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M I NUT E S
Eugene City Council
McNutt Room--City Hall
January 28, 1992
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Debra Ehrman, Randy MacDonald,
Ruth Bascom, Kaye Robinette, Paul Nicholson.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Roger Rutan.
The special meeting of January 28, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was
called to order by Mayor Jeff Miller.
I. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (Continued)
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 meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Attachment
(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
mncc 012892-530
MINUTES--Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
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WHAT
CULTURAL SERVICES
Convention & Visitor's Bureau
1. Maintain current service level
(PN)
2. Increase funding (SB)
3. Maintain/increase (not $
amount - more effective service)
level of service (RB)
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Sister Cities
1. Maintain a viable program;
Maximum cost: $15,000 (JM)
. Reduce by $25-50,000,
AL: retain at current level (PN)
3. Eliminate City support for
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
1. Economic development
strategy (PN)
2. Economic development
strategy (SB)
3. Tie cultural services -
economic development strategy
(RB)
1. Adds to tourism (JM)
2. Worthwhile part of cultural
services we offer (PN)
3. Not an essential City service
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
HOW
1. Raise room tax county-wide,
coordinate with county and
enhance their participation (PN)
2. Consolidate with SAT, part-
nership activities with focus on
increase services to independent
traveller in addition to conven-
tions, 10-year, 5% restaurant tax
with sunset (SB)
3a. Develop cooperative efforts
with County, U of 0;
Consolidation of programs
oriented to bringing businesses
and visitors, using a metro-wide
source (RB)
b. Increase performance stan-
dards - from current contract -
10% per year - 2 year...c1ear cri-
teria, measurable (RM)
1 a. Consolidate in CMO -
ongoing functions - continue use
of room tax funds, maximum pro-
gram costs $25.000, look to do
within existing staff (SB)
b. Use international college at U
of 0 (SB)
c. Consolidate with economic
development services revenue
stream (RM)
2. Match private contribution on
a 1 to 3 basis (PN)
3. Rely on voluntary effort (KR)
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WHAT
service (KR)
4. Maintain current service (PN)
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
(KR)
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January 28, 1992
HOW
4a. Reduce by $33,000 (PN)
b. Get partners - U of 0, 4J
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WHAT
RECREATION SERVICES
Soecialized Recreation
1. Maintain and serve those not
specially abled, as well (SB)
2. Enhance service to $600K
(JM)
3. Maintain, reduce G.F. support
$ 50-1 OOK (DE)
Senior Centers
1. Enhance level of service (BG)
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2. Eliminate senior centers (JM)
3. Maintain current level with
reduced G.F. support (DE)
4IimminQ Pools
1. Maintain current service level
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
2a. Meet Community need (JM)
b. Pending ADA regulations
(BG)
1. Demographics indicate an in-
creasing # of retirees (BG)
3. Affected population (DE)
1. Important service with high
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
HOW
1. Sequestered Federal tax (SB)
2a. Use General Fund (JM)
b. Create an endowment fund
(BG)
3. Minimal membership fees (DE)
1 a. Increase fees for holding
events/renting facilities by 50%
(BG)
b. Expand mission to deal with
children's issues (see $ under
community centers - federal tax
$) (SB)
2. Facility available for rent;
some maintenance (JM)
3a. Minimal, annual membership
fee ($5-10/year) (DE)
b. Explore privatizing Kaufman
Center - sell/lease building (RB)
c. Target reduction of G.F. com-
ponent - 1 /2 of net cost -
through membership fees -
$300K (KR)
d. Offset G.F. cost by $100K
through use of volunteers (RM)
1 a. Increase fees so G.F. con-
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHAT
WHY
(RM)
demand (RM)
Communitv Centers
1. Maintain service (RM)
1 a. Need to reduce G.F. commit-
ment, service is important (RM)
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b. Community assets, especially
affordable childcare (8G)
2. Reduce services (JM)
2. Budgetary constraints (JM)
3. Maintain service (58)
3. Increase emphasis on social-
/health services (S8)
Outdoor ProQrams
. Eliminate service (DE)
1. Not function of City
government (DE)
2. Maintain (RM)
2. Valuable service, if supported
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
HOW
tribution reduced by 1/2
($400,000) with low-income
scholarship fund (RM)
b. Explore solar/other energy
source (SB)
c. Limit G.F. contribution to
open swim time. All specialized
activities 100% fee supported
(JM)
d. Subsidized with additional
revenue source (RB)
1 a. Increase cost recovery by
50% of remaining G.F. amount
(2/3 fee supported) (RM)
b. Start a fundraising drive for
endowment for centers (RM)
c. 100% fee support (BG)
d. Turnover parking enforce-
ment program as revenue source
to community centers run by
