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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Downtown Projects – Tools <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Agenda Item Number: A <br />Department: Planning & Development Staff Contact: Jon Ruiz/Susan Muir <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-6077 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The work session is a continuation of the council’s February 10 work session on the City Manager’s <br />recommendation for downtown projects and funding options. The council approved the first three <br />motions prior to postponing the work session. The council will continue discussion of the remaining <br />motions related to the City Manager’s recommendation and consideration of next steps for funding <br />specific downtown projects. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The council received a full packet of information for its February 10 work session. At the beginning of <br />the work session, the City Manager made a short PowerPoint presentation and provided a copy of the <br />Power Point to the council. See Attachment A for a copy of the PowerPoint. <br /> <br />Summary of Action Taken at the February 10, 2010 Work Session <br />The council approved splitting the suggested motion that was handed out by City Attorney Glenn Klein. <br /> <br />The council then adopted (as three separate actions) the first three components. Those components (as <br />amended) were the following: <br /> <br />1. a. Use $100,000 of one-time existing urban renewal dollars to purchase and install <br />additional lighting downtown and $100,000 of one-time dollars (½ from telecomm and ½ <br />from existing urban renewal) to purchase automated behavior crime reporting software <br />and cameras, but only after the council approves the City Manager’s plan for number, <br />location, use and on-going costs of the cameras, after considering the cameras expected <br />effectiveness in deterring crime. <br />1. b. Pursue use of Springfield jail beds to include the exchange for Springfield’s use of <br />Eugene Fire’s Training Center. <br />1. c. Include in the City Manager’s proposed FY11 budget, $500,000 of the City’s Human <br />Services Commission (HSC) contribution for partial funding of the downtown safety <br />initiative, including additional services like Cahoots. <br /> <br />The remaining motions that the council still must act on are the following: <br /> <br />1. d. Present to the Urban Renewal Agency Board for its review a proposed amendment to the <br />downtown urban renewal plan that would 1) restrict the use of tax increment funds and <br /> Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100222\S100222A.doc <br /> <br />