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e City's park systems, cultural services, and planning capacity. Mr. Miller said that he believed the issue was whether basic public safety services would be part of the property tax base. He agreed with Mr. Nicholson's assessment of the community's understanding of the component. The motion passed, 6:2. Mr. MacDonald moved, seconded by Mr. Boles, to change the word "base" to "category I" and the word "enhancements" to "category 2." Mr. Green asked what the terms referred to. Mr. MacDonald said that he wanted to maintain the process model but remove the rhetorical weight of the two words. He suggested "category I" and 'category 2" could be useful value- neutral terms. Mr. Green said that the terminology would not remove the recognized connotations from the categories. Mr. Nicholson said that the council was suffering from the consequences of not deciding the real issue: did it wish to dedicate specific revenues to specific services? The motion passed, 5:4 (Mr. Miller casting the tie-breaking vote) . Mr. Robinette moved, seconded by Mr. MacDonald, to place the fire operations and fire station construction enhancement components into Category 1. The motion passed, 8:0. e Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Mr. Boles, to put $500,000 for the human services enhancement component into Category 1. The motion failed, 5:3. The council briefly discussed what failure of the motion entailed, and agreed that failure to include the component in Category 1 meant that it was moved to Category 2. Mr. Robinette moved, seconded by Mr. Green, to place the library enhancement component into Category 2. The motion passed, 5:3. Mr. Boles said that the council needed to discuss funding sources for the six components identified for inclusion in the strategy. Mr. Rutan cautioned the council that it needed to be realistic in considering the proposed enhancements due to his belief that the City did not have and could not procure the necessary revenues to support the enhancements. Mr. Rutan said he was looking forward to the revenue discussion and was interested in the views of other councilors. Mr. Boles said that Mr. Rutan's concerns were reflective of some members of the community and suggested the council review the cost savings and enhance- e MINUTES--City Council Work Session August 13, 1992 Page 3 5:30 p.m.