CC Minutes - 12/07/98 Work Session

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Responding to a question from Mr. Farr, Mr. Johnson said the City had no guidelines for the use of the Contingency Fund other than those adopted by the council. Mr. Farr noted his agreement with Mr. Meisner's comments about the intent of the Contingency Fund. Mr. Johnson said that Mr. Meisner was correct in suggesting the fund amount would be a target but emphasized the fund was already a target. He suggested the council might want to amend alternative motion two by including the first two sentences from alternative motion one. Ms. Nathanson moved, seconded by Ms. Swanson Gribskov, to amend the motion by adding the following sentence to alternative motion two (italicized text added, struck text deleted): Rostrict tho uso t The General Fund Contingency Account to 2) is primarily for unanticipated, extraordinary and unavoidable expenditures of the City ~,-,d. The fund may also be used for a) new City program or service opportunities that support council goals such as matching funds for grants and other initiatives that were unforeseen during the budget process and b) funding requests for assistance from community nonprofit groups. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 7:1, Ms. Taylor voting no. Roll call vote; the main motion passed, 6:2, Ms. Taylor and Mr. Meisner voting no. 3.WORK SESSION: ALLEY AND STREET VACATION REQUESTS FOR A&K DEVELOPMENT SV 98-3 AND SV 98-4 Kent Kullby, Planning and Development Department, introduced the item. He asked the council to consider the options related to the proposals, take tentative action, and to give direction to staff regarding the draft ordinances required for final action. Mr. Kullby reported that at the council's direction, staff worked with the applicant and residents of the West Blair Residential Area to agree upon a set of traffic improvements in the area to mitigate the impact of increased industrial traffic that will be occurring in the area. He briefly noted those proposed improvements and reported the costs could be offset by the vacation assessments. He said that the council was not being asked to approve a traffic improvement plan. The City Council could not require off-site improvements as part of the vacation decision. The traffic improvement plan was included as a finding in the decision, and was not included as a condition of approval in the decision. Mr. Kullby referred the council to the staff analysis of the vacation request. He said that staff found support for the vacations in the Metropolitan Plan and the Whiteaker Plan; Public Works staff concurred with the applicant the that rights-of-way were not required for public facilities. Mr. Kullby noted the receipt of a letter from Ron Anderson of A&K Development regarding the costs incurred by the applicant to date. He also noted the receipt of a letter from Anne Davis, attorney representing property owners and business owners along Taylor Street who objected to Traffic Improvement Plan A, which was agreed to by the applicant and residents. He referred the council to page 82 of the packet, which included a map showing the locations of those opposed to and in favor of the proposed traffic improvement plan. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 7, 1998 Page 8 5:30 p.m.