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e Ms. Ehrman asked how the City would address historic preservation under State 1 aw. Ms. Kittleson said that the reduction involved would reduce the program to mandated levels. She said that the City's ordinances would require examination if the element was included in the strategy, and the council would be required to address some of the issues previously addressed by the board. The motion passed, 5:3. 4. Planning Support for Other Departments and Agencies Mr. MacDonald moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, to include the element of Component 33A regarding elimination of planning support for other agencies and departments in the draft strate- gy. Mr. MacDonald questioned whether it would be appropriate to eliminate planning .. support for other departments. City Manager Mike Gleason described the scope of planning assistance that occurs in such projects as the West Eugene Wetlands Special Area Study, Central Area Transportation Study, and lincoln School. He said that it was his expectation that the City could bill most of those expenses to the agencies and departments incurring them. Mr. MacDonald said that projects should be billed to those incurring the costs when possible. Ms. Ehrman expressed concern about moving in such a direction due to the need for cooperation between government agencies. e Mr. Boles indicated his opposition to the motion, saying he preferred to determine the differential in costs that could be recouped from other agencies and delete that amount from the budget, or to drop it from consideration entirely and direct staff to establish a professional services fund and charge other agencies for the cost of such services. Responding to a question from Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Gleason said that the cost of the component had been developed for Strategy C and, due to a lack of time, had less analysis around it than the components in strategies A and B. The motion passed, 5:4 (Mr. Miller casting the tie-breaking vote). Mr. Miller asked if the council wished to direct the manager to investigate whether planning costs could be recovered through the use of a professional services fund and provide a report to the council at a later date. The council agreed. Mr. Robinette asked the council to consider a proposal to continue the Business Assistance Team in a modified form by "doing things differently.1I Mr. Robinette moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom, to drop Component 25A from the draft strategy. e MINUTES--City Council Work Session August 12, 1992 Page 2 5:30 p.m. -