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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall August 17, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette. The work session of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS John O'Connor of the City Manager's Office facilitated the meeting. Councilors shared their views of the process to date. Mr. Robinette said that in light of the feedback he had received since the previous meeting, he believed that the council had made several mistakes. He e said that the first mistake was not developing a funding strategy for the shortfall remaining after cost savings were identified. The council should reconsider that action. Mr. Robinette said that further, he did not believe the council sufficiently honored the portion of the process goal that the final strategy be community supported. He referred the council to the survey feedback, noting that the community indicated support for the restaurant tax, corporate tax, and room tax. He suggested that the Revenue Task Force examine the restaurant and corporate tax to see if the inequities that exist around the restaurant tax could be mitigated. Mr. Robinette said that the enhancements identified by the council were important to the community, but he pointed out that the enhancement with the most support was affordable housing. He was in favor of developing a strategy to fund affordable housing with a bond. Mr. Robinette suggested that the other enhancements should be considered in the future, while the council attempts to garner additional community support for each. Ms. Bascom said she had received several telephone calls regarding the draft strategy. The feedback she received indicated to her that the council had not brought the community along in the process sufficiently to the extent required for support of a final strategy. She endorsed Mr. Robinette's suggestion that the council address funding for core services. Ms. Bascom said she was inclined to postpone further consideration of other enhancements at this time, and attempt to link each with a specific revenue stream in future discussion. e MINUTES--City Council Work Session August 17, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.