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Councilor Bettman expressed her hope that staff would find a way to provide public notice that the criteria for the Natural Resources Study were being discussed. She stressed the importance of providing notice in a timely manner so that people could provide input. Councilor Meisner said he would support the motion. He expressed a desire to see information on how the Natural Resources Study and its recommendations for protections or acquisitions played out in cooperation with or opposition to other open space planning that was going on in the City or metropolitan area. Councilor Rayor said he would support the motion. Mayor Torrey called for information on how the rules would impact the land outside the city limits but within the urban growth boundary. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. Regarding Item E, Councilor Pap~ raised concern that the Toxics Right-to-Know Program fees were almost four times the amount set as a cap by State law that would take effect in 2004. City Manager Carlson said the Toxics Board was examining the State law and working on providing an alternative fee structure. He noted that the board had not yet resolved how it was going to implement a new fee structure. Councilor Pap~ suggested other criteria to figure the fees, such as square footage of a manufacturing facility and revenues. In response to a question from Councilor Meisner regarding leftover funding from previous years, Glen Potter said the Toxics Board had money left over at the end of every fiscal year during the course of the program. Councilor Bettman said the membership of the Toxics Board was balanced and added that the funding costs had decreased from the previous year. Roll call vote; Item E passed 3:2 with Councilors Pap~ and Meisner voting in opposition. Imm. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: RESOLUTION 4714 ADOPTING A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2001 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2002 Kitty Murdoch of the Central Services Department said one item on the supplemental budget was budgeting of contingency account disbursements that the council had previously discussed. She said the balance in the main contingency account would be approximately $67,000 and the social service agency contingency account would be fully expended. She said another major item was the sale of approximately $70 million in pension bonds that had also been previously discussed by the council. Ms. Murdoch said another item of note was recognition of $574,256 in additional General Fund reimbursable overtime expenditures in the Police Department for airport security services. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 11, 2002 Page 6 Regular Session