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-- e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall August 13, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robi nette. The work session of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. 1. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS John O'Connor of the City Manager's Office facilitated the meeting. The Council Committee on Eugene Decisions presented a process proposal to assist the council in strategy construction. Mr. Boles outlined the proposal. The council examined an example strategy developed by the committee using the proposed process. e The council discussed the process and agreed to accept the proposal. The council discussed the enhancement component of Affordable Housing. Responding to a question from Ms. Bascom questioning the cost attached to the component, Mr. Boles said that the cost had been increased by $200,000 to fund systems development charges (SDCs) for low-income housing. He said that the figure was a rough estimate. Mr. MacDonald clarified that, rather than waiving the fees and reducing the systems development fund target by a like amount, the proposal was to replace those fees and maintain the fund. Mr. Boles concurred. Mr. Nicholson maintained that, due to the way the original shortfall was calculated, the figure should be reduced to $300,000. Ms. Bascom referred to the popularity of the component in surveys and suggest- ed that were the figure to be reduced, other enhancement costs should be reduced. Mr. Nicholson moved, seconded by Mr. Boles, to reduce the cost of the component to $300,000. Mr. Rutan recalled that the council had made a commitment to recognize the cost of low-income development on the community. He believed that the City e MINUTES--City Council Work Session August 13, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m. -