Item 4D: Resolution Acknowledging Receipt of FY07 CAFR

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Major Initiatives City Council Goals Each year, the Eugene City Council reviews the progress on previously adopted Council Goals and then adopts a revised set of priority issues that inspire the development of work plans over the next year. The Council Goals were most recently reviewed and updated by the council in January and February 2007. Two Council Goals were determined to have been completed in FY07: Development Plan Phase of City Hall Complex – This phase addresses financing, public involvement, public opinion research, and site selection deliberations for a new City Hall complex. Police Complaint Oversight (Measure 20-106) – This is part of the City’s response to the March 2005 Management Review of the Eugene Police Department report completed by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the Police Executive Research Forum. The report had 57 recommendations for improving policing in Eugene. One recommendation was to create a police auditor function in the City and a citizen review board to review complaints against the police. Eugene voters approved an amendment to the City Charter on November 8, 2005 authorizing the City Council to provide for external review of police-related complaints. The police auditor was funded in the FY07 budget, and the Police Department Strategic Plan was launched. Ongoing Council Goals in FY07 include the following: Neighborhood Empowerment – This goal includes redesign of the neighborhood initiative, which includes the following: public participation in the livability and protection of neighborhoods; identification of specific redevelopment strategies that preserve the integrity of residential uses, including design standards, site review, down zoning, infill regulation, and bolstering and empowering neighborhood associations to get more involvement. The FY07 budget allocated $100,000 for neighborhood empowerment efforts, $66,500 for neighborhood matching grants, and $80,000 to River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods for newsletters, planning, and project support. The matching grant program generated sixteen applications in March 2007. The first Neighborhood Summit was held on February 17, 2007. All 19 neighborhood associations or community organizations were represented, as well as City and County elected officials, other local government agencies, City Council advisory committees, the City’s Executive Management team, and City staff. The council-adopted Neighborhood Action Plan was reviewed and action items were prioritized by Summit participants. Following the Summit, City staff will continue the development of plans for implementation of high priority action items. Adopt Implementation Plan for Parallel Process for City Hall and Patrol Facility Construction – Completed in 1964, the existing City Hall building is nearing the end of its useful life without major capital reinvestment. In addition to being expensive to operate and maintain, the building is functionally inadequate and structural deficiencies leave the building vulnerable to catastrophic damage from an earthquake. Resolution of this priority issue will need to address such policy-level questions as whether City Hall should be renovated or replaced, what level of City service consolidation should be planned for, and how any desired improvements should be financed. In January 2007, the council approved initiation of the Implementation Plan Phase with partial funding of $1.0 million from the Facility Replacement Reserve, and budgeting for the completion of the Implementation Plan Phase to be addressed in FY08. The Implementation Phase will entail refinement of the conceptual design from the Development Plan into design options with enough detail for the consultant team to generate accurate project cost estimates. The design options will then go through another round of review and comment by council, then community, and City staff. This phase will conclude with council adoption of an Implementation ë