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474 e 3L23L59 I I 1 I j I ,I j I 1 I , 1 , 7. DiSCUssioN REGARDING CHANGE IN BAIL F"OR OVERTIME PARKING F"ROM $1.00 TO 50~ PRO- VIDED IT IS PAID WITHIN 24 HOURS OF, RECEIPT OF" PARKING TICKEt, OTHERWISE BA'IL TO REMAiN"AT $1.00 - SOME CONSIDERABLE DiSCUssioN WAS GIVEN TO TH'iS SUBJECT AND IN THE COURSE OF THE DiSCUssioN IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THE CiTY IS COLLECTING 72.5% OF THE TOTAL'PARKING TICKETS ISSUED. THis COLLECTION AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY $55,000 PER YEAR AND IF 100% OF THE PARKING TICKETS WERE BEING COLLECTED, I~ WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY' $77~000. - IF THE- BAIL IS REDUCED FROM $1.00 T~ 50~ AN6 THE TOTAL PAR~iNG-TI~KETS IS~UED RE~AtNEb AT 77,000 WITH 100% PAYMENT, THIS WOULD MEAN THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $38,000 FROM THIS SOURCE. USING THESE COMPARISONS, IT WAS STATED IT WOULD'APPEAR THERE WOULD BE A LOSS IN REVENUE FROM THIS SOURCE THAT COULD RUN TO $10,000 TO $15,000 PER YEAR. I IT WAS F"URTHER ROTNTED OUT THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS PROCEDURES IN THE STATE OF OREGON'C)N PAYMENT OF" BAILS FOR PARKING ..vIOLATIONS.' .THE-CI.TY' OF SALEM AT PRE-' SENT CHARGES 50~ IF PAiD BEFORE M'iDNIGHT OF THE'DATE OF THE TICKET ~SSUANCE,' WITH $I~OO BEIN~ CHARGE~ THEREAFTE~. TH~ CITY OtGRANTS PASS CHA~~ES 50~ IF PAID WITHIN iHE FIRST DAY WITH AN ADDED COST OF50~ PER DAY" UNTIL A BAIL OF. $2.00 IS REACH~D, AND VARIOUS OTHER CITIES USE VARIOUS OTHER PLANS.' . 4.. . .. .. e THERE WAS :SOME Discuss I ON WITH i N THE COMMI TTEE REGARD I NG TH IS MATtER' WITH SOME INDICAiIN~ THAT T~E'REbuCTION I~BAIL' IF PA)D WITHIN THE' FIRST 24'HOURS WOULD MAKE F"OR BETTER PUBllC'RELATIONS WHILE OTHERS'STATED THAT IF' MULTIPLE TICKETS ~ERE NOT P~ACED ON AUTOMO~ILES IN VIOLATION, I~ WOULD BE POSSIBLE F"O~ A PERSON TO PARK ON THE STREETS ALL DAY' FOR 50~. IN THI~' DI~CUS&ION IT WAS- SUGGESTED THAT PERSONNEL WHO CHECK PARKING METERS MIGHT ALS~ MARK TIRES TO DISCOURAGE METER FEEDING. IT WAS :RECOMMENDEDTHAT BAIL BE SET AT 50~ IF' PAID WITHIN THE FIRST' 24 HOURS WITH BAIL TO BE $2.00 THEREAFTE~. ON ~OTE;~HIS MOTION WAS OEFEATED~ I I i I i/ II I IT WAS ~EC~MMENDED THAT THE PRESENT BAIL OF" $1.00 ~E CONTINUED AND IF" THIS IS NOT PAID WITHIN FIVE DAYS, THEN THE ,BAIL BE SET AT $2.00.- MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 7 OF THE REPORJ OF THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION DEFEATED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFF"EY SECONDED BY MR. CHATT'THAT A 50~ BAIL BE ESTABLISHED FOR. THE FIRST 24 ~OURS, WITH A $2.00 BAIL AFTER 24 HOURS. IT WAS MOVED'BY MRS: LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO PRO- VIDE FOR A 5-DAY PERIOD BEFORE THE $2.00 BAIL WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. MOTION CARRIED. A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A 50~ BAIL WITH A $2.00 BAIL AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FIVE DAYS. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. SHEARER AND MR. MOYER VOTING NAY. 8. CONSIDERATION Of REQUEST BY EMERALD AIRCRAFT SALES, INC. TO ESTABLISH A COM- PLETE AIRCRAFT BUSINESS AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - A LETTER:FROM EMERALD AIR- CRAFT SALES, INC. REQUESTING A LOCATION AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT TO BUILD AND ESTABLISH A COMPLETE AIRCRAFT BUSINESS WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS: ALSO EXPLAINED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS A LEASE WITH GREEN fLYING SERVICE IN WHICH GREEN fLYING SERVICE IS GRANTED AN EXCLUSIVE LEASE ON MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT FOR. THE OPERATION. OF .ITEMS EQUIVALENT TO THAT REQUESTED BY EMERALD A I RCRAF'T 'SAlES. FURTHERMORE, THE. CITY OF EUGENE HAS A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS WITH THE CIVILAERONAUTlCS'AOMINISTRATION WHICH AGREE-' MENTS INDICATE THAT THE CITY WILL NOT GR~NT ANY EXCLUSIVE LEASE AT MAHLON- SWEET AIRPORT SINCE FEDERAL FUNDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE AIRPORT. j 11 MR. LEO QUALLS OF" EMERALD AIRCRAFT SALES SPOKE, INDICATED THAT AVIATION IS A RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS IN THIS AREA SINCE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN LANE COUNTY ARE AIR MINDED AND THAT THE ADDITION OF AN OPERATION SUCH AS THEY REQUEST WOULD BRING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO THIS AREA WHO ARE CURRENTLY fLYING OVER DUE TO THEIR BELIEF' THERE ARE INADEQUATE F"ACILITIES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE THREE OR F"OUR OPERATORS lOCATE~ ON THE fiELD. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT AT SPRINGFIELD IS OPERATED IN AN AGRESSIVE.BUSINESSLIKE MANNER BY AN OPERATOR WHO ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN ALL WAYS AND THAT A LARGE MAJORITy OF THE AIRCRAFT BUSINESS IN LANE. COUNTY IS HANDLED fROM THIS AIRPORT. AFTER SOME DISCUSSI~N 'THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT AN EXAMINATION OF EXISTtNG CONTRACTS WITH GREEN fLYING SERVICE AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE GRANTS MADE BY THE CAA BE INVESTIGATED AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER REPORT BACK HIS RECOMMENDATION fOR THE SOLVING OF" THIS PROBLEM. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 8 OF THE REPORT OF" THE COM- MITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. \ I ~J e