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Mr. Rayor summarized his previous remarks. He suggested that the entire system be privatized. He asked if <br />local schools could be exempted from the fee. He said that the assessor ranked houses on an alphabetical <br />basis, and suggested that the fee could be based on the class of house in question. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson clarified that the fee would not be a tax, it would be a user fee, and under the current proposal all <br />would pay, including the University of Oregon, Lane Community College, and the schools. He said that the <br />council could make a policy to exempt them. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly suggested that some of the things proposed for the administrative rules should be in the ordinance, <br />for example, the categories of use. He concurred with Ms. Bettman about the need to get facts about current <br />funding out to the public. He suggested a one-page information sheet that would be available at City facilities. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly agreed that the City needed to be as efficient as possible and be able to prove that to the public. He <br />said that it was his understanding that large preservation projects were already contracted to the private sector. <br />Mr. Corey concurred. He indicated that there were no personnel costs included in the projections, but there <br />was about $300,000 included for the costs of collection and administration. He anticipated that private <br />companies would do the majority of the work, and City crews would do small maintenance overlay projects. <br /> <br />Returning to her previously expressed concern, Ms. Nathanson asked Mr. Carlson to give thought to how the <br />City could change the way it does business in Lane County so that it was usual and typical rather than <br />extraordinary to have City ordinances that could be applied in the urbanizing area routinely adopted by both <br />the council and the Lane Board of County Commissioners. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson cautioned staff about structuring an allocation proportionally instead of structurally. She <br />pointed out that the County had many miles of roads, but they did not have many vehicles traveling over them. <br />She hoped it was based on impact, need, or backlog. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman emphasized the importance of answering the question of how the City could build new roads if it <br />could not maintain the ones it had. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor thought there should be a vote before the council adopted a TSMF. <br /> <br />C.WORK SESSION: Report from Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority and Discussion of <br /> Request to Revise Eugene Code, Section 6.250 <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor introduced Brian Jennisen and Kim Metzler of the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority <br />(LRAPA). Mary Walston of the City Manager's Office was also present for the item. Mr. Jennisen <br />emphasized the importance of good roads to good air quality. Mr. Jennisen provided a short <br />history of LRAPA, noting it was the last such agency in the state. The Department of <br />Environmental Quality (DEQ) was responsible for air quality in the remainder of Oregon, but State <br />statutes allowed local governments to form their own body responsible for local air quality. <br /> <br />Mr. Jennisen corrected the list of board representatives as outlined in the council agenda <br />summary, noting four were elected officials and three were at-large members. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 24, 2002 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />