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i 1n answer to Councilwoman Campbell, Assistant: Manager said allocations approved !would allow continuation of the Women's Transi tional Li ving Center.' I ' I iMayor Anderson wondered about the basis for funding agency participation on a i .- percentage basis - Eugene, 64.3%; Springfield, 4.3%; Lane County, 31.4%. He thought ,before the next budgeting process was started there should be some effort to gain igreater participation from other agencies in the County, that Eugene was carrying imore~than its fair share. He suggested that representatives of the agencies' ,- 'elected officials meet before formulation of next year's budget not with the ;idea necessarily of lessening any contribution but to arrive at some formula !which would reflect the money available, problems existing in the several areas, II land responsibilities that the various jurisdictions should undertake. Comm Vote was taken on the ,motion as stated. Motion carried unanimously. 8/1 Y7 4 Approve ._*-~-----. --- .._-._-~.~. /. D. 'Ballot Measures - November 5, 1974 Election - Manager noted August 27 deadline \ ., for submitting ballot measures. He said it was obvious that proposed Charter re- 'vision would not be ready in time to submit to the voters at this November election,; and because of delays in gaining voter approval of, the operating budget there would 'not be time to prepare possible special funding measures. It had been suggested, ;he said, to resubmit a measure with regard to reimbursement for the Mayor and Council members but~~f-rt~was to be done action would be necessary at the next Council meeti~g~ j Councilwoman Campbell wondered if the Joint Parks Committee. would be responsible i ~- for initiating a ballot measure for acquisition of South Hills park property~ , -<::- Jim Saul, planner, explained that staff had been looking at funding for property acquisition from Federal and State grants but nothing had yet developed so it ap- peared unlikely that information would be ready in time to prepare a ballot measure before the August 27 deadline. Manager added that the city could call a specia1 election at any time - it requir?s 30 days notice - and it might be possible to ! call a special election in conjunction~wrth the "November 5 County election al- though staff would not recommend that at this-ti'me. He said there were priori- i ! ties to be cons:i:dered-.if a 'bond sale was to be considered or ifthere,'was a pro- , posal to ,exceed the 6% limitati'on - not only was the park acquisition to be funded i I but also space needs, correctional facilities, and._other~items on the capi tal improvement list. Councilman Hershner wondered if there was any consideration of a measure with re- gard to the Charter amendment on freeway construction, and asked for staff comment as to whether the amendment was causing any problems. Manager said there were some; individuals interested in having the Charter amendment repealed; they had pre pared i a ballot title and he understood petitions were being circulated in order to get I the measure on the gallot. However, the Council could itself put the measure on \.. the ballot, he said. With regard to workability of the amendment, Manager said the only project affected was the Highway 126 extension west from the Washington/. ---- Jeffersonbridqe and that was because the State was unwilling to spend money for , :project designiiric1 impact - statement necessary lJef6re' going toa'vote" wi'thout assurance that the money would not have been spent unnecessarily, given tne chance , of voter rejection. He said opportunities to protect the West Amazon right-of- t way had been rejected, although some parcels were purchased when it was dis- covered they were going to be developed. An impact statement was being developed on that project so although it was proceeding, to a certain extent the amendment \ I , had affected it, at least so far as costs were concerned, He said the City I Attorney advised that in working within the amendment 'it 'should be construed as \ broadly as possible, that is, to proceed with prelimina'ry-tinds ,ef"stildy so .t.h.at issues, could be presented to the voters with little chance of being in 'violation of the amendment. In~ent of designers of the amendment, he said, had some bear- ing on how it could be construed and staff had assumed the intent as stated - \ i not to obstLuct planning. Glen Stadler, EWEB, asked if a voter pamphlet was to be published_for ~he November ! election. Mayor answered that it was not anticipated and had not been discussed. Manager noted that EWEB candidates could not enter material in the State voter pamphlet and that the city normally didn't issue one unless there were ~easures'to be voted upon. . , i Councilwoman Campbell expressed concern at lack of candidates filing for Council i :. positions and wondered whether a ballot measure with regard to compensation for i I Council members would encourage more people to run. Mayor Anderson noted the ! small voter turnout when the measure was defeated earlier and suggested it would receive a more reasonable test if it was the only ballot measure rather than being considered along with tax measures. -- 8/26/74 - 20 313