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City Manager Carlson spoke against the use of the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall as the specific <br />source of money for the motion. He said the Budget Committee had agreed to reduce the <br />General Fund expenditures by $375,000 and not increase beyond that amount in its ground rules <br />for fiscal year (FY) 2003. He said taking money out of the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall would <br />violate that agreement and cause the City to be in a deficit position going into FY04. He <br />suggested that possible sources could be contingency funds or marginal beginning working capital <br />for FY02. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor expressed a preference for new employees being either firefighters or police. He noted <br />that there were private firms that could do the work suggested by Mr. Kelly. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ noted that Governor John Kitzhaber's office had developed a definition of sustainability. <br />He stressed the importance of having a common definition for the community. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Pap~ regarding what factors of the report were most important <br />for economic development in the City, Mr. Sullivan said that the City's core functions were very <br />important to the community. He said supporting business investment was vitally important and <br />added that an "economic development lens" on how infrastructure investments were made would <br />add to the City's effectiveness. He went on to say that traditional tools used in the past were <br />mentioned in the report but noted that those tools could be geographically targeted. He said that <br />a tool like urban renewal would be necessary if the City were to implement nodal development. <br />Mr. Sullivan added that business education could be an important strategy to promote <br />sustainability and could be accomplished in partnership institutions in the community such as <br />Lane Community College and University of Oregon. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ stressed the importance of a regional economic development strategy as well as a <br />defined economic development strategy that called for a mix of businesses. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson said she would not support the motion. She noted that the Budget Committee had <br />voted down just such a position during the budget process. She raised concern that the person in <br />the proposed position would be subject to pressure from councilors with special projects. She <br />added that the City lacked key tools to promote economic development. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said the Land Use Code Update and its reference to nodal development limited <br />construction in certain areas and forced mixed-use development. He said the City was doing a lot <br />to promote smart growth and said it needed to recognize its own efforts. He said he would tend <br />not to support the motion because there was no allocation to the Permit and Information Center to <br />have a staff person who was able to talk about sustainability and the update. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he had put the motion on the floor because the council had only been paying lip <br />service to economic development. He expressed his amazement that the council would talk about <br />the importance of economic development but, at the same time, failed to devote even one staff <br />person to it. <br /> <br /> Mr. Meisner, seconded by Mr. Rayor, moved to amend the motion by striking <br /> the first and second sentences and substituting the language: <br /> "1 moved to authorize the City Manager to expend up to the sum of <br /> $50,000 to contract for sustainable economic development planning <br /> and implementation planning services." <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 12, 2002 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />