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brought to help in the communication process. He hoped Mr. Handy would continue to be involved in the neighborhood organization. Councilor Pap6 said the City was about to commission an inventory on commercial and industrial properties. He asked for information on whether there was a study being conducted on residential land to determine whether the City was in compliance regarding such land supply. City Manager Taylor responded that he would look into it. Councilor Pap6 thought it likely that the City would have to bring more residential land into the UGB regardless of whether the land swap with the McDougal brothers was conducted. Councilor Meisner also thanked Mr. Handy. He commented that relationship-building would be lengthy and time-consuming in the River Road/Santa Clara area. He felt the real question regarding services was how they would be delivered efficiently and effectively. He hoped the transition manager, David Reed, was able to develop a good public process for more than conversation on these issues. Councilor Meisner asked for more information on what was being contemplated regarding the Low-Income Housing Dispersal Policy. Regarding concerns expressed about the MUPTE, Councilor Meisner stated that it was true that a property tax exemption in a tax-base system produced a spread of that lost value to other taxpayers. He underscored that tax bases were abolished for local jurisdictions by Ballot Measures 47 and 50. He stated that school districts had permanent tax rates and if something was exempted it was simply lost revenue and was not made up by other tax payers. He requested that the City Manager make available to the public some of the memoranda to the council regarding the changes that those ballot measures put into effect at the local level. Councilor Kelly reminded the Santa Clara neighbors that a potential way to establish community parkland was through outright acquisition rather than the land swap. He said the 1998 bond measure included money to acquire 40 acres or more for a park in the Santa Clara area in order to provide equity with other areas of the City. He expressed discomfort at some of the feedback he had received that suggested, for instance, that the eight acres at the Santa Clara Elementary School might be an adequate park. He worried about losing the opportunity for park land on the usual scale of a community park. He added that funding for development of a park or aquatic facility was not available at present. Councilor Bettman wished to clarify that $10.5 million had been taken from the telecommunications fund and $5 million from right-of-way fees and placed in the City's reserve. She underscored that this was a part of the $28.2 million and was not in addition. She stated that this money had not previously been accounted for in any fund because some of it was still in litigation. Mayor Torrey noted that he had asked earlier in the year for the City Manager to develop an outreach process with the people of Santa Clara in order to determine what they wanted in a park. He understood that this process was underway. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes - October 20, 2004, Work Session MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 2004 Page 5 Regular Meeting