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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/17/1986 Meeting (2) e e e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber March 17, 1986 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Debra Ehrman. The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. BOY SCOUT TROOP 182 Councilor Miller introduced the members of Boy Scout Troop 182 who were in the audience. He said they are from the Bethel-Danebo area. Hollie Breeden is the Scout Master and Lloyd Callahan is the Assistant Scout Master. II. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Obie invited citizens to speak to the City Council about topics of concern which are not being considered by the council. No one wished to speak. III. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE FY86/87 THROUGH FY95/96 DRAFT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (memo, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the Draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Kirk McKinley of the Planning Department gave the staff report. He said the Planning Commission recommended approval of the Draft CIP for FY86/87 through FY95/96 with the addition of the Glenwood Sewer System, changes to the funding of the River Road/Santa Clara lateral sewers, clarifi- cation of the third paragraph on page one in the Introduction to indicate that the "urgent, non-postponable" projects are General Fund projects, and the addition of a statement in the Introduction and in other sections of the CIP to emphasize the need for funds for the CIP. He said the Planning Commission also recommended that the maintenance and operating costs of projects be examined in the future. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 1 e e e Mr. McKinley said projected, available revenue is available for projects in the first three years of the CIP if the strategy to increase user fees and to incrementally transfer delinquent property taxes to the CIP fund is imple- mented. Funds have not been identified for projects in the last seven years of the CIP. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. John Bauguess, 364 East Broadway #11, said he was amazed to see that the CIP indicates that $721,000 from the General Fund will be used for capital projects at the Hult Center. He said $500,000 will probably be spent from the General Fund for operational costs of the Hult Center. He said the campaign which promoted the bond levy for the Hult Center claimed that private donations and the room tax would pay for its operation, but the Hult Center now competes with other City services for funds. He wondered where the City will find the money for Hult Center CIP projects such as the construction of permanent concession stands. e Mr. Bauguess referred to a February 20, 1984, memo to Dick Reynolds from David Pelletier. Mr. Bauguess said the memo indicated that the Hult Center is shifting to the east, an elevator is not flush with the floor, there is movement in the lobby roof supports, there are cracks in the junctions of steel inserts, there is bowing and torqueing near the roof, and new leaks appear in the building. He said a dangerous and life-threatening condition may exist if the building continues to deteriorate. Mr. Bauguess urged the council to consider the public's safety in the Hult Center. Mary Bentsen, 950 West 16th, said the Hult Center has become a City department called the Performing Arts Department. She said this is a time of declining revenues, and Eugeneans have suffered. They are struggling to pay taxes. She said locally generated revenues are decreasing and revenues from the Federal government will end. She said, liThe pie is getting smaller," but another slice is being cut which competes with established departments. Ms. Bentsen said it would not be wise to approve the CIP projects for the Hult Center. She said the promotion for the bond levy assured citizens that the operating expenses would be financed by the Performing Arts Commission and the Performing Arts Foundation, but money in the General Fund was used for some of the Hult Center operating expenses last year. She said her fears are coming true because the General Fund will be used again this year for the operating expenses and the CIP indicates capital improvements in the Hult Center will also be funded by the City. She said, "0nce the nose of the camel is under the tent, it wi 11 soon take over. II Ms. Bentsen said including Hult Center expenses in the Cityls budget will disrupt all City services. She said questions about financing the Hult Center have not been included in questionnaires the council has sent to citizens. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 2 e - e e e Ms. Bentsen read from the executive summary of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts Management Study by the Alexander Grant Company. She said the study indicates that lack of a revenue stream for the Hult Center will cause problems and public support for the council may be disrupted. She said the councilors should follow the advice in the study. She said it is important that voters have confidence in the ability of the councilors to assign priorities so that basic services such as street repair, sewer maintenance, bridge repair, and support of the police and fire departments and the library are supported. Maggie Chamberlain, 2718 Bell Avenue, said the CIP indicates that Bethel Drive will not be improved until 1990. She said the street is in such bad shape that something terrible will happen if nothing is done before that time. She said many children use the street which is very dangerous. She asked the councilors to reconsider the funding and