Item C: Ordinance on Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Amendment

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25, and February 8, 2010, as submitted. The motion on the January 25 and February 8 minutes passed unanimously, 6:0, the motion on the January 11, 2010, minutes passed 5:1:0; Mr. Hledik abstaining from the vote as he was not present at the meeting. III. DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT UPDATE Ms. Nobel Flannery provided a PowerPoint presentation entitled Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Amendments, which included background on the City Council decision-making process that led to the proposal to fund four projects, the Lane Community College Downtown Campus, Veterans Administration (VA) Clinic, Farmers Market, and Downtown Safety Initiative. She provided details on each project. Ms. Nobel Flannery asked the commission to forward a recommendation on the amendment to the council. Ms. Bierle solicited commission questions. Mr. Hledik clarified with Ms. Nobel Flannery that staff proposed to use urban renewal funds to pay off the garage debt, and the Parking Fund could then dedicate those moneys to the General Fund. Responding to a question from Mr. Hledik, Ms. Nobel Flannery indicated the commission did not have to act on the findings. City Attorney Emily Jerome noted that findings were being prepared for the council, and those could be provided to the commission. At the request of Ms. Warnes, Mr. Nobel Flannery reviewed the membership of the Eugene Redevelopment Advisory Committee. Ms. Warnes posited that the Urban Renewal Fund held surplus moneys. Ms. Cutsogeorge said that staff had estimated the amount to be over-collected if the council did not amend the district, which was about $3.3 million. She indicated that information was shared with and known by the council. Ms. Warnes asked if that money could be used. Ms. Cutsogeorge said the City had to raise the maximum indebtedness amount to use the funds. Mike Sullivan indicated that if the plan was not amended, the moneys would be returned to the overlapping taxing jurisdictions, including the County, school districts, and the City itself. Ms. Nobel Flannery noted that the plan was amended in 2004 by the City Council to include activities other than the library. Responding to a question from Ms. Warnes about the impact on other services if the amendment were adopted, Ms. Cutsogeorge referred Ms. Warnes to the information provided in the packet. Ms. Nobel Flannery said in regard to the schools, the State offset the impact from urban renewal. She estimated that School District 4J could receive an additional $20,000 over two years, but the issue was complicated by the potential of compression. Mr. Sullivan concurred. He said compression could reduce that amount. Staff was still working on the calculations involved. Mr. Hledik noted the financial implications of other planning efforts and the advice the commission received that its purview did not extend to financial and fiscal impacts; because of that, he had been more focused on the projects in terms of their land use impacts and how they fit the goals and policies in the plan. He was MINUTES—Eugene Planning Commission March 29, 2010 Page 2