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e She said she favored spending more time at the beginning of the planning process as opposed to the line-item and fiscal allocation considerations. Mayor Obie asked staff to respond to the concern raised by Mr. Cox about the traffic signals on Patterson and Hilyard. Dave Reinhard of the Public Works Department referred councilors to Item 31 on Page 116. He said that item included improvements at Hilyard and 13th and for a new signal at 12th and Hilyard, or between 12th and 13th, for a pedestrian crossing. Mr. Reinhard said he was not aware of the Patterson problem, but he would look into it. Mr. Miller said the council understood that the amount of money hoped for in the capital budget did not exist because of budget constraints, and he asked whether Ms. Wooten's concerns could be addressed adequately through the subcommittee, knowing that many projections in the CIP would never make it through the City Manager's recommendation or the subcommittee process. Ms. Wooten said that was possible, but she had asked that the vote be delayed. e Ms. Ehrman said she wanted to respond to criticisms of the capital budget. She said the interrelation and interdependency of the two budgets had become clear to her as a member of the council. She said the council often had lamented the fact that the capital budget was so small, so she was sensitive to criticism that it now was too big. She said the council had experienced a difficult time in segregating money for capital projects, and she hoped members of the community understood that the reason for that was to preserve the existing capital facilities. Ms. Ehrman said she strongly supported the CIP, adding that she knew the City in the past had not always been so forward-looking and she thought it was very important to continue planning as it now occurred. Ms. Schue commented on the use of the Capital Improvement Program. She said the City Manager referred to the CIP as a IIplanning document," and that did not mean that the funding sources for all of the projects had been identified, because they had not. For instance, she said, the new library proposal had not been funded. It was a topic for public discussion, but the source of funds was not known, Ms. Schue said. She said other items were included for planning of approximate costs, and the Budget Committee would work on funding for the first year's priorities, which would be funded as far as possible. Ms. Schue said the council invited comments about whether items should be included or moved up, but the conclusion that every item in the CIP would be built and funded should not be drawn and was not true. Mr. Bennett said he was interested in some of the same issues as Councilor Wooten. He asked about the time intended if the item were delayed. Mayor Obie said he had considered a delay of about one week. Roll call vote; the motion carried 6:2, Councilors Holmer, Bascom, Ehrman, Miller, Rutan, and Schue voting aye; Councilors Bennett and Wooten voting nay. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1988 Page 22