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Ms. Bettman said she would like to see transportation funding flexibility for alternate modes and <br />land use strategies. She agreed with Mr. Meisner about a statewide smoking ban. In addition, <br />she favored expanding the scope of the systems development charge to include public safety <br />services, schools, libraries, and parks. Ms. Bettman objected to State laws constraining the use <br />of systems development charges to the right-of-way and said the revenues should be available to <br />underwrite the costs of alternate transportation strategies, like access management, sidewalks, <br />and nodal development, which increase capacity without adding lanes. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said local options for revenue were important to her and she concurred with other <br />councilors about the importance of rail funding. She also concurred with Mr. Kelly regarding the <br />use of systems development charges for schools. Ms. Taylor supported State funding for <br />downtown shuttles and trolley links to trains. She said the City should be able to use State funds <br />for something besides building new roads. She agreed about a statewide smoking ban and said <br />that the State should also be involved in providing funding for homeless shelters and youth <br />centers. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor wanted to see the possibility of inclusionary zoning restored by State, and said she <br />would like to see the State requirement for a 20-year land supply abolished. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap8 said the mayor's comments about focusing on a few priorities were well-taken. His top <br />priority was rail. He thought it would be difficult to sustain at current funding levels and urged the <br />building of valley coalitions to maintain rail funding. He wanted also wanted legislative help in <br />addressing the ramifications of the passage of Ballot Measure 7. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Nathanson about the process from this point, Mr. Johnson <br />expressed concern about the size of the policies document and the number of policies it <br />addressed. He acknowledged that some of the suggested additions were already covered by <br />existing policies, but said that it was important for the City to be easily able to highlight what it <br />thought was important to the legislative delegation. <br /> <br />The council agreed with a suggestion from Mr. Pap8 that the Council Committee on <br />Intergovernmental Relations would review the additions to the policies document suggested by <br />councilors, and report back to the council about how the additions were addressed. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said that the council would need to give staff direction at some point about how to <br />deal with the issue of PERS. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey reported that the League of Oregon Cities was proposing a demonstration project <br />for after-school programs to the legislature. Although the City may not be able to immediately <br />take advantage of the funding that resulted, he believed it should support the project. The <br />League of Oregon Cities had also passed a resolution calling for reading readiness using the <br />University of Oregon's assessment of kindergardeners and first graders and ensuring that <br />teachers had access to scientifically based methods of teaching reading. He hoped the City <br />would endorse the resolution. <br /> <br />Regarding the size of the policies document, Mr. Kelly said that perhaps the City should have two <br />different documents with greater and lesser degrees of detail. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 15, 2000 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />