to commit the resources to put together a dream and
if neither agency is prepared to commit to putting together a physical plan that
commits to a dream, neither one s40uld have it.
Karen Johansen, 3889 E. 21st., Upper Glenwood.' She said for the 28 years she has
lived and owned the property. there, it has been that. She said no one has wanted
them. She said when the Metro Plan study was done originally, there were a great
number to get Springfield ,to take Glenwood. . She said this is not a 'just now"
process. She said they have worked for years on it. She said.she wants to go to
Springfield. She said there are more ties, common thoughts and feelings that grow
and go with what Springfield has done. She said she wants to see Springfield get
them. She said she hears Springfield saying they'would like to get Glenwood too,
and that is nice to hear after all of these years.
Mayor Morrisette recessed the meeting to return at 9; 1 0 p.m.
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Mark Metzger, Planner, City of Springfield, said the thing he wants to do as a planner is to
hear what people want and what are some objections to the jurisdictional transfer, He said
some things he heard need to be corrected or addressed. He said rhetorical questions were
raised and some will be answered tonight. He explained the issue of the meeting itself. He
said it is a public meeting, but not a public hearing (a technicality). He said regarding
noticing the meeting tonight, eyeryone went through great efforts to bring people into the
meeting because they wanted the jurisdictional issue to be a real public discourse. He said
they wanted people to tell them what they are thinking about from the beginning. He said
with regard to tonight's meeting, there were three ads placed in the Springfield News, two
in the Register Guard, news releases were sent out to all of the media over the past two
weeks, and orange posters were displayed in Glenwood and Springfield. They also rented
L TD buses to transport people safely between Glenwood to the Willamalane center. He said
they really are interested in people knowing about this meeting and the next two meetings
that will be critical for Glenwood residents in making their wills known about tl1e
jurisdictional issue. He said an issue that came up tonight was enforcement. He said there
are areas of Glenwood that are part of the city of Eugene. He said those properties receive
Eugene services. He added the other area is unincorporated in Glenwoodandthose areas
don't receive services from either the City of Eugene or from'the City of Springfield. He
said the maintenance of streets occurs within the Springfield City limits. . He said
maintenance for those streets will be proyided in the future if annexation takes place: He
said a concern was about nuisances~ (old cars, etc.) He said nuisance laws are not enforced
from the Municipal Code, outside of the city limits of Springfield. He said in the
unincorporated area of Glenwood, they haye planning jurisdiction but could not rid them of
nuisance problems because they are not within the city limits of Springfield. He added an
important item that was brought up had to do with planning jurisdiction. He said if the
jurisdictional transfer takes place, the jurisdiction for planning would move from Eugene to
Springfield. He said Springfield is in favor of good planning for the community of
Glenwood. He said the Glenwood Refinement Plan is a special document just for the'
neighborhoods that was deyeloped in the last few years. He said the City of Springfield: with
the City of Eugene has indicated that if this transfer takes place, that the City of Springfield'
will adopt the Refinement Plan and Glenwood's vision as:Springfield~s vision; He discussed
a chart (copy in file) that discussed where the services. are coming.fromnow for Glenwood
residents. He said they want to make sure people understand and are informed as to what-is
going on. He said important meetings to remember are the Joint Planning Commission
Meeting on October 13, and the Joint Elected Officials Meeting on Noyember 16.
Mayor Morrisette asked for direction from the respective councils.
Greg Shayer thanked everyone for attending the meeting. He said Springfield is taking an
active part in Glenwood's future, trying to respond to Glenwood's needs and to a changing
legal situation in the state with the property tax initiatiyes. He said he served on the
subcommittee to take a look at this in great detail. He said he was surprised at the minimal
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financial impact. He said he was pleased because they were able to take a look at it from
another angle. He said he is conyinced to go to the next step, which would be to initiate a
Metro Plan Amendment process. He said it is something that Springfield is willing to take
on and they would be able to meet the challenge of providing for Glenwood's jurisdictional
needs. He said not eyeryone will be happy because there is more than one opinion on any
issue but he is convinced that what is the best for Springfield is the best for Glenwood. He
said he believes that Eugene should also begin the initiation process.
Shayer made a motion to initiate a Metropolitan Area General Plan Text Amendment,
transferring jurisdiction of Glenwood from Eugene to Springfield.
Maureen Maine seconded.
Mayor Morrisette said he wasn't directly inyolved in Springfield City Government in 1984,
but was involyed enough to understand the thing that was about to happen and did speak
against it. He said it was not a unanimous decision by the Springfield City Council to give.
up Glenwood. He added many people thought it was an economic necessity. He said
Eugene was very reluctant to take it and Springfield simply said they couldn't do it, so
Eugene ended up with Glenwood. He said it has been an open wound for a long time. He
said personally he has a commitment to Glenwood and to fulfill the plan that has.ibeen-put
together with participation from the citizens of Glenwood and adopted by the three
jurisdictions. He said Glenwood has great potential and it is a place that is moderate,
affordable and doesn't want to see changes. He said he doesn't see a lot of major changes,
but a fulfillment of a dream of many people. He said he is personally willing to make a
commitment to make Glenwood into a fine place to live. He said he supports the motion.
VOTE: Unanimous (6-0) that the City of Springfield voted to initiate the process.
Pat Farr, Eugene City Council President, stated some of the councilors have reservations
about moving forward with a vote and he is refraining from putting a motion on the table and
asked the City Manager of Eugene to place the issue on the agenda of the next regularly
scheduled City Council Meeting, on September 23.
DISCUSSION AND ORDER 98-9-l6-l7/In the Matter. of Initiating a,Type'I Amendment
to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan to Transfer Jurisdiction of
Glenwood from the City of Eugene to the City of Springfield.. (Kent Howe and MichaeL
Copely)
Commissioner Ellie Dumdi asked the Board of Commissioners to either make a motion this
eyening or postpone it for further discussion.
Bobby Green stated he is personally prepared to take a Yote, but said it would be more
appropriate to wait for the Commissioner of the district, Steye Cornacchia, to be present.
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Peter Sorenson stated he understood it only took one of the three jurisdictions to initiate a
planned amendment.
Jan Childs stated that was correct and the Metro. Plan Amendment Process only requires an
affIrmative yote by one ofthe elected bodies to initiate. She said the City of Springfield's
action to initiate the amendment means it is in fact initiated and the two earlier meetings, the
planning commission meeting and the elected officials meeting will take place as scheduled.
She said the Planning Commission Meeting is October 13, the Elected OffIcials Meeting will
be on November 16.
Sorenson said there isn't much for the Eugene City Councilor the Board of Commissioners
to do until after the Planning Commission Meeting and the Joint Elected Officials meeting.
Dumdi said that the Board of Commissioners will postpone their discussion until October
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Laurie Swanson-Gribskov regrets that all the people present today will not be able to hear
the planning meeting discussion. She added that Metroyision wasn't present when all ofthe
elected offIcials were working together. She said when she looks at the chart of who would
provide services and under what circumstances, there is something missing: She said it is
possible now and in the future that if jurisdiction changed to Springfield, Eugene might still
provide a particular service because it was found to be more economical or effIcient for the
residents. She said it might be that Eugene might retain legal jurisdiction, but through the
intergovernmental agreement, Willamalane might be providing services. She said those sort
of options don't appear to be on the table. She said what is going on now, is showing what
works. She said in theory there are more options than simply staying with one jurisdiction
or switching to another. She said she would rather haye a full open public discussion about
how best to proyide services. She said she wants to make sure that efficient, economical and
appropriate services are provided according to what the residents want. She said nothing is
a foregone conclusion until there is a thorough analysis.
Cindy Weeldreyer stated that as the Commissioner for unincorporated Glenwood (and
working in the East Lane Commissioner's office since July of 1992), working with the
people in Glenwood on a yariety of constituent issues, it has become apparent to her that if '
the state land use laws weren't what they were, 98% of Glenwood residents would say leaye
them alone, to remain an unincorporated area of Lane County. She said that is what the
majority of the Glenwood residents want, but is not an option. She said in listening to the
testimony, it is just a reiteration of what she has been hearing for many years, there are yery
strong and very deep cultural ties that Glenwood has with the City of Springfield. She said
she is seeing the split in yotes from people who are longtime residents of Glenwood and new
people coming into the area that want to remain under the jurisdiction of Eugene. She said
she is in support of waiting for the commissioners to deliberate this until the full Board is
present, because it does affect the Springfield Commissioner.
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Mayor Morrissette stated that Glenwood wants a sewer connection and in order to do that,
sewers need to be provided for at least that area in the commercial part. He said that most
of Glenwood will be in one jurisdiction or another becau~e of the demand for a sewer hook-
up. He said some parts will remain unincorporated forever. He said he sees Glenwood
developing as the'demand for deyelopment occurs by the people who are there and want
things to happen.
Weeldreyer stated that many people have asked for a vote to be taken so this issue could be
settled by Glenwood residents. She said she was not sure of the logistics on how that yote
could be taken. She said many people who live in Glenwood do not own. their properties.
She said if it would be just the property owners in Glenwood, many of them don't haye
yested interests in Glenwood because they are absentee landlords. She said many of the
residents liye in trailer parks, so there is a community within a community. She said it is a
logistics problem to get to the real concrete numbers that people are asking for and
questioning the legitimacy of surveys reflecting the true feelings of those residents.
Mayor Morrisette adjourned the meeting of the Springfield City Council at 9:45 p.m.
Pat Farr adjourned the meeting of the Eugene City Council at 9:45 p.m.
Ellie Dumdi adjourned the meetingofthe Board ofConlmissioners at 9:45 p.m.
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Melissa Zimmer
Recording Secret
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
Minutes Recorder - Melissa Zimmer
Attest: Julie Wilson,
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