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weigh in and ultimately approve the extension of a system beyond the UGB. The Department of Land <br /> Conservation and Development (DECD) would have the opportunity to weigh in as would several other <br /> government entities. He listed a "host of technical issues to be considered" in addition to the aforemen- <br /> tioned larger processes. He reported that staff estimated that it would cost approximately $500,000 to $1 <br /> million in engineering and legal costs to get to the point of movement toward connecting Coburg and that <br /> it would take four years. <br /> Mr. Corey acknowledged that the City of Coburg had estimated that it would cost $168,000 and that all of <br /> the land use actions could be completed in less than one year. <br /> Mr. Corey stated that the recommendation in the AIS was to move forward. He added that the council <br /> should anticipate more requests in the future such as the one from Coburg. <br /> Mr. Pape asked if there was a way to find more agreement between the figures suggested by the City of <br /> Coburg and Eugene staff. He agreed that if Coburg wanted to become part of the system they should take <br /> into account all of the costs to do so including the City of Eugene's cost for setting up the model for it. <br /> He felt Coburg should be given a good idea of potential costs. <br /> Mr. Corey advised the council to suggest to Coburg that the cost was closer to $1 million and then refund <br /> the remainder at the end of four years. <br /> Mr: Pape asked if there was a difference in the way Coburg viewed the process. Mr. Corey replied that <br /> the difference in views was best exemplified by the City of Coburg's suggestion that all of the land use <br /> processes could be completed in eight months. He noted that it takes longer to get through a Metro Plan <br /> amendment on simpler issues. He predicted this item would draw a lot of public interest and public <br /> debate and opinions on both sides of this issue would abound. <br /> Mr. Pape asked if an outside consultant could be brought in to help the process. Mr. Corey responded that <br /> to the extent that the council's opinion was to move ahead, staff's recommendation would be to bring a <br /> consultant onboard to do so. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pape acknowledged that the joint elected officials had just approved a $145 million 20-year plan and <br /> <br /> wondered if the addition of communities outside of the two UGBs had been considered. Mr. Ruffier <br /> <br /> MINUTES-Eugene City Council October 26, 2005 ~ Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />