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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />streets because it offered a good downtown location, and the cost to the <br />public would be reduced which was an important aspect to this site. <br /> <br />Ms. Bascom said that the last time the council had discussed a Library site <br />it had told staff it did not want to review all the information pertaining to <br />site selection again. She asked if councilors had changed their minds about <br />this. Ms. Ehrman said the council should review all information about <br />Library sites again, including information about the Sears building. Mr. <br />Green said he was interested in Sears as a possible site for the library. <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason said he would collect all existing information about possible <br />Library sites and present the alternatives to the council. <br /> <br />E. Financial Stability <br /> <br />Mr. Rutan said the council did not have solutions for future financial <br />shortfalls in the City budget. He suggested the council review the City's <br />long-term financial process, i.e., revenue sources, prioritization, etc. He <br />said the council was in a good position now to develop financial strategies. <br /> <br />Mr. Boles said the citizen survey would <br />be funded, and how it should be funded. <br />funding included how to pay to maintain <br />services. <br /> <br />include questions about what should <br />He said political questions about <br />services, and how to fund additional <br /> <br />Ms. Bascom said the reason councilors had supported this subject as a goal <br />ranged from a desire to reduce City services, to the belief that additional <br />revenue sources should be found. <br /> <br />Mr. Rutan said the budget was balanced between revenue and expenses. He said <br />he no longer believed that State funding was feasible. He said the council <br />must set funding priorities and decide what services the City should provide. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Bascom about whether new revenues would <br />have to be found for the Library, Mr. Rutan said the Capital Improvement <br />Program budget was dwindling. Mr. Holmer said every year the City found <br />one-time only funding sources. He suggested that a user fee would provide <br />additional revenues for the City. He said the City had added services <br />without knowing how to pay for them, and that the recommendations of the <br />Skateboard Task Team should not have been allowed to proceed as far as they <br />had. <br /> <br />Mr. Boles said it was the responsibility of municipal officials to find <br />funding sources. Ms. Schue said that she attended many meetings with State <br />officials and had not given up on the possibility that the City would receive <br />some State funds. She said she was working with the State on a package which <br />would be beneficial to all the cities in the state. <br /> <br />Mr. Rutan said community growth must be balanced with financial stability. <br />He said annexations would affect finances. He said increased systems <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br />Quarterly Process Session <br /> <br />April 23, 1990 <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />