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and the congressional delegation had been asked to assist in moving the project forward. He said the last $1 million for the wetlands project had been requested from the Bureau of Land Management and he was hopeful that the merits of the project would result in funds. He also thanked Mr. Kelly for his participation in the Mayor's Committee on Economic Development meeting that afternoon and noted that any proposal to the council required the support of 75 percent of the committee. He said that committee members had been provided with copies of his State of the City address and council minutes in order to clarify expectations of the committee. B. ACTION: Approval of a Motion to Change the Date to Consider Adopting an Ordinance that Amends the Riverfront Research Park Urban Renewal District Plan Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, to amend the council motion that ta- bled action on amendments to the Riverfront Research Park Urban Renewal Plan to March 8, 2004, and change the date to March 10, 2004. Mr. Pap~ clarified that the action was being taken at the request of Ms. Taylor, who was unable to attend the March 8, 2004, meeting. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. C. WORK SESSION: Amendments to the Eugene Code Pertaining to the Procedures and Assessments of Public Improvements Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, to direct staff to prepare an ordi- nance amending the Eugene Code pertaining to the procedures and assessment for public improvements to: 1. Change the method of apportioning assessments for alley improvements to a method that is based equally on property area and alley frontage; and 2. Assess all costs associated with alley improvements. City Engineer Mark Schoening gave a slide presentation on the existing assessment methodology and proposed modifications. He said the issue arose from a recommendation of the West University Neighbor- hood Task Force for alley improvements, which resulted in initiation of a local improvement district (LID) to improve multiple alleys in the neighborhood and a council request to investigate funding sources for the City's share and feasibility of amending the code to assess all of the improvement costs. He described the objectives for apportioning costs: simple, fair and equitable; applicable to West University Neighborhood and other areas of the City; and based upon special and peculiar benefits. He reviewed the five methods of apportioning assessments: 1. Existing method - area, frontage and land use factors 2. Existing method with modified land use factors 3. Land use method 4. Alley frontage method 5. Alley frontage and property area method MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 8, 2004 Page 3 Work Session