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. VII. - consensus on items so that those departments affected could be working on their budgets. Vote was taken on the motion, which passed with all members present voting aye, except Mr. Bradley voting no. Manager indicated that it was his understanding that all other items would be discussed at next Wednesday's meeting and the departments could start work on their budgets accordingly. Referral of Systems Development Charge Proposals of Assessment Subcommittee to interested groups for review (memo and ordinance distributed to Council) Approve Manager indicated that this was a draft proposal which would estab- lish a development charge for: 1) arterial street system, 2) sani- tary trunk sewers; and 3) major storm drainage facilities. The charge would be levied on all new building construction within the City to offset some of the demand placed on the City for financing major facilities. Manager indicated that written proposals would be back from the group some time in March and then the revised proposals would be presented before a pUblic hearing with groups, including the Planning Commission and Housing Committee, Home Builder's Association, Chamber of Commerce, realtors, neighborhood groups, and others to testify at the public hearing. Hopefully, the discuss- ions and hearings would conclude in May. Mayor Keller indicated this process had been in development for quite some time and that action should be referred to those people with adequate time to respond back. Mr. Delay questioned whether consideration had been given to other important services provided by this city, for instance fire and police. Manager responded yes, those items had been dis- cussed, but it was decided that this was an initial effort in a step toward assessment charges and the proposed suggestion for an ordi- nance change was modeled on the experience of other cities. Mr. Allen, Public Works Director, stated that the intent of these proposed changes would be to develop a source of revenue for city- wide projects, that it did not support specific projects, but rather city-wide projects. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that the proposed suggestions and proposed ordinance be passed on to the people concerned and their suggestions be returned by the end of March. Motion carried unanimously. Approve VIII. Status report on Phase I Eugene Growth Management Study (Presented by Planning Staff) Mr. Jim Farah of the Neighborhood Improvement Project in the Plan- ning Department reviewed a memo distributed to Council. He indicat- ed that under the Growth Management Study Phase 1 would produce a descriptive analysis of growth in Eugene, including a discussion to date of the urban service boundary on new residential construction ~ 181 2/28/77--45