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M I NUT E S
Eugene City Council
McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall
January 27, 1992
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman,
Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Roger Rutan.
The adjourned meeting of January 22, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was
called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller.
I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS
The council agreed it would not meet on February 24 and 26.
Tony Mounts of the Eugene Decisions Office served as meeting facilitator. He
reminded the committee of the ground rules for the process. Each councilor
offering a strategy would indicate the answers to the following questions:
1. What do we want to do? (Desired service level)
2. Why do we want to do it? (Policy rationale)
3. How should the desired service level be achieved? (Reduction,
elimination, do differently, user fees, consolidation, volunteers,
privatization, etc.)
Councilors offered strategies for each identified service area. Staff
captured the council's strategies on cards that were fixed to the wall of the
McNutt Room under the appropriate service categories (detailed text
attached) .
The council meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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City Manager
(Recorded by Yolanda Paule)
MNCC 012792
MINUTES--Eugene City Council
Dinner Work Session
January 27, 1992
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WHAT
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
Affordable Housing/Neiahborhood Develooment
1 a. Enhance affordable housing
program (JM)
b. Build low-income and single
room occupancy housing
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Business Licensina
1. Reduce service - Reduce $ by
50% (58)
2. Maintain service (RM)
Community Information/Parkina
Permits
1. Maintain service (KR)
Code Comoliance
1. Maintain current level (RM)
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2. Reduce present service level
1. Need to provide adequate
housing
1. Reduce cost to City and main-
tain high standards where public
welfare must be protected
2. Reduce G.F. obligation and
maintain service (RM)
1. This function will always be
needed
2. What we're doing now is not
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January 27, 1992
, HOW
1 a. Revenue-backed bonds
supported by G.F.
b. Use SDC (requires legislative
change)
2. Enhance plus set cap on # of
units we'll fund2. Need to prov-
ide adequate housing2a. Two-
tier requirement for builders that
portion be low-income
b. Leverage private sector
match for federal funds - through
CRA
1. Issue license based on owner
stipulation that they meet require-
ments - continue to enforce
2. Increase cost recovery by
25% through licenses and fines
(RM)
1. Roll into library automation
1. Increase fees - cost recovery
(RM)
2. Private enforcement action
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WHAT
(KR)
3. Reduce to critical life safety
(S8)
Downtown Develooment
1. Eliminate G.F. services except
parking (KR)
~RePlace G.F. contribution (58)
3. Explore possibility of
incubating new business (8G)
4. Eliminate G.F. contribution
(S8)
_Reduce service to staffing
downtown commission
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
working well (KRI
3. We're over-codified (S8)
1. Limited success in present
economy (KR)
2. Compact urban growth; vital
downtown, RTF #4 (S8)
3. Uniqueness to downtown
(8G)
4. Limited success in present
economy (S8)
5. Value doesn't justify cost,
function isn't one for City to
perform
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HOW
(KR)
3a. Set standards - performance
code with citizen board (S8)
b. Raise fines to cover some of
enforcement costs (PN)
c. Code compliance issues
raised at time of change of
ownership .
d. Reduce permit granting
function - by phone (PN)
1. Parking become self-supporting
and no other charge on G.F. (KR)
2. Differential tax structure on
outlying properties (S8)
3. New revenue sources, target
S8D loans to this (8G)
4a. A new urban renewal district.
for "real downtown" to facilitate
parking only (JM)
b. Spin off C.C. responsibility
for urban renewal authority - for
a downtown development
renewal agency
c. Sell off property; shut down
district (PN)
d. Attempt to facilitate the
development of a private corp. to
take over responsibilities currently
done by City.