the timing of the improvement because it is urgent and non-postponable. Ms. Chamberlain read written testimony from Carol Jacobs, 2715 Bell, Connie Croson, 2798 Bell, and Henr~ Jones, 2791 Bell, and then submitted it to the council. Ms. Jacobs said s e is terrified to ride her bike on Bethel Drive because cars might hit a pothole and flip over on her. Ms. Croson said cars travel very fast on Bethel Drive which has narrow shoulders and many potholes. Mr. Jones said the street is not wide enough to accommodate two cars, pedestrians, and bicyclists at once. He said the road should be resurfaced particularly from Roosevelt Boulevard to the Southern Pacific Credit Union, a bike-pedestrian lane should be constructed, street lighting should be improved, and the effect of assessments on property owners should be mitigated by phasing. Robert Emmons, 1064 West 5th, said he has worked for the City for 9-1/2 years in a rehabilitation loan program and in the Parks Department. He said the Hult Center cost more than was budgeted and has a deficit of almost $500,000 a year. He said the Eugene Celebration was to be supported by donations. but it now has a paid director and a budget of $55,000 a year from the General Fund. He described the Hult Center projects in the CIP which total $721,000 for three years. Mr. Emmons said the Gleason Administration has steadily and purposely eroded services that anticipate problems. For example, historic preservation efforts and effective ties with neighborhood groups have been decreased and the crime prevention unit was eliminated. He said he managed a successful vegetation control program last year which cost $25,000 and which is not included in this yearls budget, but the CIP project to put bronze lettering on the Hult Center will cost $24,000. He said citizens have a right to expect basic services, but services and resources in Eugene have been sacrificed for very visible CIP projects which pander to industrial developers. He said such decisions are not acceptable. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17. 1986 Page 3 e e e e e John C. Neely, Jr., 1600 Horn Lane, read his testimony and then submitted it in writing. He said the Urban Facilities Plan attempts to control where growth occurs. He said many documents indicate that cost-effective and environmentally protective sewage collection and treatment are critical for establishing where growth will occur. Mr. N~elY discussed the construction of the sewage treatment plant and studies by CH M Hill and Brown and Caldwell. He said house taps to the River Road-Santa Clara interceptor sewers are breaking loose, and that problem must be corrected before any growth can occur in those areas. He said River Road-Santa Clara property owners anticipated the problems and cooperated in passing House Bill 2521 which provides for the incorporation of a new city which can provide for growth. Melina Neal, 388 Goodpasture Island Road #31, said the Hult Center CIP projects are not necessary. She has been in local theater activities for 25 years and would like to continue to direct and produce theatrical productions in Eugene. She said not enough emphasis was put on functional aspects of the Hult Center and too much emphasis was put on architectural design. She said the Soreng Theater does not work well for local productions and is too expensive for people like her who do not get grants. Ms. Neal said she participated in the LCAA to build an auditorium, but it did not result in a theater she can use. She said the City is now supporting the Hult Center. She resents the support because she cannot afford to produce shows there. She said the Hult Center has made it very difficult for people like her to produce shows in Eugene because it is hard to get publicity if shows are not in the Hult Center. She said the Hult Center is a beautiful building and the City has provided enough for the people who can afford to go there. Jon Silvermoon, 2441 Madison, discussed the format of the CIP. He said it is difficult to compare projects in this CIP with projects in former CIPs and the TransPlan because some project names and the scope of some projects were changed without explanation. He suggested future CIPs have an appendix that indicates what happened to the first year projects in the previous CIP. He said some Parks Department projects in last year's CIP were identified as appropriate for funding with bonds, but this year's CIP does not identify bonds as a funding source. Mr. Silvermoon said all the short- and medium-range projects in the TransPlan were listed in the ten-year CIP, but only about 20 percent of the bike projects in the TransPlan were listed in the ten-year CIP. He said $585,000 was identified for bike path rehabilitation in last year's CIP, but this yearls CIP identified only $160,000 for bike path rehabilitation and none of it was included in the first three years. In contrast, street and alley rehabilitation funds in this year's CIP were double those in last year's CIP. He said the listings raise serious questions about the City's commitment to alternative modes of transportation. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 4 e e e e e Mr. Silvermoon said the improvement of Roosevelt Boulevard from Highway 99 to Maple Street is listed in the TransPlan for $330,000 and in this year's CIP for $1.1 million. He wondered why the cost has increased so much. He said the Riverfront Park Study indicated transportation projects totaling $5.9 million to $7.2 million are needed, but none of them are in the CIP. He said the projects should be in the CIP if the City intends to build them in the next ten years. Discussing specific projects, Mr. Silvermoon said the Westmoreland 18th Avenue overcrossing was in the first year projects in last year's CIP. It has been moved to the 1990-96 period this year. He said funds for traffic signals are only 30 percent of what they were last year, and funds for street lights are only about half of what they were last year. He said such projects involve the public's safety and are more important than the Hult Center projects and the $100,000 listed for the remodeling of City Hall. Mr. Silvermoon said the asbestos removal at the library is listed for 1987-88, but it is essential that the cancer-causing asbestos be removed this year. He suggested the council consider its commitment to bicycle and other alterna- tive modes of transportation and public safety. He said the extraneous projects in the CIP should not be approved. Clark Winston Cox, Jr, 1085 Patterson Street #9, said there have been some problems with the Hult Center, but most of the CIP projects are needed and some are essential. He said there were cost overruns when the structure was built and some people knew the bond issue was not sufficient to build the entire project. The available funds had to be used to get the Silva Theater constructed correctly with good technical equipment. Mr. Cox said some of the things that are needed now can be accomplished with voluntary contributions. He said the original estimate for bronze letters on the outside of the Hult Center was less than $12,000. He did not know why the present estimate is $24,000. He said projects like the lobby tile replacement, the awning for the loading dock, and lobby furniture should be at the bottom of the CIP list. He discussed the construction of the building, and said about 30 percent of the $721,000 total for CIP projects is for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment that is very necessary. He said the improvements to the storage area are needed. He did not think tax money should be used for the marquee and bronze lettering. He recommended the essential improvements be approved. He hoped the operating deficit can be reduced. There being no more requests to testify, Mayor Obie closed the public hearing. In the staff response, Mr. McKinley said some of the Hult Center projects will complete the building and some, such as the lighting of the Soreng interior lobby, will increase revenues. He said some people have been injured by slipping on tiles in the Hult Center lobby. Mr. McKinley said the reconstruction of Bethel Drive will be assessed to abutting property owners, but one large property is not within the city. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 5 e e e e e Discussing Mr. Silvermoonls testimony, Mr. McKinley said parks projects that will be funded with bonds are in the Parks Master Plan. A list could be provided to the council. Many of the bike projects in the TransPlan involve the striping of streets and are not large enough to be included in the CIP. The street light, traffic signal, and bike path rehabilitation programs were reduced because the council directed that only "urgent, non-postponablell projects should be included in the CIP. Answering questions from Ms. Wooten, Mr. McKinley said most of the projects in the first two phases of the TransPlan are included in the CIP. He said the Roosevelt improvement from Highway 99 to Maple Street in the CIP includes the off-street bike path from Highway 99 to Beltline. The bike path is not included in the TransPlan listing. He said about 70 percent of the bike projects in the TransPlan are striped on-street lanes. They are included when arterials and collectors are improved. Mr. Hansen said the Budget Committee suggested last year that road improve- ments and sign projects listed in the Parks Department section of the CIP should be in the Public Works Department section. He wondered why it was not done. Mr. McKinley will investigate the matter. Answering a question from Mr. Miller, Mr. Gleason said an independent architect and engineer have examined the Hult Center. They reported there is no problem with the settling of the building. They said most of the cracks are not in structural beams. They are in decorative timbers. Ms. Bascom said she is on the Metropolitan Area Transportation Committee. She said members were told at the last meeting that the Exxon Corporation is giving $21 million to Oregon for alternative modes of transportation. She asked the staff to prepare applications for enough funds to accomplish the bike projects that were deleted from the CIP. Mr. Holmer said the critical testimony about the City Administration should have been directed at the council because the council adopts the budget which was the basis of the criticism. He said he wants to associate himself with the City Manager in respect to the criticism. Discussing the CIP adoption process, Mr. Holmer suggested the council refer the CIP to the Budget Committee. Mr. Gleason said the Budget Committee reviews the first year of the CIP and the projects are authorized when the budget is adopted. Ms. Wooten suggested the council consider the CIP in a work session in the McNutt Room. Cathy Freedman of the City Manager's Office said the council will receive the budget on April 15. She suggested a council work session on the CIP be scheduled for April 16. Mr. Holmer said the schedule seemed to preclude meaningful participation by the lay members of the Budget Committee. He did not think the council should make decisions about the CIP before the Budget Committee has acted. Mayor Obie said the overlay of the planning process with the financial process of the City is delicate. He asked councilors to indicate their concerns about the CIP. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 6 e e e e e Ms. Wooten commented on several projects. She said some of the Hult Center projects may have to be deferred because they are not urgent and non- postponable. She would like to expedite the improvement of Bethel Drive. She is concerned about the decrease in the street lighting program because it is a public safety issue in some established neighborhoods that have changed. She is concerned about the asbestos at the library. She suggested its removal be phased if it presents a threat. She would like information about the cost of the improvement of Roosevelt Boulevard from Highway 99 to Maple Street, and 8he would like to consider the improvements to 5th Avenue. Mr. Miller said some of the Hult Center projects do not seem urgent, but the lobby tile replacement is important because loose tiles are dangerous. He said Community Development Block Grant funds might be used for the handi- capped performers' lift at the Hult Center. He said the council should consider expediting the improvement of Bethel Drive as well as the redevelop- ment of some other streets. He would like to emphasize the importance of traffic signals, street lights, and the removal of asbestos from the library. Mr. Hansen asked for a clarification about how much the council decided should be spent for capital improvements this year. He thought it was $3 million. If so, he would like detailed information about the difference between a $2.3 million and a $3 million CIP. Answering a question from Ms. Bascom, Mayor Obie said department heads do not usually discuss the CIP projects with the council. Ms. Wooten said an explanation of the projects appears in the Planning Commission minutes. Mr. Rutan wondered if money for the airport expansion should be allocated from the General Fund. He said statements in the CIP should indicate that the City does not have $6.7 million for the CIP. Ms. Schue said the Hult Center projects in the CIP should be considered carefully. She asked about the budget process. Assistant City Manager Dave Whitlow said the first tier of projects presented to the Budget Committee will be projects for which funds are available. They total $600,000 to $700,000. The second tier will be the rest of the projects in the first year of the CIP and will total another $700,00 to $800,000. The third tier will be other projects that will bring the total to $2.3 million. Mr. Gleason added that the budget will indicate projects that can be accomplished with available funds which include increased user fees. Funds for the third group of projects have not been identified. If projects in the third tier are approved, funds will have to be identified or other portions of the budget will have to be cut. Mayor Obie concurred with concerns about the Hult Center projects. He said the CIP should include some funds for the airport expansion to indicate that it is the council IS first priority. He was concerned about lack of the Riverfront Research Park transportation projects in the CIP. Mayor Obie continued consideration of the CIP to April 16, 1986. Mayor Obie recessed the meeting at 8:55 p.m. and reconvened it about 9:10 p.m. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 7 e - e B. Update of Eugene Sign Code (CA 85-6) (memo, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the Update of the Eugene Sign Code. Jim Croteau of the Planning Department gave the staff report. He said the proposed changes in the Sign Code were reviewed by several citizens' groups, the Planning Commission, and the Downtown Commission. He said changes were proposed in the purpose and description sections of the sign districts, the Sign Code variance process, the number of identification signs permitted in the Integrated Shopping District, the Pedestrian-Auto Sign District, the signs permitted for businesses adjacent to 1-5 or limited-access highways, advertisements permitted on bus stop benches, provisions for banners for community events, the Sign Code enforcement process, provisions for the Goodpasture Island automobile dealerships, and clarifications in the wording of the code. e Mr. Croteau said the changes provide for applications for Sign Code variances to be considered by the Building Official and appeals will be heard by the Sign Code Board of Appeals. The council will no longer be involved in the process. He distributed copies of a map of the Pedestrian-Auto Sign District and said the changes provide for portable sandwich boards west of High Street, banners, flags, searchlights, and other attention-getting devices, and require that the changes be reviewed in one year. He said the changes will permit the automobile dealerships on Goodpasture Island Road to apply for the Highway Oriented District which permits identification signs 30 feet high. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. Gweneth Van Frank, 45 West 29th Place, represented a group of blind people titled Support for Independent Living with Visual Impairment (SILVI). She said the group does not want sandwich boards permitted on the downtown mall. However, if sandwich boards are permitted, the group recommends that the sandwich boards not be more than three feet high, that the signs be made of wood with rounded corners, that the signs have solid frames so that they do not fall over if someone walks into them, that the signs have a solid base, and that the signs be placed parallel to the buildings or in the middle of the mall out of main pedestrian traffic areas. Larry Azeltine, 666 East Broadway, urged the councilors to approve provisions for reader boards on identification signs. He said they will help small businesses. He said the present code does not permit reader boards to be attached