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e Mr. Gleason observed that how the data is probed will determine what type of data is received. If the data collection process needs to be altered, it can be done throughout the process. Ms. Bellamy said that information gathered from citizens this month will assist the council in developing preliminary strategies for solving services and funding problems. The council will be looking for themes about services and funding so that strategies can be developed that reflect these expecta- tions. September is a process checkpoint. At the direction of the Council Committee on Eugene Decisions, staff has prepared some sample strategies for use at the July workshops. The purpose of the sample strategies is to give workshop participants an idea of how the information they provide might be used in a strategy. The committee directed staff to use a target of $8 mil- lion for the purposes of these strategies. This is approximately $4 million for operation and $4 million for capital. Warren Wong, Administrative Services Director, provided the council with information on the General Fund Six-Year Financial Forecast and explained how those figures were obtained. The best-case scenario assumes that the City will receive all State revenue sharing moneys and alcohol and beverage taxes, that the assessed valuation will grow sufficiently so the City can continue to levy the entire tax base, and that the County agreements are funded. The worst-case scenario assumes the opposite. The committee directed staff to use FY94 data because it believed this to most closely represent the City's fiscal environment. e Mr. Wong explained that the CIP target for General Capital projects was based on the following assumptions: 1) compliance with statutory requirements, 2) preservation and maintenance of existing capital assets, 3) addressing changes in population and services, and 4) implementation of adopted plans. Mr. Wong explained that the CIP General Fund requirements were developed in two ways--based on the existing six-year CIP and by looking at the replace- ment value of the assets. The difference in the two approaches was approxi- mately $200,000. He summarized the following CIP General Fund categories and provided examples of each: 1) fire and life safety/code mandates; 2) preser- vation and maintenance; and 3) upgrade/enhancements of existing assets. These categories yield a targeted CIP of $4.5 million which does not include 4) the acquisition of any major new capital assets, the fourth and final CIP category. Mr. Wong said that if the council is comfortable with the CIP categories and the $4.5 million, the CIP process next fall will be modified to reflect the new target and those categories of assets. Mr. Boles noted that using the actual $8 million number for the workshop will be important in the size and scope of the strategies formed. Ms. Ehrman noted that despite Measure 5, property taxes are increasing be- cause of increasing assessed valuations. She said that it might be helpful for staff to give an explanation of this for workshop participants. Mayor Miller also noted that the City does not stand to gain money as the assessed valuation increases. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 24, 1991 Page 4