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• Within 50 days of initiation, a staff report shall be delivered to each member of the <br /> Eugene, Springfield and Lane County planning commissions. <br /> • Within 30 days of receipt of the staff report, the planning commissions shall conduct a <br /> joint public hearing. <br /> • Within 30 days of the close of the hearing or close of the evidentiary record, the planning <br /> commissions shall make a recommendation to their respective governing body. <br /> • Within 30 days of the planning commission recommendations, the elected officials of <br /> Eugene; Springfield and Lane County shall conduct a joint public hearing on the <br /> amendment. <br /> • Within 30 days of the close of the joint public hearing the elected officials shall approve, <br /> modify and approve, or deny the proposal. , <br /> Strict adherence to this timeline would result in a final. decision within 200 days from the <br /> initiation preparations. It is not a violation of the Development Code or Metro Plan to take <br /> more time: "A different process, time line, or both ...m:ay be established by the governing <br /> bodies of Springfield, Eugene and Lane County for any government initiated Metro Plan <br /> amendment." (Springfield Development Code, Article 7, Section 7:110) <br /> It is common place, if not entirely without exception, that participants of the Metro Plan <br /> amendment process request record extensions at each required public hearing. A minimum of <br /> one week and up to 30 days is typically given by the planning commissions for record extension. <br /> The hearing before the elected officials is intended to be limited to the record developed at the <br /> .planning commission hearing, but past practice has never limited testimony. The give and take <br /> of new testimony eliciting new questions extends the record several more weeks. The elected <br /> officials then reconvene to consider the whole of the record. If no additional questions are raised <br /> during the reconvened meeting, the elected officials adjourn to deliberate, usually taking another <br /> 2-3 weeks before all three governing bodies make a final decision. What under ideal <br /> circumstances was designed to take 200 days can easily become 250-300 days. <br /> The City of Springfield charges $21,000 for an amendment to the Plan text, and $416 per acre <br /> for amendments to the diagram.' It is assumed that this fee, on average, will recover <br /> approximately 60% of actual cost. This is a complex and precedent-setting action, therefore <br /> b0% cost recovery will likely be reduced by half or more. This puts the actual costs associated <br /> with Planning Division processing closer to $70,000. The number of agency staff, legal counsel, <br /> consultants, and public participation that would be involved in this process could. add <br /> significantly to this cost. An estimate of total costs and time involved is included in Attachment <br /> A. It should be noted that if this process becomes similar to the Short Mountain sewer line. <br /> proposal, costs will increase proportionally. <br /> GOVERNANCE, ADMINISTRATION, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL <br /> .COORDINATION <br /> This section addresses how services would be provided and the IGAs that would be needed if the <br /> <br /> . Governing Bodies decide to extend MWMC services to Coburg. As a baseline, the current <br /> MWMC IGA would have to be amended to permit MWMC to provide services to Coburg. <br /> Development of additional IGAs between Coburg and MWMC, and potentially between Coburg <br /> and Eugene and/or Springfield as providers of specific (contractual) services would be necessary <br /> depending on the .levels of service desired by Coburg. <br /> City Council page, 450 Page 14 <br /> <br />