to identification signs, and it requires reader boards to be 15 feet from the property line. He said the attachment of reader boards to identification signs would consolidate signs and eliminate some clutter. He said business people need to market their products to the pUblic and reader boards near the street will help. He said reader boards are less expensive than newspaper advertising. Larry Anderson, 2150 Woodacres Drive, represented Dunham Olds Cadillac-Isuzu, Inc., and Allan Gardner who represents Kendall Ford and Valley River Dodge. He said the automobile dealers favor the change in criteria for the Highway- Oriented District which will permit the Highway-Oriented District to be ~ applied to them. He said the automobile dealership signs are nationally MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 8 e -- e recognized and Goodpasture Island Road is a beautiful commercial boulevard. He said the present signs have been there for 14 years and his clients will work to resolve the matter without undue economic hardship to them without corresponding benefit to the public. He emphasized that people have not said the signs are ugly and dangerous. He said lowering the signs to 30 feet could cost $40,000 to $50,000. e There being no more requests to testify, Mayor Obie closed the public hearing. In the staff response, Mr. Croteau said the recommendations of Ms. Van Frank could be adopted as administrative regulations. He said the Planning Commissioners thought that changing the criteria for the Highway-Oriented District to permit its application to the automobile dealership was an appropriate compromise. He said the staff has considered setbacks and variances that could be used with the Highway-Oriented District for further relief for the dealerships. Ms. Wooten said she will not be at the study session on April 9 when the council discusses the Sign Code update; therefore, she took this opportunity to express her concerns. She said she is concerned about the elimination of the council from the Sign Code variance process. She would like sandwich boards permitted in the Pedestrian-Auto District near the University. She thinks the proposed enforcement process is "over-regulation." She does not want banners without a size limitation permitted in the Pedestrian-Auto District. She does not like advertising on benches at bus stops. She questioned the need to allow banners for community events for 30 days. She does not think searchlights should be permitted. She does not want to discuss permitting reader boards on identification signs. Mr. Holmer said he will favor amending the Highway-Oriented District to permit signs to be 44 feet high. He favors the changes in the variance procedures, the Integrated Shopping District, and for businesses adjacent to 1-5 or limited-access highways. He said the changes to the Pedestrian-Auto Sign District will lead to visual pollution and should not be approved. Mr. Miller suggested the regulations for sandwich boards be tested by people with visual impairments. He would like a written summary of the implications of the changes to the Highway Oriented District. Mr. Hansen said he thinks blinking signs are a distraction. He would like more information about the provisions for them. He said permitting sandwich boards and other things in the Pedestrian-Auto District in the downtown mall would be offensive and not good business practice; but, if they are permitted there, they should be permitted in other areas to which the Pedestrian-Auto District applies. Mayor Obie said he likes blinking signs. He does not think sandwich boards should be permitted. He would like to consider the issues raised by the automobile dealerships and agrees that signs 44 feet high should be permitted in the Highway-Oriented District. He is concerned about limitations on signs e MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 9 e e e from interstates and limited access roads. He said GI Joe's is located so that it would front on Beltline Road, and now the only sign it is permitted faces Green Acres Road. He said the Sign Code should protect neighborhood streets and permit businesses to communicate appropriately. He said the Van Duyn Company located in Eugene because it could be close to 1-5. He would like the community to take advantage of 1-5. He would like the Sign Code to permit businesses to get people off 1-5 with signs that represent the community appropriately. Ms. Bascom said she favors sandwich boards. Mayor Obie continued consideration of the sign code update to April 9, 1986. C. Annexation/Rezoning Request for Property Located on the North Side of Long Oak Drive, East of Ross Lane, from County RA Suburban Residential District to City RA Suburban Residential District (Lindsay/Widener) (AZ 85-5) (memo, map, background information distributed) e City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the annexation/ rezoning request. Jim Croteau of the Planning Department gave the staff report. He said approval of the triple majority proposal was recommended unanimously by the Planning Commission. He reviewed the location of the property. He said the proposal involves six acres and three consenting property owners, but the owner of Tax Lots 5600 and 5601 has not consented to the annexation. He said the annexation of Tax Lots 5600 and 5601 would be appropriate because sewers will be installed in front of Tax Lots 5600 and 5601 and the resulting boundary will make fire and police protection easier because the entire south side of Long Oak Drive is in the city. