CC Minutes - 02/21/00 Work Session

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regional problem- solving grant. He believed $200,000 had been requested for the grant and $150,000 was anticipated to be received. The cities of Lane County were in general concurrence that there were growth-related issues that must be discussed. He believed the grant would give Lane County an opportunity to discuss regional planning and study the issues involved. He anticipated more information about the grant would be received by March 31, 2000, and work would begin in summer 2000. Mr. Lee said that 4,000-plus additional people had attended the Asian Celebration, setting a new attendance record. He noted interest on the part of people from all over the Northwest in the event. Mr. Johnson reported that the two school districts had requested their measures be included in the City's voters pamphlet, but were prohibited from doing so by code. He requested council permission for staff to bring code changes allowing the districts to participate in the pamphlet, paying their fair share to the council. Responding to a question from Ms. Nathanson, Mr. Johnson said the City had indicated to the district it would have to follow the ordinance to be included in the pamphlet. Councilors voiced no objection to seeing code language regarding the inclusion of the school districts in the ordinance. Responding to Ms. Taylor's concerns about the Amazon headwaters, Mayor Torrey said that he had attended the Mayor's Conference in Washington, DC, and had raised the issue of funding for urban parks with a member of the administration. He had been told that there was pending legislation that would provide funding for such parks. Mayor Torrey asked that the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations be prepared to discuss the legislation with Oregon's Congressional delegation. He noted that Representative Peter DeFazio had indicated he could support the legislation with some amendments. Mayor Torrey said that the council had been so quick to pass the motion on the courthouse issue that he did not want to give the wrong impression to the GSA that the council did not want the courthouse in downtown Eugene. He emphasized the unanimous nature of the council's vote on the subject. B.Work Session: Police and Fire Stations Recommendation. Tim Laue, chair of the Police and Fire Task Force, gave an overview of the process the task force had gone through to reach its recommendations. The process included a tour of other Oregon police facilities, a tour of existing Police facilities, and several meetings. Mr. Laue thanked Jim Carlson, Terry Smith, Captain Rick Siel, Matt Shuler, Mike Penwell, Russ McCready, Jan Bohman, Phil Weiler, Chief Jim Hill, and Chief Tom Tallon. He also recognized and thanked Jack Berry of Berry Architects, Steve Gund of Focus, Inc., and Curt Wilson of WGBS Architects. Mr. Laue also thanked the task force members and, in particular, recognized Rita Molina, the only member outside the councilors present. He recognized the time and effort put into the task force by council members. Mr. Laue reviewed the task force's charge, which was to determine the size, cost, and location of police and fire facilities. He contrasted current and projected space needs for the police and fire facilities. The time frame was for a 20-year facility with expansion possibilities to 40-year use. The task force had addressed the cost associated with the square footage projected. He emphasized the work the task force put into the effort of number crunching, and said that the task force had cut the soft costs for planning and design by 20 percent. A downtown police station of MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 21, 2000 Page 4 5:30 p.m.