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e as the City planned to pour millions of dollars into building structures. Mr. Kutcher said he seriously encouraged the council to take a close look at the issue, and to try balancing some of the needs of the people of the City regarding services with the "incredible capital outlays that this proposal includes." Harold Chapman, 51 Chapman Drive, referred councilors to a handout that he had distributed. He said that as a result of comparing this year's proposed CIP with last year's CIP, he had some questions. Mr. Chapman referred to the $5 million proposal for River Road/Santa Clara Lateral Sewers on Page 118. He said the top page of the handout compared that figure with the $13 million listed in last year's CIP for the same purpose. Although additional funding was listed for sewer lines along Green Lane and Irving and Prairie roads, it appeared that the proposed CIP contained about $7.5 million less for River Road/Santa Clara sewers than did last year's CIP. A related question, he said, was the status of the sewer safety net program, which the City was supposed to be developing to assist low-income residents in financing sewer connections. He said he could find no funding for that program in the draft CIP. e Mr. Chapman said the other six pages of his handout referred to his second question, concerning the priority given to building a new fire station facility to serve the northwest area of the city and the River Road district in last year's CIP and the current proposal. He said the facility previously had been the top priority and had been scheduled for construction in 1988, but a major postponement was indicated in the current draft, and even design of the station now had been moved back to 1991. Mr. Chapman said the Planning Commission had been told last Monday that the station would be built when River Road annexed. He asked about the reason for the difference in priorities and about the City1s current intent regarding construction of the proposed River Road fire station. Steve Andresen, 2640 University, said Page 2 of the introduction discussed the background of the City's financial problems, citing reductions in Federal transfer funds and revenues received from other sources, such as Lane County and the State. He said those revenues were indicated in Section II by the Special Funding column, but the amounts received from each source were not listed. Mr. Andresen asked, for example, how much State money was being received to fund a project like the airport, including construction, payment of debt, and future receipts. Mayor Obie said staff was available to assist in reading the draft CIP document and would respond to questions after the public hearing had been closed. e David Zupan, 972 West 4th Avenue, said he had not had a great deal of time to study the document, but he had spoken to people in the community. Mr. Zupan said he thought it was important to speak for people who could not be here tonight and to keep in mind that a lot of people who cared very strongly about their concerns did not necessarily attend or testify MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1988 Page 18