CC Minutes - 06/25/01 Work Session

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it would need 30 percent more shelvers. Staff was not sure what the circulation increase at the new library would be, but had done estimates at various levels of cost savings at different percentage circulation increases that could be provided to the council if requested. Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to direct the City Manager to purchase an automated book return system using existing library capital funds and $675,000 in Urban Renewal Agency funds, and to include the cost and funding on Supplemental Budget #1 in December 2001. Mr. Johnson said that once the urban renewal district expired, the funding would lose its status as urban renewal money, and a future council could redirect those dollars to other purposes. This action reduced the dollars available to a future council in 2010. The motion passed, 6:1; Mr. Rayor voting no. C. Work Session: TransPlan The council was joined by Planning Director Jan Childs. Ms. Childs reviewed the attachments in the meeting packet, noting the inclusion of the finance policy previously adopted by the City Council and Attachment A, which discussed differential nodal development infrastructure costs. Ms. Bettman had suggested a definition be added to the glossary; Ms. Childs distributed copies of a potential motion calling for such a definition as a starting point for discussion. Ms. Childs said the subject of the work session was two Eugene- specific amendments to TransPlan. The Metropolitan Policy Committee did not agree with general application of the amendments suggested by the Eugene council (Attachment B), but did not object if the council adopted such amendments specific to Eugene. She called attention to a summary of the two amendments on page 17 of the meeting packet. Attachment C listed the Royal Node infrastructure projects; Attachment D was a memorandum to the council from Tom Schwetz of the Lane Council of Governments entitled Confirming Achievement of Alternative Performance Measures. Ms. Nathanson determined from Ms. Childs that the suggested amendment text related to operations, maintenance, and preservation (OM&P) funding bound the council to adopt a revenue source to address the funding shortfall. Ms. Childs suggested that, even if such a revenue measure was defeated at the polls or overturned by the courts, the council's obligation would be satisfied by the fact it adopted it. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap~, Ms. Childs said the other TransPlan partners declined to adopt an amendment regarding OM&P similar to the one before the council. Springfield adopted the first sentence in the proposed amendment: Increase revenues through a locally controlled source of revenue equitably tied to all users of the transportation system that would provide revenues to address OM&P needs. The MPC agreed that the individual jurisdictions could adopt MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 2001 Page 3 Work Session