The district or zone of benefit is an interim service delivery method, and there are <br />legal assurances, such as annexation agreements, to ensure that annexation to the <br />appropriate city occurs within the planning period. <br />d. The servicing city is not capable of providing the full range of urban facilities and <br />services in the short term, although it is recognized that urban facilities and <br />services will be provided by a city consistent with adopted public facilities plans <br />and capital improvement programs. <br />e. The district or zone of benefit will contract with the appropriate city for interim <br />service delivery until a-r-m"adea-annexed to the appropriate city. <br />lb. Ultimately, land within the UGB shall be annexed to a city and provided with the <br />required minimum level of urban facilities and services. While the time frame for <br />annexation may vary, annexation should occur as land transitions from urbanizable to <br />urban. <br />17. Eugene and Springfield and their respective utility branches, Eugene Water & Electric <br />Board (EWEB) and Springfield Utility Board (SUB), shall be the water and electrical <br />service providers within the UGB. <br />18. As annexations to cities occur over time, existing special service districts within the UGB <br />shall be dissolved. The cities should consider developing intergovernmental agreements, <br />which address transition issues raised by annexation, with affected special service <br />districts. <br />19. The realignment (possible consolidation or merger) of fringe special service districts shall <br />be examined to: <br />a. Promote urban service transition to cities within the UGB. <br />b. Provide continued and comprehensive rural level services to property and people <br />outside the UGB, <br />C. Provide more efficient service delivery and more efficient governmental structure <br />for serving the immediate urban fringe. <br />20. Annexation of territory to existing service districts within the UGB shall occur only when <br />the following criteria are met: <br />Immediate annexation to a city is not possible because the required piablrie <br />minimum level of key urban facilities and services cannot be provided in a timely <br />manner (within five years, as outlined in an adopted capital improvements <br />program) <br />II-C-6 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 134 <br />