08/10/1992 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

e Responding to a question from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Bjorklund said that the deletion criteria included property owner testimony expressing that they felt the wetland delineation method used on their properties was incorrect and that they were done using off-site delineation methods. CB 4402--An ordinance amending the West Eugene Wetlands Special Area Study adopted by Ordinance 19853 on May 20, 1992. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Mr. Green, that the bill, with unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Mr. Green, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. The bill was declared passed and became Ordi- nance 19867. B. Work Session: Building Construction Advisory Committee Task Team ReDort Doug Eveleth, Building and Permit Services Division Manager, introduced Barney McCabe, task team chair, and Bill Johnson, Building Construction Advisory Committee (BCAC) chair. He noted that representatives from the industry involved with the task team were in the audience. e Mr. Eveleth recalled that in September 1990, the City Council adopted the Development Services Financing Study, which called for building permit/plan check services to become 100-percent fee-supported in five years. The Eugene Decisions process presented additional issues. In order to deal with the issues, the BCAC formed a task team to study the service area and make recom- mendations to the City Manager and City Council to balance service level requirements with an appropriate structure. Mr. Eveleth noted that the results of this effort are reported in a document entitled "Recommendation on Services and Funding for Building & Permit Services," distributed to the council in mid-July. The report includes recommendations to alter service levels, increase certain fees, privatize some services, and continue with efficiencies. Mr. McCabe said that the issues covered by the report having been ongoing and a process to deal with those issues has been ongoing for the last three years. He described the report as one more step in this important process. Mr. McCabe said the report is a comprehensive analysis of the division. He noted the diverse composition of the team. Mr. McCabe said the report proposal is a combination of services changes, changes in the level of some services, increased user fees, private versus project benefit, and doing business differently. Mr. McCabe said that the proposal asks for $548,000 in General Fund support. He noted that the figure represents the benefit that the public is receiving e MINUTES--City Council August 10, 1992 Page 2 5:30 p.m.