05/25/1988 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

e e e council deadlock on the budget vote. Mr. Gleason said no. Ms. Schue said if people have proposals, the sooner the entire council looks at those proposals the better. Ms. Wooten asked Mr. Rutan if he was working on an alternative budget. Mr. Rutan said that he was working with Councilor Holmer on some recommendations for the council's considerations. He hoped to have those prepared by the following Tuesday at noon. Responding to a question from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Rutan said his recommendations concerned the following year's budget. Ms. Wooten said she would like to have time to review and respond to the comments developed by councilors Rutan and Holmer. She said if the recommendations vary dramatically from the Budget Committee recommendations, there needs to be time for the council to go through the public process and involve the eight lay members of the Budget Committee. Mr. Wong said the legal limit to revise the budget is by ten percent in any fund. I. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mr. Rutan recognized the return of the NCAA Track and Field Championships to Hayward Field the following Wednesday, June 1. He encouraged councilors to attend the meet. He said the event is coming back to Eugene because of the hard work and effort on the part df the Oregon Track Club, the University of Oregon, and Convention and Visitors Bureau, in addition ~o others. Ms. Ehrman said there is a memorandum in the council packets regarding the Joint Social Services Fund. She said that there may be a further request for funds to all jurisdictions after the next meeting of the Joint Social Servic- es Committee June 9. Ms. Ehrman said she had attended a meeting on the task force working on the Shelton-McMurphey House. There is enthusiasm for the project as it is pro- ceeding. She discussed the issues of handicapped access and historical integrity. Members of the handicapped community had indicated a side en- trance to the house was unacceptable. Some people feared that the creation of a handicapped entrance could affect the historical integrity of the struc- ture. Ms. Ehrman said she would be attending a meeting of the Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to discuss the problem, share the task force's plans for the house, and bring the commission up to date on the work done so far. She wished to alert the council to the notion that this aspect of the rehabilitation may become a voting issue at some time in the future. Mr. Bennett said the issue of handicapped access is very important. He felt it had received support in the community. He said that the community needs to find a balanced position as it related to the development of older, his- torical structures. He did not think that that access should devalue the historical nature of the building if access can be achieved in some other fashion. Mr. Bennett said he is still waiting to hear from the staff regard- ing what flexibility exists in the code in terms of making a choice about access and other issues outside fire and life safety. Mr. Gleason said the statutes provide an appeal process, including a hearings official to make a determination about how the code affects the usability of the building. Mr. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 25, 1988 Page 2