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e e e street upgrades. In following this policy, the City hoped that it would cut street maintenance costs, as well as provide citizens with an incentive to initiate their own upgrades. Mr. Boles said that it appears that this policy has not been successful and noted that concerns have been raised that some of these streets are becoming inaccessible to emergency vehicles. He suggested that the council review this policy. Mr. Green agreed on the need to revisit the policy issue and asked that the council explore various funding mechanisms for making street upgrades finan- cially feasible for low-income families. The council agreed on the need to review its policy regarding street mainte- nance and improvement in the near future. D. Structural Analysis for Earthquakes Mr. MacDonald requested that an earthquake analysis be included as a compo- nent of the environmental assessment that is being conducted on the former Sears building. Mr. Robinette noted that the cost for such an analysis should be negotiated with the existing owner of the building. E. Voter's Pamphlet Mr. MacDonald reviewed a letter from Dick Miller, a citizen, expreSSing con- cern that the City does not plan to issue a voter's pamphlet for the upcoming measure on the downtown mall redesign. He stated that when he voted on the issue, he was not aware that the City had an ordinance governing the pamphlet and was unaware of the criteria on which the council was to base its deci- sion. He pointed out that for State elections, Oregon residents tend to rely heavily on the voter's pamphlet for information about upcoming measures. Mr. Gleason noted that the timing on this measure was too short to permit the City to assemble adequate information to publish a voter's pamphlet. Mr. Gary, City Attorney's Office, further clarified that Eugene Code Section 2.993 governing the voter's pamphlet requires the City Manager to publish a voter's pamphlet unless the council determines otherwise. The two criteria on which the council can decide not to publish a pamphlet are if it deter- mines that there is a lack of sufficient time to do so or if the environmen- tal, social, or economic impacts of the measure are not substantial enough to warrant the expense. Mr. Gary said that the council's actions were consis- tent with this ordinance requirement. Mr. Boles suggested that the annual Community Attitudes Survey might contain questions about voter's pamphlet usage locally. Ms. Ehrman noted that the voter's pamphlet was started initially as a trial on which the council would conduct an evaluation at some point in the future to determine if it was to be effective. The council may wish to undertake MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 17, 1991 Page 2