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Deb Frisch , Eugene, referred to the council’s work session to discuss the City’s response to the Lane County budget crisis and displayed a document from the County’s budget that she said identified funding recommenda- tions for 48 different services. She pointed out that three programs were recommended for funding above the minimum: prosecution of adult defendants, the jail and prosecution of juvenile defendants. She said if the City contracted with the County to prosecute property crimes in Eugene that was an invitation to criminals to harass those who lived in Springfield and the County. She said the council had still not met on the subject of the University of Oregon’s proposed basketball arena. Mayor Piercy determined there was no one else wishing to speak and closed the public forum. She called for comments from the council. Councilor Bettman asked for a copy of the Lane County Budget document. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes of the February 19, 2008, Public Hearing; February 27, 2008, Work Session; April 9, 2008, Work Session and May 5, 2008, Executive Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Approval of Minutes, Findings and Recommendations from the Hearings Official and Adoption of Resolution 4941 for Concrete Alley Paving, and Constructing Wastewater and th Stormwater Systems on 6 Alley between Taylor Street and Polk Street (Job #4527) D. Approval of Neighborhood Matching Grants Mr. Pryor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to approve the items on the Consent Cal- endar. Ms. Bettman noted that she had submitted electronic minutes corrections and pulled Item C from the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Councilor Bettman stated she was not opposed to the local improvement district; her concern was with the assessment policies and assuring that all legally assessable costs were assessed. Her motion would increase the assessment by $14,016 of stormwater improvements. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend Section 5 of Reso- lution No. 4941 to change $109,620 to $123,636. Councilor Bettman said her intent was to correct shifting part of the assessment cost to the City. She said the properties were mostly commercial and would benefit from the improvement and therefore all of the costs that were legally assessable to the impacted and benefitting properties should be allocated to those properties. Councilor Taylor asked why one property had been exempted from the assessment. City Engineer Mark Schoening explained that the property was not included because it did not front the alley. Councilor Taylor said there had been other cases when properties had to pay. Mr. Schoening said there were no instances that involved transportation improvements. City Attorney Glenn Klein said the code differentiated among alley, street and other types of assessments; the code was specific that for alley assessments the property had to abut MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 12, 2008 Page 2 Public Hearing