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!A. Request for Cost.of Studt}, Cap,i,tal Costs of Growth - Councilwoman fr,Cal ~fcrred \ to memo prev,ious"ly distLUJUted requestjn,! the Council to direct staff to bring \ a report on cost of a study on capital costs of growth. She said the request was \ not that staff make the study, but that it only report the cost of such a study. She noted the higher rate of growth for Eugene compared to that of other areas lof the State. She said the Council subcommittee appointed to make recommendations! i on change in method of alley and stree~ assessments (Beal, Hershner, Bradshaw) felt a report on capital costs of growth ~ould be of invaluable assistance-in planning as well as a saving of tax monies. . Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Murray to request staff to report to the Council what such a study would entail and what the cost would be. :Councilman Williams referred to the current updating of community goals and one lof the major questions in that process - growth, its costs, and direction the ,city should pursue. He had no objection to_~taff's considering the cost of I " ; such a study, but he was not sur~eoothf'ltJ:he cost could be di2termined until work ion eommuni ty goals was finished. He suggested pOstponement'-of the request. In answer to Councilman Murray., Mr. Williams said material ctea'Jillg _wiTh queStions , of cost of g:rowth would be distributed to the Community GOeils Commi t;tee wi thin ' ::-'~ the next week. First discussion was scheduled for May 1 or 8 with refinement of goals, if any, finished by June 5 for presentation t~othe Council. -~. --~~ ~ouncilm~n Murray t~OUgh~report of this nature would ~e helpful ~r~liminary , ~nformat~on, referrLng-to a present goals statement call~ng-tQr_a sLmLlar stud~. H~ said~_~~+d nave concern ab~ut proceed~ng with the study itselzat this ,t~e'~Dut could see no problem wLth requestLng the cost of a study. Councilman Hershner expre~tieq_[1o -6bjeCt1:ofit-'8 the-study but saidh;-;;;;-;;F;t~-t---- 1 should have further subcommittee analysis before asking s~aff to become involve~ in what seemed an illusive sort of subject. As a member of the subcommittee, he said, he felt the question of analyzing costs of growth was beyond the scope of the subcommi tEee.' s~h~rge ap4_th~ t he had !!!i:-sgi vings about how to go about compiling that type of information. ~-~~ ~- .-=-----_~-, , e ~CJ2!Lncilwoman Camp15el:-rwasihfavor of the motion. joverdue'and if costs were not computed now during !would have to be postponed for anoth~~_~~a~ ~~~ She felt the study was long budget-sesE?ions considera tion l Ma yo r :!,/ould ; there -~~~, ---- ~~ Anderson noted the complexity of the issue and the many factors which enter into any study.pE growth costs. He suggested postponement until was a !JlecH----delI1li-rron of communi ty goals and more specific objectives. iCouncilwoman Beal said she was asking only for an assessment ot capital expendi- ttures_needesLto meet current projected pQpulatiQIL.g}'owth,}n terms' 'Of 1974 dollars. :Shc!'/fel t a report of that nature wouLd 'save tax monies and would be sImilar to .- --- . the type of report used bYuJ'big~-15fisiness" on a regular basis. She suggested the 'reuqes t WOuld amorij[r~t6--;;sking a qualified consul tant the capi tal expendi tures necessary to preserve presi2pt-:level, seryiC;'?$, in terms of present-day dollars. ---. - __~_',--.c? -- ----: :Manager suggested that subcommittee discussion of various alternatives would' !help staff ill~J3rin~ing-'--back-ii!JePOEt;on cost ()f a study in view of the lack i of consensus on tEe desired staff analysis-:~He noted the mimber of capi ta.1 (impr~ment plans which had been prepared over the years based on certain ,in- iformation at a given time but not speaking to growth costs as such w,hich would appear to involve a great deal more operating service cost. He thought more !discussion by subcommittee as to kind of information needed by the Council and \public in considering what growth will do would help in bringing back a more I:::~i::::l r:::::~thet what !'as1;~i::~as:::~::: ~:"~h :~tal=~;~ : to preserve the present l/evelo of services in the face of antic,ipated growth. :She felt it would be valuable in assessing the cost, for instance, of annexa- 'tions or in decisions on development of one area before another. She said she , ......--,>---- . . . ,didn't know and was not suggesting whether to consid~~ capital .outlay on an \ --," . --- ! overall b~or area-by-area or which would~~~/mijre useful, but would like to haVe-s'taff consider that. I I :Mayor Anderson called attention to the time and wondered if discussion could be' 'postponed to next week's committee agenda in order to consider regular agenda ,items at this time. Mrs. Beal expressed concern about postponemen~ in view of 'b;dget meetings now in process. She suggested that cost of such a study would be a good use of revenue sharing funds if Council decided to go ahead with it. e: -~ 4/22/74 - 4 J , \'5