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M I NUT E S
Eugene City Council
McNutt Room--City Hall
February 4, 1992
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Roger Rutan, Debra Ehrman,
Randy MacDonald, Ruth Bascom, Kaye Robinette, Paul
Nicholson.
The special meeting of February 4, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was
called to order by Mayor Jeff Miller.
I. EUGENE DECISIONS: WORK SESSION ON STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
The council conducted a work session to group strategies into one of three
package "themes" suggested by the Council Committee on Eugene Decisions. The
three themes inc~ded:
Package A: Minimum Impact on New Revenues
Package B: Inclusion of Council- and Community-Supported Enhancements
Package C: Other
Councilors agreed that it would take five votes to include a strategy in an
analysis package. (Analysis packages attached.) Mr. Robinette clarified
that a vote would not indicate support of a particular strategy, but rather
willingness to review further analysis of the concept. Mr. Boles added that
staff would return to the council to indicate its evaluation of the scope of
analysis required for each strategy. The council would then made a decision
regarding which strategies would receive further analysis.
Tony Mounts of the Administrative Services Department acted as meeting
facilitator.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Fire Redeployment
The council directed staff to include a strategy in Analysis Package B to
enhance the service to provide a four-minute response time for 80 percent of
all calls for current demand funded by a fire standby fee for all structures,
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or alternatively on nonprofits only, with additional demand addressed by the
systems development charge.
Fire and Emergency Medical Services
The council included a strategy in Analysis Package A to use volunteers to
increase the City's capacity to respond to demand.
Public Safety Long-Range Plan
The council directed staff to analyze a strategy that would implement the
long-range plan with General Fund dollars, with an emphasis on social
services and improved links between public safety and human service
information systems, and through coordination with Lane County (Analysis
Package B).
Police Operations
The council directed staff to include analysis of a strategy to maintain the
current service level with the use of Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team
funds in Package A.
Human Services Contract
The council requested analysis of a strategy to enhance the service with
General Fund dollars, including development of a information system oriented
to the system user, service systems that emphasize individual user planning,
and the requirement for agencies to have explicit "triage" rules (Analysis
Package B). The council directed staff to include analysis of a strategy to
reduce the General Fund contribution through improved administration in
Package A. Also, the council added analysis of a strategy to increase the
General Fund contribution to the program by $200,000 to Package C.
Animal Control
The council included analysis of a strategy to reduce the service to field
enforcement only, supported by an increase in license fees and sharp
differentials in fees for unneutered and unspayed animals, in Package A.
lIBRARY SERVICES
Bookmobile
The council agreed that the bookmobile could be considered as part of the
strategies submitted for the library.
New Library
The council added analysis of a strategy to build the library with the use of
a restaurant tax to Package B, and analysis of a new library integrated with
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other identified service providers, funded by a general obligation bond and
operating with the use of volunteers, to Package C.
RECREATION SERVICES
Specialized Recreation
The council agreed to include a strategy to reduce General Fund support for
the service while maintaining the service level through the establishment of
an endowment fund and a minimal membership charge in Analysis Package A.
Senior Centers
The council indicated its support for further analysis of a strategy to
reduce the General Fund support for the program while maintaining the service
level through membership fees, increased use of volunteers, and the sale of
the Kaufman Center (Analysis Package A). The council included a strategy to
maintain the service level and reduce General Fund support by supplanting
that contribution with increased facility rental fees ($35,000 target) in
Analysis Package B. The council also added a strategy to Package C that
would enhance the service level with a $300,000 General Fund contribution to
address children's issues.
Swimming Pools
The council directed staff to include a strategy to maintain the service
level and reduce General Fund support through 50 percent increased cost
recovery ($400,000 target) and alternative energy sources in Analysis Package
A. The council included a strategy in Analysis Package C that would limit
General Fund support to open swim time only and taking the program to 100
percent cost recovery for all other activities.
The meeting recessed briefly at 7:10 p.m. and resumed at 7:20 p.m.
Community Centers
The council included a strategy to maintain the service level by moving to
100 percent cost recovery for programs in Analysis Package A; added a
strategy to maintain the program through integration with other agency
programs and a new funding source to Analysis Package B; and added a strategy
to reduce the service level to that of facility rental only to Analysis
Package C.
Outdoor Programs
The council directed staff to analyze a strategy to eliminate the service and
sell the assets as part of Package A, and added a strategy to maintain the
service level through 100 percent cost-recovery for programs to Package C.
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~ Athletics Program
The council offered a strategy to reduce General Fund support for the program
through a variety of means, including reduction in field maintenance, 100
percent cost recovery for programs, field rental, privatization, and
consolidation as part of Analysis Package A.
PARKS SERVICES
Downtown Mall Maintenance
The council agreed to further analysis of a strategy to eliminate the City's
contribution to the program and sell the public right-of-way associated with
the mall as part of Package A. The council also included as part of Analysis
Package C a strategy to reduce the service level to a contract for sweeping
and trash removal only.
Planning and Property Management
Building and Park Amenities
The council agreed that the service level for these categories would be
determined by the final mix of services selected, and included the strategy
of "maintain" for all packages.
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Turf and Grounds
The council agreed to further analysis of a strategy to reduce the service
level by 50 percent as part of Package A; added a strategy to enhance the
service level and increase funding by 25 to 50 percent through consolidation
with the school districts, increased use of community corrections and
volunteer labor, and General Fund dollars as part of Analysis Package B; and
included a strategy to reduce General Fund support to the program by 50
percent and consolidate the program with the school district in Analysis
Package C.
The meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m.
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Micheal Gleason
City Manager
(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
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