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Svendsen said the amount would be further increased by the reallocation of the funding now <br />dedicated to debt service payments on the Library 4th floor bonds, once those bonds were paid off. <br />Mr. Kelly suggested that the result of the proposal could be that the Police Department moved <br />into a new facility, but then the department must immediately make service reductions to cover the <br />increased rent. Mr. Svendsen pointed out it was a council decision how General Fund resources <br />were spent. Mr. Carlson concurred, saying the council would have to make that decision when it <br />made a decision to construct the building because the City would either go to the voters for a <br />general obligation bond, or it could dedicate a revenue stream from the General Fund to pay back <br />General Fund-backed bonds. He further concurred, in response to a statement from Mr. Kelly, <br />that the funding approach would most likely be a mix of the two approaches. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Carlson confirmed that the executive managers <br />favored the proposal, believing it showed the full costs of doing business more consistently and <br />was a good way to save money to build new facilities. Ms. Taylor said "that's a puzzler." She <br />asked if the affected departments would receive additional funding from the General Fund to <br />support the extra cost. Mr. Carlson said yes, those departments' baselines were adjusted to include <br />rent when they had to move into a rent-related space. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey asked staff to develop a worst-case and best-case scenario for implementation of the <br />proposal to any department it wished for the next budget year. He wanted to know the impact of <br />the proposal, good or bad, on the General Fund. Mr. Carlson said that the proposal had no <br />negative impact on the General Fund in fiscal year 2002; in fiscal year 2003 it would impact the <br />General Fund as an inflationary adjustment to the materials and services line item in the fiscal year <br />2003 budget. Mayor Torrey reiterated his request, suggesting staff develop a one-sheet synopsis <br />of the impact for one department. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked if staff was proposing to charge the library rent for its new building, which was <br />a century building the public was paying for through private donations and was being funded by the <br />Urban Renewal Agency, so the Police Department could build a new facility within ten years. Mr. <br />Svendsen said staff proposed to include a capitalization component only for those services <br />immediately related to the new Downtown Space Plan. He cited a new City Hall and new police <br />facility as examples. Mr. Meisner wanted to know the degree to which programs with no relation <br />to any new facility were being asked to pay for new facilities. Mr. Svendsen said that the proposal <br />did not include, for example, the library, community centers, or pools. Mr. Meisner asked if the <br />Planning and Development and Public Works departments were affected. Mr. Svendsen said staff <br />assumed that the services in the downtown core, excepting the Planning and Development <br />Department, were affected by the proposal. Mr. Meisner did not recall that the council gave staff <br />clear direction that the City was to build a City Hall that replaced other facilities not in City Hall at <br />this time. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called for the first round of council comments. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 26, 2001 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />