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Regarding the neighborhood's desire for an active police presence, Mr. Meisner said he hoped the <br />neighborhood was not relying on a police substation for that purpose, given that there were no sworn officers <br />in the substations unless business paid the costs. Mr. Weinman described an arrangement whereby police <br />officers would be able to stop and write reports at a location in the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly supported the recommendations, saying they would be good for most neighborhoods in the city as <br />the issues underlying them were shared by many neighborhoods. Regarding the scoping group's desire for <br />street lighting in older neighborhoods, he noted that street lighting would soon be required in new <br />subdivisions. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly found the pie charts in the report to be confusing and in error and asked that they be reexamined. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly liked the background information included in the report. He commended staff and the scoping <br />group for their work. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor clarified that by accepting the report the City Council was not approving an urban renewal district <br />for the area. Mr. Weinman concurred. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor commended the report but indicated he shared Mr. Kelly's concern about the pie charts. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee appreciated the report. He thought the scoping process had worked well. He believed that there was <br />money available from the Oregon Transportation Commission for safety improvements to railroad crossings. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lee moved, seconded by Ms. Taylor, to accept the Bethel Scoping Report and <br /> encourage the staff and community to develop implementation strategies. The motion <br /> passed unanimously, 5:0. <br /> <br />B. Work Session: A Review of Police and Fire Stations Public Information Sessions <br /> <br />Jan Bohman of the City Manager's Office introduced John Brown of the Police/Fire Stations Task Force. Mr. <br />Brown reviewed the results of the public information sessions. He reviewed themes in the input, which were <br />focused on economic, timing, and physical issues. He reported that he did not hear anyone say there was no <br />need for the issue of the stations to be addressed, but much concern was expressed about cost. He invited <br />questions from the council. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner suggested that education and information was crucial to the successful passage of a bond <br />measure to underwrite the costs of new police and fire stations. For that reason, he was concerned about the <br />May time line. Mr. Brown agreed that was a concern, but said to not place the measure on the ballot was not <br />to take a chance. <br />Mr. Rayor distributed copies of text of a motion he intended to make at a later time concerning the funding of <br />the police station. He reviewed the motion, which was intended to limit the amount of money the City could <br />spend on the station and ensure that any unused or unneeded funds would be returned to the taxpayers. Mr. <br />Rayor termed the existing resolution "business as usual" and termed his motion "new <br />government." <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 28, 2000 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />