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courthouse project. He was willing to revisit that issue if new facts were raised, but he had heard none. Mr. <br />Kelly said while he would be tempted to support eliminating the STP-U funds as a funding source, the effect <br />of that would be to require the use of twice as money from urban renewal. He was more inclined to ';spread <br />the pain" around funds. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 agreed with the remarks of Mr. Kelly. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz also agreed with the remarks of Mr. Kelly. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said Eugene had not pursued other sources of funding, such as State funding. She thought that <br />would be appropriate given the facility involved was a State highway. She thought there should be more <br />opportunities to pursue State and federal funding. She was not supportive of using urban renewal if those <br />other sources were not explored. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman recalled that any allocation of urban renewal funds over $200,000 was to be approved by the <br />City Council. She asked if the discrete expenditure of funds for the road improvement project would be <br />approved by the council. Mr. Kelly pointed out the council had already approved the expenditure. Ms. <br />Bettman believed the council approved a resolution rather than a specific expenditure. She did not think the <br />resolution superceded the urban renewal plan, which stipulated that staff was to seek council approval for <br />such allocations. City Manager Taylor did not know the answer. Mr. Lidz said he would have to research <br />the answer to the question. <br /> <br />Speaking to Ms. Bettman's comment that Eugene taxpayers would be paying to relocate a State facility, Ms. <br />Solomon noted that $6.6 million of $7.6 million project was coming from a federal funding earmark and the <br />Lane County Road Fund. <br /> <br /> The amendment to the motion failed, 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting yes. <br /> <br /> The motion passed, 6:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting no. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting at 1:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Dennis M. Taylor <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 8, 2005 Page 11 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />