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Mr. Meisner concurred with the remarks of the mayor in regard to enforcement of the camping <br />ban, particularly from the standpoint of the environmental health from waste runoff. He said that <br />he had viewed many illegal camping sites along the river and had seen hundreds of discarded <br />syringes floating in the water at one site. He said the City needed to look at the nature of the <br />problem and who was complaining. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ joined in Mr. Meisner's remarks. He said he ran almost daily along the river and rarely <br />saw camping in the cold winter months. He did not think the community's river front should be <br />dominated by illegal camping in the warmer months. He commended the enforcement actions <br />being taken. <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: Alternatives for a Geographic Adjustment to Transportation Systems <br /> Development Charge <br /> <br />The council was joined by Public Works Engineering Data Manager Fred McVey for the item. He <br />said that the work session was in response to council direction the previous November, when the <br />council directed staff to consider a geographic component to the systems development charge. At <br />that time, the Public Works Rates Advisory Committee (RAC) had not included such an <br />adjustment in its recommendation to the council. He said that since that time, staff and the RAC <br />had looked at some different geographic adjustments. He referred the council to the Agenda Item <br />Summary (ALS) for a summation of the options and policy issues. Those options included the <br />following: <br /> <br /> · Option 1 - Implement policy-based geographic adjustment zones based on planning <br /> boundaries, major roads and topographic features and linked to average trip length on <br /> all streets; <br /> · Option 2 - Implement a geographic adjustment which recognizes a lower average trip <br /> length for development within the central area of the City; <br /> · Option 3 - Implement a linear geographic adjustment based on distance from the <br /> center of the city with development closest to the center paying for the lowest rate and <br /> that furthest from the center paying the highest rate; and <br /> · Option 4 - Retain the current SDC methodology with no geographic adjustment. <br /> <br />Mr. McVey noted that the RAC continued to recommend against such an adjustment. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called for council questions and comments. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson thought the AlS clear but more focused on number crunching than on the <br />underlying premises of such an adjustment, which were more within the purview of the Planning <br />and Development Department than the Public Works Department. She said that the AlS did not <br />discuss how trips were analyzed. She pointed out that certain commercial uses located in far <br />west Eugene could reduce trip lengths for residents in that area, and avoided a need for those <br />residents to travel elsewhere in the community for services. She reiterated that she needed to <br />know more about the premise underlying the concept, the analysis, how trip chaining impacted the <br />issue, and how the cost of gas affected how people made trips. She wanted additional insight into <br />how people were using the roads and if the adjustment would accomplish the purpose she <br />believed was envisioned by councilors requesting more information. Ms. Nathanson wanted to <br />know if societal mobility and factors such as school choice impacted the length of trips and the <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 9, 2002 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />