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agreed with Mr. Ball that it was not the City's obligation to provide parking for employees in that area. He said he was not prepared to support the fee, e acknowledging that it might complicate the situation with half of the program cost being paid by the federal grant. He stated that he still wanted to know how the program would break even based on the sale of 50 permits per month. Councilor Schue acknowledged that the council might have acted differently if it could start the process over, but she stated that the City had already accepted the grant and had designed the program. She complimented the work of the staff and the involved citizens and suggested that the council might formally recognize the advisory committee. She said she had read the letters referred to by Mr. Obie, suggesting that there might have been some time lag between the letters being written and changes being made to the program. She said it would be foolish to discard everything, and she suggested that the council move forward since the attention of the involved groups had already been obtained. She said there was still time to make adjustments before the January 15 implementation. She said she would vote to support the program. Councilor Holmer said he was originally against the proposal but stated he agreed with Ms. Schue's comments and that the program would evolve during the demonstration period. He said he believed that the program should be approved. In response to a question, Mr. Hanks stated that there was a strong possibility that the program costs would have to be repaid if the program were not implemented. He also stated that there might not be enough time for a valid evaluation of the program if it were delayed any longer. With regard to program financing, he stated that the objective was to demonstrate the program, and not to raise e revenue through the sale of permits. He explained that the budget was set up on a $125,000 program and the City would be able to cut back expenses when it obtained the grant because the City had not been incurring some of the normal expenses of the program, such as enforcement. He said there was no obligation by the City to generate revenue and that the budget was developed to insure a break-even status. Councilor Obie said he agreed to move ahead with the program, but to do so with caution. He requested that the advisory committee report to the council every six months. Mayor Keller added that an appropriately well-defined meeting schedule should be developed for the advisory committee and that an advertisement be published to ensure attendance at those meetings. Mr. Hanks said he antici- pated that the committee would be an ad hoc group meeting as appropriate, but he added that the schedule and advertisement suggestions could be implemented. In response to Ms. Schue's suggestion, he stated that a formal structure of the committee should be developed. He added that he expected the committee to meet on a more regular schedule than suggested by Mr. Obie. Mr. Obie said he had anticipated a formality to the group, that it would be representative to the user groups, and that it would deal with the problems as identified on a recom- mending basis. Ms. Schue said she hoped that the neighborhood residents would be included in the committee. Mr. Hansen asked that a report on the number of permits sold be presented by the middle of February. Mr. Gleason agreed that a regular report would be appropriate, but he asked that staff first be given one month to implement the program. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 16, 1983 Page 8