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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall August 19, 1992 11 :30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Roger Rutan. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Debra Ehrman. The adjourned meeting of August 17, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. Mayor Miller announced a change in the agenda, saying Item IV would be covered fi rst. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS FINAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT Mr. Robinette said it was time to decide if there was anything in the tenta- tively approved core service package that the council wants to change. He e said finalizing the package would enable the council to decide if it is to be part of the final strategy, realizing $5.16 million in savings and service changes to date. Mr. Robinette said the council can then take a second look at fire redeployment and library issues. He expressed the opinion that fire redeployment should be funded through property taxes. He noted one of the key elements of the library issue is the private fund-raising effort under way. Mr. MacDonald agreed and said that the time to begin to discuss funding for public safety and the library is while the Revenue Committee is reviewing revenue issues. He said the primary challenge is to deal with the shortfall and then build public support for the other elements. Mr. Nicholson said that a city that provides and pays for city services structurally encourages flight to the periphery where people can enjoy the services and avoid paying for them. He noted that the mechanism that compen- sated for that in the past was Federal revenue sharing. Mr. Nicholson said that the council must find some way of sharing the burden of supporting an urban center. Mr. Rutan said that the council should not put off enhancements but rather plan as to when and how they can occur. He expressed support for the direc- tion the council is taking. Other councilors expressed support for the course the council has chosen. Mr. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 19, 1992 Page 1 11 :30 a.m.