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. John Neely Jr., 1600 Horn Lane, asked if commercial activity is permitted in the RA zoning district, if the City can provide a full range of urban services efficiently to the properties, and if Bancroft loans take first mortgage position on properties with a prior-dated first mortgage. There being no more requests to testify, Mayor Obie closed the public hearing. Mr. Croteau said a home occupation exists on one of the lots in the proposal and Lane County has begun enforcement action. The provisions in the Eugene Code for home occupations are more liberal than those in the County's code and that is why the annexation was requested. He said the City can provide a full range of urban services to the properties. He said a Bancroft loan is a lien on the property equal to a lien for property taxes. Mr. Holmer said he visited the property and doubted whether the property is urbanizab1e because Long Oak Road is not complete, but he is glad annexation was requested because it will make a better boundary. He favored approval of the proposal. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 10 e e e Res No. 3966--A resolution authorizing annexation of property located on the north side of Long Oak Drive, east of Ross Lane to the City of Eugene and the Lane County Metropolitan Wastwater Service District. Final Order No. AZ 85-5--A final order rezoning property located on the north side of Long Oak Drive, east of Ross Lane from County RA Suburban Residential District to City RA Suburban Residential District. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to adopt the resolution and Final Order No. AZ 85-5 concerning property located on the north side of Long Oak Drive, east of Ross Lane. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. D. 1985 Annual Review of the Eugene Bikeways Master Plan (memo, resolution distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the 1985 review of the Eugene Bikeways Master Plan. Diane Bishop gave the staff report. She said the annual review keeps the bikeways plan flexible and up-to-date. She said interested groups reviewed the plan. She said the Bicycle Committee recommended only one change. It is from the off-street designation along 30th Avenue east of Agate Street to the striped shoulders designation. She said construction of an off-street bikeway along 30th Avenue would be prohibitively expensive. e Answering a question from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Bishop said the path from the Laurel Hill Valley will remain the same. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. There being no requests to testify, he closed the public hearing. Ms. Bascom said it would be easy for the Bikeway Master Plan to disintegrate because of funding restraints. She emphasized that the City should apply for funds the Exxon Corporation recently gave to the State. Res. No. 3967--A resolution amending the Bikeways Master Plan and addendum thereto. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. IV. COUNCIL POLICIES ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (memo, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the council policies on financial management. Finance Director Warren Wong gave the staff report. He said the word "entitlement" will be changed to "authorization" as suggested by Mr. Holmer. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 11 . e e e e Answering a question from Mayor Obie, Mr. Wong said the policies are being considered by the council because representatives of Moody's Investor Services will be in Eugene next week and because the policies are needed to guide the Budget Committee. Mr. Wong said the Financing Strategy for the operating and capital budgets includes: 20 percent of the delinquent property taxes being transferred incrementally to the capital fund; allocating to the CIP funding in excess of that required to balance the operating budget; funding the balance of the CIP with new user fees and charges, new or enhanced revenue sources, or service reductions; and proposing the capital budget as Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects. He said the capital budget will balance the operating budget. He said the proposed CIP is for $2.3 million, and $723,000 of it is funded and $1.6 million is not funded. Mr. Wong said a memo to the Budget Committee from the council was distributed to the councilors. He said the memo will be sent to the Budget Committee if the council approves the Financial Management Policies and the Financing Strategy. Answering a question from Ms. Wooten about the municipal priority system on page 2 of the Financial Management Policies, Mr. Wong said the council decided not to change the priorities. Mayor Obie suggested the council discuss the municipal priority system at another time. Ms. Schue said she and other councilors have tried for years library from the fifth group Financial Management Policies. that the library does not have the lowest priority will have the Budget Committee. to move the She said the fact to be fl agged by Mr. Holmer said he concurred with Ms. Wooten's and Ms. Schue's concern, but the Budget Committee must use discretion. He said the proposed management policies are an appropriate guide. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to adopt the Financial Management Policies, the Financing Strategy, and a memo to the Budget Committee. Roll call vote; the motion carried 6:0:1 with Mr. Hansen, Ms. Schue, Mr. Holmer, Ms. Bascom, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Rutan voting aye, no one voting nay, and Ms. Wooten abstaining. Mayor Obie adjourned the meeting at 10 p.m. !;SP~.~~l_~ ~u~ it~ d /'? f~' __ Mi tea 1 Gl easo ... Ci ty Manager (Recorded by Betty Lou Rarick) BLR:ky/1996C MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 17, 1986 Page 12