neighborhood groups
2. "Dark halls" -- for rent (JM)
3. Substitute with non-general
fund revenue, integrate social
services w /4J and Sacred Heart
Project 2000, encourage elected
officials to sequester Federal
taxes of employees to fund these
kinds of programs. (S8)
1. Discontinue service and offer
buildings for sale (DE)
2. Increase fee cost recovery to
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WHAT
Athletics ProQram
1. Maintain current programs as
much as possible (DE)
2. Eliminate City support (R8)
3. Enhance level of service (58)
4. Maintain current services;
t)ce Quality of maintenance
5. Enhance level of service (JM)
6a. Programming - Eliminate City
contribution
b. Maintenance - City maintains
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
by users (RM)
1. Wide community interest (DE)
4. Limited general funds (RM)
5. Efficiencies of scale, main-
tenance of community assets
(JM)
6. Public assets -- maintain
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
HOW
100% and scholarship fund (RM)
1 a. Privatize programs and pay
some portion of maintenance -
lease assets, e.g. fields (DE)
b. Assess adult programs -
kidsports (PN)
2. Make fields available on rental
basis (R8)
3. Offer flexible contracts to
private non-profits with option
that they maintain fields (58)
4a. Increase fee recovery to
100% with low-income scholar-
ship fund
b. Reduce summer watering and
mowing to acceptable minimum
5. Consolidate all athletics fields
and facilities 4J, 8ethel, City;
Adult Programs: 100% fee
support
6. Provide scheduling software
services to volunteer groups --
minimum staff support
January 28, 1992
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WHAT
PUBLIC SAFETY
Fire Redeolovment
1. 4-minute response time 80%
of the time to 1/1/92 population;
further growth funded through
SDC for capital and operating
(58)
2. Enhanced - 4-minute response
time (8G)
3. Fire redeployment as
proposed, enhance Fire/EMS (RM)
_ & Emeroencv Medical Services
1. Enhanced service level
Public Safety Long-Ranoe Plan
1. Implement plan; enhance
youth recreation/social com-
ponent (PN)
2. Treat recreation, out-
door/environmental programs as
an "arm" of social service/public
safety program (KR)
3. Implement plan, including
human services
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:service component (private)
BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
1. Citizens believe they have a
"right" to 4-minute response (58)
2. Citizens deserve (8G)
3. Important and expected City
service - for current and future
residents (RM)
1. Essential City service
1. Further elaboration of preven-
tion model (PN)
2. Increase effectiveness of pre-
vention activities (KR)
3. Essential City service
4. Essential City service
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
HOW
1 a. Restaurant tax or corporate
income tax (58)
b. Fire Service Stand-by Fee (KR)
2. Fire service stand-by fee (8G)
3a. Fire stand-by fee for fire re-
deployment first, then enhanced
Fire/EMS (RM)
b. Fire stand-by fee for non-
profits in lieu of tax (JM)
1. Make use of volunteers in Fire
department to add capacity,
rather than hiring staff
1. Fund from General Fund (PN)
2a. Fund with G.F. (KR)
b. Coordinate with County's
proposed changes, re: youth
services (58)
3a. Fund with G.F. $ -- add to
existing budget
b. Sales tax or income tax to
fund items of lower priority
4. City pays for police and
equipment - Social Services paid
for by private sector
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WHAT
5. Implement - with social
services as a priority (S8)
6. Maintain service
Police Ooerations
1. Maintain service level (DE)
Human Services Contract
1. Increase current service level
$200K (DE)
2. Full funding for human service
needs of City residents identified
.ane County Human Services
eds Assessment. (58)
3. Maintain level of service (R8)
Animal Control
1. Only enforce control
ordinance in the field (DE)
2. Same level service; reduce
G.F. contribution (SB)
3. Eliminate G.F. contribution
(PNI
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BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
WHY
5. Moves to a proactive rather
than reactive model (S8)
6. More efficient use of existing
resources
1. Unmet community needs
2. Abandonment by Federal and
State government (S8)
1. Health and public safety con-
cerns (DE)
MINUTES - Eugene City Council
January 28, 1992
HOW
5. Fund out of G.F., common
information system for human
services and public safety (S8)
6. More integration of police and
fire personnel (R8)
1. Use INET forfeiture funds for
operations (DE) .
1. Increase G.F. support (DE)
2. Sequestering Federal $;
provide infrastructure support
that A) provides information
system oriented to individual, B)
focus on planning by the
recipient, C) not funding contrac-
tors without "triage rules" (S8)
3. Improve administration (R8)
1. Fines pay enforcement costs,
eliminate spay-neuter - private,
license fees offset enforcement
costs (DE)
2. License by weight for dogs,
steep differential between license
costs for spayed/unspayed
3. For profit RFP process to
provide animal control service in
City limits; collect franchise fee
from operation (PN)
4. Important service, unmet
need (RM)4. Tax on dog and cat
food at wholesale level (RM)
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