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would impose administrative spending authority on the funds and not allow their appropriation for 60-90 days to permit consideration of their use in development of the FY00 budget proposal. Ms. Swanson Gribskov asked if items related to graffiti removal in the supplemental budget were related to testimony regarding graffiti received in the Public Forum. Mr. Johnson replied that he would reply to the question of Ms. Swanson Gribskov through a memorandum to be shared with the entire council after study of the issue. Ms. Taylor said she appreciated the suggestion of Mr. Bonnet to postpone distribution of one- time resources until a later date. She asked if there were alternatives available to payment of Broadway Plaza cost over-runs. She also asked why $50,000 was being proposed for a study of implications of the placement of a new Federal Courthouse in Eugene, and if council action on the supplemental budget was required in December. Mr. Johnson replied that a memorandum distributed with the councilor's meeting packet gave detailed information about alternatives considered in the matter of the Broadway Plaza cost over- runs. Acting Co-Director of the Planning and Development Lew Bowers added that "change orders" for the project had been adopted and that only the source of the funds for the City's portion of the cost over-run needed to be determined. Mr. Johnson pointed out that Supplemental Budget No. 2 included revenue from the architect Broadway Plaza cost over-runs and that it would need to be adopted to allow its expenditure. Ms. Taylor asked for more specific information about who was responsible for the cost over-runs. Mr. Bowers replied that he believed the memorandum referred to by Mr. Johnson gave extensive details about the facts involved. He said that the mediation process used to determined responsibility had reported that it had been determined that responsibility for the cost over-run was shared and set the City's liability percentage at "far less than a majority of the cost." Ms. Taylor said she was concerned about who did what to create the situation. In response to Ms. Taylor's earlier question about a study of the implications of the placement of a courthouse, Mr. Bowers explained that the study would include analysis of how the project would fit with other planning regarding re-development of the downtown area which included the Train Station. In response to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mayor Torrey suggested that it would be appropriate for her to move that the Supplemental Budget be returned to the Budget Committee at the time the motion for its adoption was considered at the next meeting of the council. Ms. Nathanson said that she supported having a planning process for the north end of the downtown area combining efforts for the Federal Courthouse and revitalization of the remainder of the area. She suggested that the funds would be well spent on citizen involvement process and contracting of professional assistance no longer available because of staff cuts which had resulted from revenue reduction ballot measures. Mr. Tollenaar suggested that it would be helpful to councilors if public safety needs were differentiated from those of a less urgent nature, allowing separate consideration when action on the supplemental budget would be taken. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 7, 1998 Page 12 7:30 p.m.