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. and the other half to housing construction. He said very little of this money would go to a housing trust fund. He said $14 million would be spent over the biennium. e Mr. Gleason said a countywide election on the affordable housing fund would involve all the jurisdictions in the county, most of which do not have Eu- gene's commitment to housing. In addition, he said he was concerned that coordination of all the municipalities would be required for a countywide vote and the City staffs of Eugene and Springfield would bear the burden of staffing this effort. Mr. Gleason said Eugene is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the North- west, but is located in a very rural county. He said this creates an unfor- tunate contrast. Finally, he said bond rating is very important and would be adversely affected by being part of a package which included municipalities with lower ratings. Mayor Miller said the affordable housing fund concept should be part of the Strategic Financial Plan process. Mr. Gleason said the working relationship between the policy makers and staff of the cities of Eugene and Springfield, and Lane County, on the Housing Policy Board, was invaluable to the success of intergovernmental programs such as affordable housing. Mr. Gleason said the unity of the affected jurisdictions would help convince the Federal government to fund intergovernmental programs. He suggested the groups stay focused on their goals. He suggested that a mechanism was needed to deal with the problems which arise in this kind of relationship. II. FIRE CODE Dick Christensen, Deputy Chief of the Department of Public Safety, reviewed changes and amendments to the Fire Prevention Code. He said the Building Construction Advisory Committee (BCAC) had reviewed the changes and amend- ments at its last meeting. He said the group expressed concerns about regu- lations governing the storage of aboveground fuel tanks and asked that Fire Services regularly apprise them of proposed changes to the code. Mr. MacDonald referred to page 25 of the Fire Code ordinance pertaining to the storage of tires. He said Fire Services should be commended for its inclusion of this regulation. He also referred to page 10 of the ordinance and items 1-5 which are excluded from the definition of fireworks. He said page 28 of the ordinance, as well as following pages, refer to "allowed fire- works." He asked if allowed fireworks were those excluded from the ordinance definition of fireworks. City Attorney Charles Zennache said this was the intent of the ordinance. Mr. MacDonald suggested this point could be made clearer. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 25, 1991 Page 6