CC Minutes - 10/25/06 Work Session

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because people move and they use parks all over the city. She did not think the service level approach was justifiable, and the system-wide approach was more defensible given its use in the other SDC methodologies. Responding to a question from Mr. Papé, Mr. McVey said he would provide the council with the rate schedule showing what condominiums would pay when that information was available. Mr. Kelly determined from Mr. McVey that legal staff was consulted in the development of the recommen- dations and found them to be legally defensible as methodology choices. Mr. Kelly said that if the recommendation contemplated different SDCs for different areas of the commu- nity, he would not support it. The recommendation instead computed the overall level of need and split that need out by different area and then allocated it uniformly to new development, which he was comfortable with. Responding to a question from Mr. Poling, Mr. McVey again reviewed the names of the RAC members and confirmed that the members from the Voter Pool and Neighborhood Pool were randomly selected. For the benefit of Mr. Poling, Mr. McVey briefly contrasted the system-wide and service area allocation approaches. Mr. Poling thought there might be some approach other than charging all nonresidential uses or charging only hotel/motels. He did not think it made sense to charge all nonresidential uses because he did not think some would impact the park system. He could not support charging all nonresidential uses the parks SDC. Ms. Solomon noted her support for the service-area based growth allocation method. Ms. Solomon, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to direct the City Manager to proceed with proposed modifications to the parks SDC based on inclusion of a charge for all nonresiden- tial development and a service area-based growth allocation method for neighborhood parks. Ms. Taylor determined from Mr. McVey that all members of the RAC participated in the discussions, with varying degrees of attendance at each meeting, and that there was no minority report. Ms. Taylor observed that she always liked to see a minority report. Ms. Taylor also had problems with the make-up of the RAC. She said that the Citizen Involvement Committee no longer existed to review the membership of such committees. She assumed that it was now up to staff to decide who sat on such committees. Mr. McVey confirmed that the committee was a department advisory committee for which staff selected the members. Ms. Taylor also supported a system-wide approach to the growth allocation for neighborhood parks. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to amend the motion by directing the City Manager to proceed with proposed modifications to the parks SDC based on inclusion of a charge for all nonresidential development and a methodology for neighborhood parks based on a system wide level of service. MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 25, 2006 Page 7 Work Session