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Ms. Wooten also said she was worried about a general lack of trust in the City e as an institution. Ms. Bascom said she was aware of a "healthy suspicion" of all government and added she did not feel it was cause for fear or surprise. Ms. Ehrman said she had encountered some hostile reaction among people who felt that the decisions already had been made and that public input did not rea 11 y rra t te r . Mr. Rutan said he had noted a generally positive reception for roost projects, and he said he had spent most of the time answering questions and trying to clarify projects. One caveat reported by Mr. Rutan was that although the projects represent the kind of future the community wants, it was not will ing or able to pay for them right away. He said he had heard requests for roore metropolitan influence on the airport project, but not if that would delay the work. He reported general support for the Riverfront Project, once it was explained, and he said he felt the vision had once existed but had been lost. He also said several people had expressed interest in that project as a way of connecting the university and the private sector. Mr. Rutan sa i d the downtown development project was unclear, and he reported strong support for capital improvements, but said he had not noticed overwhelming support for the 1 ibrary. He said people he had talked to were skeptical of an income stream without some type of sunset clause, and he added that the rrain negative com- ment made was that too much had been thrown at people too quickly. He sa i d he fel t the meetings had provided one of the best opportunities for the City Council to talk with members of the community, and he noted that the general tone of the meetings he attended was more positive than those others had described. e Mr. Holmer agreed with Mr. Rutan about talking with the community and said his meetings also had included feel ings about the lack of trust and about region- alizing the airport. He said he felt the gas tax had a degree of support that justified further consideration, and suggestions had been rrade to turn the entrance beautifica tion projects over to service cl ubs. He said the overall conclusions were that the 1 ist was too long to sell, and that brief menus, each ti ed to a ta x, were preferred. He also said it had been difficult to explain the necessity of continuing operating and rraintenance costs for some of the projects. He said he doubted all eight projects could be sold at one time, and he had received recommendations to take separate groups to the voters. Mr. Miller said questions had been raised at the ward meetings he attended about whether high and low priority items would be lumped together, and he said people had wanted the opportunity to decide on individual items. Ms. Ehrman said she had understood that only the percentages would be on the ba 11 ot. Ms. Wooten said she agreed with the comments made by Mr. Rutan and Mr. Holmer about the opportunity for community involvement the meetings had provided, and she suggested that town hall meetings be held annually. Mr. Obie said he had asked Mr. Wong to prepare inforrration on credits or exemptions for low-income taxpayers. Mr. Wong distributed packets dated August 12, 1985. e MINUTES--City Council Dinner Session August 12,1985 Page 5