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At the request of Councilor Zelenka, Chief Groves reviewed the percentage of calls for service in the Whiteaker neighborhood, reporting that 31.9 percent of the engine company's responses were in the neighborhood and 14.2 percent of the truck company's responses were in the neighborhood. Both apparatus would remain if the staff recommendation was adopted but only one three - person fire crew would remain. The ambulance would be staffed by firefighter paramedics. The engine and ladder truck would remain; the fire crew would take one apparatus or the other following policy guidelines now being developed. Councilor Farr indicated support for the manager's original proposal and opposition to the motion. He clarified the details of secondary coverage with Chief Groves. Councilor Ortiz supported the motion because response times across the community would fall if the City adopted the manager's recommendation. She described how the fire response system worked to illustrate that loss of coverage. She advocated for additional discussion of the ambulance transportation funding problem and said it should be a council priority. Councilor Ortiz did not think the council understood the urgency of the challenge facing the department. Roll call vote: The motion passed, 6:2; councilors Brown and Farr voting no. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Brown, moved to adopt Resolution 5039 adopting the budget, making appropriations, determining, levying, and categorizing the annual ad valorem property tax levy for the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, including the following amendments: 1) reduce the Central Services Department budget by $650,000; 2) increase the Fire Department budget by $317,000, and 3) decrease beginning working capital by $333,000. Roll call vote: The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting of the Eugene City Council and convened a meeting of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency. 7. ACTION: Adoption of Resolution 1061 of the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene Adopting the Budget, Making Appropriations, and Declaring the Amount of Tax to be Certified for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2011, and Ending June 30, 2012 Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Brown, moved to adopt Resolution 1061 of the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene adopting the budget and making appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and Ending June 30, 2011. Councilor Brown observed that the financial summary for the Riverfront Research District indicated it held beginning working capital of slightly more than $4 million and anticipated revenues of slightly under $1 million. The budget indicated that $250,000 would be spent on planning and development, which was 20 percent of the district's income. He asked if the City planned on building anything in the district in FY12. Finance Director Sue Cutsogeorge said no. Councilor Brown said the Riverfront Research District exemplified some of his objections to urban renewal. He said the community had many pressing service needs and the district was spending money on what was essentially overhead. He believed the council needed to reconsider the use of urban renewal MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 27, 2011 Page 12 Regular Meeting