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Commissioner Stewart stated that despite what would happen with the County’s financial problems, there <br />would still be some services taking place. He said they had a plan and were trying to deal with the coming <br />situation. He related that the County Commissioners had tried to create a funding solution to solve the <br />problem but the citizens had not supported its actions. He thought the County could still see some relief <br />before July 1 but it did not mean they would not plan for it. He believed that they could do multiple things <br />including land use planning in spite of the potential shortfall. <br /> <br />Commissioner Stewart summarized what had been said thus far: <br />? <br /> There was support for looking at the Metro Plan, with general support for looking at the immediate <br />problems facing the Metro Plan and the people who were affected, as a result of HB 3337. <br />? <br /> There was interest in reviewing the Metro Plan to look at the general housekeeping issues and the <br />urban transitional agreements and special districts. <br />? <br /> There was a strong interest in public safety and concerns expressed about financing fire and police <br />services and how to keep funding for them going. <br />? <br /> There was strong interest in the TransPlan, potential interest in an ACT, and how to fund road <br />repairs. <br />? <br /> Some interest was expressed in forming a resolution body between the three jurisdictions. <br />? <br /> Some interest was also expressed in pursuing solutions to homelessness. <br /> <br />Commissioner Stewart observed that there was strong interest in meeting on a quarterly basis. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman wanted to take the topics that had been raised back to the individual bodies in order to <br />make the decisions there. She explained that the Eugene City Council could review the Metro Plan and <br />determine where it should be fixed. She felt that using the “opportunity” of HB 3337 to address a “whole <br />Christmas wish list” of other items was not efficient. She averred that those were policy decisions that must <br />be made by the elected body. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted that the majority of the Eugene City Council had voted to do only the “minimum <br />planning.” <br /> <br />Councilor Pishioneri said he preferred having the hired experts look at the problems and offer up multiple <br />options for the elected officials to consider based on “their educated points of view.” He underscored that <br />they were paid to be a resource and should serve as such. <br /> <br />Commissioner Green said he had observed each body’s process. He asked how the Joint Elected Officials <br />would “get to yes” after the individual elected bodies had met and considered the issues. He asked what <br />mechanism would drive the three jurisdictions to move forward; what voting procedure would it use? He <br />averred that it would be helpful at some point in time if the three groups could have a discussion on <br />developing a mechanism that they could agree upon to “get to yes.” He stressed that the three jurisdictions <br />still had to figure out how to agree regardless of which issues they decided to take on. <br /> <br />Councilor Pishioneri concurred. He supported working with their counterparts to reach the same options to <br />move forward with. He thought they could make progress on some issues in this way. <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz asked for input from the two respective city managers and the county administrator. <br /> <br />Eugene City Manager pro tem Angel Jones commented that the jurisdictions were all “part of the same <br />puzzle.” She said part of the joint meeting was intended to determine how to move forward while recogniz- <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Joint Elected Officials— February 12, 2008 Page 8 <br /> Lane Board of County Commissioners and Eugene and Springfield City Councils <br /> <br />