Item A: Downtown Financing Strategy

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6. To look for all other possible sources of funding for the LCC project, aside from a GO bond or levy and excluding the use of Facility Reserves, and including the Urban Renewal funds we currently have. (Passed 7:1 Brown opposed) February 10, 2010: Council reviewed the City Manager’s recommendation for downtown projects and funding options. Council adopted three motions prior to postponing the remainder of the discussion to February 22. 1. a. Use $100,000 of one-time existing urban renewal dollars to purchase and install additional lighting downtown and $100,000 of one-time dollars (½ from telecomm and ½ from existing urban renewal) to purchase automated behavior crime reporting software and cameras, but only after the Council approves the Manager’s plan for number, location, use and on-going costs of the cameras, after considering the cameras expected effectiveness in deterring crime. (passed 8:0) 1. b. Pursue use of Springfield jail beds to include the exchange for Springfield’s use of Eugene Fire’s Training Center. (Passed 5:3 Brown, Taylor, Zelenka opposed) 1. c. Include in the Manager’s proposed FY11 budget $500,000 of the City’s HSC contribution for partial funding of the downtown safety initiative, including additional services like Cahoots. (passed 8:0) Moved to postpone (Passed 6:2 Brown, Taylor opposed) January 11, 2010: Council reviewed funding options and discussed connections between options and seven specific projects. December 14, 2009: Council reviewed eight specific projects to implement the four strategies for downtown revitalization. October 21, 2009: Council approved continuing downtown discussions according to a set revitalization process and requested staff to return with specific projects and potential tools to implement four strategies for downtown revitalization. September 14, 2009: On September 14, council reviewed initial results of a downtown revitalization survey conducted by Strategy Research Institute. Similar to the survey conducted the prior year for the road bond, the downtown survey was conducted to provide specific information on the level of community support for particular policies and actions under consideration. The full set of survey questions, response percentages, and a sample cross tabulation by council ward were attached to a memo for council dated October 1. August 10, 2009: At a workshop, council discussed and categorized desired downtown outcomes after reviewing a summary of the current downtown-related policies, plans, and prior public involvement efforts. Following the workshop, staff compiled councilors’ outcomes into collective statements using the model from the City Council Consensus Workshop Report February 6-7, 2009 prepared by Consensus Associates. July 8, 2009: Council held a follow-up work session on methods to reinforce existing programs and businesses downtown and to create a series of stimulus actions to strengthen the City’s role in