CC Minutes - 09/23/98 Work Session

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Ms. Nathanson suggested a straw vote to settle the threshold question of fairness before continuing; if the majority agreed improvements in the system can be made, then more work is required. She added that if the issue will be decided by a different council it may be a waste of this council's time to discuss the topic further. Mayor Torrey said he is most concerned about addressing the inequities now. Ms. Taylor addressed postponement for the new council, saying interested councilors-elect were welcome to participate in the council discussions. In response to a question from Ms. Nathanson, Mr. Lyle said he hoped to discuss the access concept further in the next work session and work through some of the financial and associated constraints. Ms. Nathanson said it may be beneficial to convene a departmental advisory committee to develop recommendations for the council to review. Mr. Lyle said the existing rates advisory committee, may be the appropriate group but timing is an issue as the committee has about a year's worth of work before it. Mr. Meisner said an advisory committee was a good idea and he is not interested in basing assessment on potential development, which may lead to reassessments. Mr. Lee said the council was talking about vehicular access and wondered if it were not more equitable to tax vehicles. Mayor Torrey suggested the topic was better suited for discussion in TransPlan. Mr. Farr left the meeting. Ms. Taylor said she favored a second work session. Mr. Johnson said it may be more efficient for a council subcommittee to work with staff in developing recommendations, given the work that has already been done. The council chose instead to hold another work session. V. WORK SESSION: FACILITY CONDITION REPORT This item was postponed due to time constraints. VI. WORK SESSION: REPORT ON YEAR 2000 PROBLEM MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 23, 1998 Page 9 11:30 a.m.