12/15/1986 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Mr. Hansen suggested that a proposed ordinance be prepared by Wednesday. Mr. Whitlow agreed to do that. - Ms. Schue said she did not necessarily agree completely with either Recommendation 1 or 2 at this point. Responding to Mr. Miller's concern, Mr. Hansen said the $1.1 million up-front money would not be taken from already-approved capital projects. Mr. Gleason said the $300,000 payment by March 31 would be used to prepare bid documents and was needed immediately in order to start work during this construction season and to avoid cost increases because of delays. Ms. Bascom asked whether plans to demolish the old terminal building and to use a temporary facility would change design documents. Mr. Gleason said staff recommended that the Airport Commission and the council not reopen the question of design. He said configuration of buildings after negotiations had left less space for staging than originally had been hoped for. He said a cost/benefit analysis was being made to determine the best way to proceed. Mr. Whitlow said no plan or need existed to redesign the project because of the proposed single-phase construction. Ms. Bascom asked about possibilities of alternate funding sources, such as a toll booth and car rental tax. Mayor Obie said the idea of a toll booth had received a negative response from subcommittee members and others, which he attributed mainly to inconvenience. He also said he thought the County had pre-empted the idea of a rental car tax. He said he knew of people who had found it less expensive to fly to Portland and rent a car to drive to Eugene than to fly into Eugene and rent a car. Staff said the County tax rate e currently was 5 percent. Mr. Rutan said he did not like the idea of a toll booth. He said he thought the best sources of funds would be State and Federal, such as reinstituting enplanement allocations from the FAA, establishing a passenger boarding tax, and app lyi ng for lottery funds. He said he thought the largest challenge would be addressing ongoing costs. Mr. Gleason said an application was being submitted to the State for funds from the IIStripperll oil settlement. He also said more aggressive efforts would be made to collect fees and to increase ridership through marketing. Ms. Wooten asked about proceedings of litigation with Lane County on $1.6 million in road funds. Mr. Gleason said the county commissioners had voted to reconfirm support for their decision to grant the money to the airport project. Mr. Whitlow said three issues were before the court: 1) whether the City and the County had the legal authority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement; 2) whether the agreement that had been signed actually reflected the order passed by the board of commi ss i oners; and 3) whether statutes allowed funds to be spent for specific improvements at the airport. He said staff members felt comfortable with the first two issues, and he said City and County legal advisers had approved the grant to the airport and were arguing in its support. Mr. Whitlow said a decision on the issue was expected about December 29. e MINUTES--City Council Dinner/Work Session December 15, 1986 Page 4