5. Place City URA properties on
market with deed restrictions,
eliminate all but parking program
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WHAT
Business Assistance Team
1. Maintain current level (SB)
2. Reduce service level to: loan
program, site services, enterprise
zone information (DE)
3. Reduce service
Metro Partnershio Contract
1. Maintain current level (JM)
2. Eliminate service (PN)
BuildinQ Permits/Plan Checking
.Lower service level (KR)
2. Reduce services to address
critical life safety issues ("red
issues") and only aesthetic
quality (SB, RB)
3. Enhanced service level - No
G.F. revenue, 10-days residential,
3 weeks commercial. Create
development and planning
committee to oversee implemen-
tation of PIC (JM)
4. Retain service level, coor-
dinate Planning and other depart-
ments essential activities
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
1. Create and sustain jobs (SS)
2. Retained aspects still address
local economic development (DE)
3. Value doesn't justify cost
1. Create and sustain jobs (JM)
2. Questionable effectiveness
1. Present service level is less
important economically than the
proposed increase in cost (KR)
2. We've become over-codified
(SB)
3. High standard of quality (JM)
4. Significant to economic
development
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January 27, 1992
HOW
1. Consolidate with Metro Part-
nership or 100% fee support (SB)
2. Refer counseling to LCC and
Chamber of Commerce - Reduce
by $300,000 (DE)
3. Eliminate except information
function at PIC
1. Targeted metro area revenue
stream u savings to G.F. (JM)
2. Eliminate City contribution
1. Contract - privatize; relinquish
to County/State (KR)
2. Establish a set of Eugene
standards using BCAC for
guidance (SS)
3. Support with revenues and
fees of business community (JM)
4. Increase fees to offset G.F.
costs; allow lower service level,
acknowledge lower service level
is acceptable, service level less
important than cost, lower fee
increase (but increase to 100%
recovery); contract with another
agency; get City out of service
provision
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WHAT
5. Retain current service level
(RR)
6. Retain current service level
with no public support (RR)
7. Enhance service level at lower
cost (PN)
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
5. Coordination with Planning is
essential; timeliness has sig-
nificant economic impact (RR)
6. High quality service at a
decrease in public costs (RR)
7. Current system ineffective,
widely evaded (PN)
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HOW
5. Adopt Council policy of total
cost recovery in 5 years - 20%
step, cost recovery in 3 years
(RR)
6. Offer variable pricing based
on turnaround time and whether
prepared by architect/engineer;
only accept and complete set of
plans prepared by ar-
chitect/engineer (RR)
7. Minor permitting automated
with random inspections, reduce
permit granting function - by
phone (PN)
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WHAT
CULTURAL SERVICES
CulturalNisual Arts
1. Maintain concerts in parks
(RM)
2. Eliminate concerts in parks (RM)
Special Events/Euoene Celebration
1. Maintain EC at present level
(RM)
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2. Do what we can to maintain
service level (JM)
Hult Center
1. Maintain facility and make
available to promoters (DE)
2. Maintain/increase level of
service (student, rush, low-
income, senior) (58)
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
1. With fiscal problems, this is a
lower priority (RM)
2. With fiscal problems, this is a
lower priority
1. Important attraction/event for .
City (RM)
2. Must fit with community
priorities (JM)
1. Reduce G.F. contribution and
preserve community asset
2. Linchpin in economic divers-
ification strategy (58)
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HOW"
1. Remove from G.F. - user fees
(RM)
2. Eliminate service
1 a. Increase EC revenue by
50%, aggressively promote con-
tributions year round and user
fees (for EC and music in parks,
etc.) (DE)
b. Cover shortfall with portion
of 5% restaurant tax with 10
year sunset (58)
c. Focus volunteers on task
(58)
2. 100% fee - supported spon-
sorships, tickets, memberships
(JM)
1. Discontinue City-sponsored
events, discontinue technical/mar-
keting, PR/consulting support,
ticket price should cover all costs
(not supported by room tax)
2a. Eliminate G.F. support
$400K by: portion of a 10 year,
5% restaurant tax -- automatic
sunset unless voters retain (58)
b. Eliminate G.F. support - after
other reductions, fund through
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHAT
WHY
HOW
Room Tax (JM)
c. Contract management to a
non-profit corporation with perfor-
mance standards (JM)
d. Get out of marketing
function: City presented events
3. Maintain service level (RB)
3. Cornerstone of downtown
success, economic benefit,
shared community space
3a. Undertake major capital cam-
paign ($1 OM) for operating sup-
port (RM)
b. Increase Eugene room tax
and dedicate entire amount Hult
(talk with county about their
share, too) (PN)
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c. Raise ticket prices and offer
mall ticket packages (for local
residents) (PN)
d. Reduce G.F. support:
1) operational efficiencies
($50,000),
2) salary reductions (2 - 4%),
3) Hult parking revenue to Hult
(some),
4) voluntary membership cam-
paign ($150,000),
5) volunteer ushers for resident
cos.,
6) user fees (ticket tax $1 now
- don't raise now),
7) EWEB/energy efficiency,
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8) room tax to Hult.
9) ESVCB market cultural
tourism,
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WHAT
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
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WHY
January 27, 1992
HOW
10) raise rental rates (balance),
11) recalculate $1.5M
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