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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/05/1992 Meeting e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall February 5, 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 5, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by Mayor Jeff Miller. I. EUGENE DECISIONS: WORK SESSION ON STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (Continued) The council continued its work session, grouping strategies into one of three package "themes" suggested by the Council Committee on Eugene Decisions. The three themes included: 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.) Tony Mounts of the Administrative Services Department served as meeting facil itator. PARKS SERVICES The council continued its discussion of Parks Services. Landscaping/Park Trees/Hendricks Park The council included reducing General Fund support by $50,000 but maintaining service through use of volunteers in Analysis Package B. Reducing service, cutting $200,000 in General Fund moneys, and using volunteers was included in AnalysiS Package A. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 5, 1992 Page 1 . e e Riverside Parks/Owens Rose Garden The council agreed to analysis of increased use of volunteers and Community Corrections labor in Analysis Package 8, and added a reduced service level supported by volunteers (reducing General Fund support by $100,000) to Analysis Package A. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Affordable Housing/Neighborhood Development The council directed staff to include an enhanced service level ($300,000) supported by revenue bonds, systems development charges, leveraged Federal funds, or other to-be-investigated revenue sources in Analysis Package 8. Business License The council agreed to inclusion of an analysis of 50 percent General Fund reduction, with enforcement accomplished through use of a sampling process, in Package A. The council added an analysis of reducing the General Fund contribution to the program while maintaining the service level by increasing cost recovery through licenses and fines to Package B. Community Information/Parking Permits The council directed staff to include analysis of a maintained service level accomplished through combining this function with an automated system in a new library. Responding to a question from Mr. Mounts, Mr. Boles said that he envisioned the library assuming a variety of permitting functions that would be managed through a kiosk interface located in the faCility. Code Compliance The council agreed to add maintenance of the service level supported by an increase in fees, the use of "sampling" enforcement, and private enforcement action to Analysis Package B. In addition, the council added to Package A analysis of a reduction in the General Fund contribution to address only critical life safety issues, with the service gap to be bridged by the use of increased fees and the establishment of performance code standards reviewed by citizen boards. Citizen Involvement/Neighborhood Groups The council directed staff to include the suggested strategy of maintaining the service through the use of University of Oregon community mediation services, a new library automated information system, and the use of donated printing services for neighborhood newsletters in Analysis Package B. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 5, 1992 Page 2 ~ Transportation/Street Trees The council included analysis of a reduced service to a level that could be supported by the gas tax, incorporating consideration of early pruning, careful tree selection, an adopt-a-tree program, and use of volunteers in Analysis Package A. The meeting recessed briefly at 6:55 p.m. and resumed again at 7 p.m. Metro Partnership Contract The council agreed to include analysis of a maintained service level supported by a yet-to-be-identified metropolitan revenue stream to Package B, and analysis of elimination of the service to Package A. Downtown Development The council directed staff to include an analysis of elimination of General Fund support ensuring that parking is self-sufficient to Package A. The council included analysis of maintaining the service while supporting it with a differential tax structure on outlying commercial property to Package C. Finally, the council added analysis of elimination of General Fund contributions and the dissolution of the Urban Renewal District to Package B. Metro Area Planning ~ The council agreed to add analysis of a reduction in service level to that mandated by the State to Package A, and analysis of a maintained service level supported by State support at the level of 60 percent of program costs to Package B. Building Permits/Plan Checking The council directed staff to analyze a reduced service level and General Fund contribution reduction for the service, noting that the code compliance under the strategy would be stipulated, enforcement would be done on a sampling basis, plans would be accepted only from licensed architects and engineers, and fees would be predicated on turnaround time (Analysis Package A). Additionally, council added analysis of a reduced service level to critical life safety issues determined by locally established standards and supported by increased fees to Package A. The council included a strategy to enhance the service level through full cost recovery to Package B, and a reduction in General Fund by privatizing or transferring to the County or State to Analysis Package C. Community Planning The council included a strategy to reduce the General Fund contribution to the program by decreasing the frequency of plan updates to Analysis Package A. The council added an analysis of a strategy to maintain the service level e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 5, 1992 Page 3 e while reducing General Fund support by using the University's community planning strategy to Package B. Land Use Permits The council agreed to direct staff to include a strategy to maintain the service level while reducing General Fund support by increasing cost recovery to 50 percent of the full cost to Analysis Package A. Business Assistance Team The council included a strategy to reduce the service level and consolidate the program with the Metropolitan Partnership and/or move to 100 percent fee support, resulting in a savings to the General Fund of $300,000 to Analysis Package A. The council directed staff to analyze a strategy to maintain services at the current level while reducing General Fund contributions to the program through consolidation with the Metropolitan Partnership (Analysis Package B). CULTURAL SERVICES Convention & Visitors Bureau e The council directed staff to include a strategy enhancing the program's service level by an additional 50 percent with the use of a countywide room tax, program consolidation, and more active management of the contract in analysis Package B. The council added a strategy to Analysis Package C of an increase of funding to the program ($150,000) through consolidation with the Business Assistance Team and the Metropolitan Partnership, and a restaurant tax. Sister Cities The council added a strategy to maintain the service, but limit support to room tax funding, to Analysis Package A, and included a strategy to maintain the service level with a new revenue source to AnalYSis Package B. Cultural/Visual Arts The council agreed to add a strategy to maintain the program but eliminate General Fund support for "Concerts in the Parks" to Package A; those concerts would be supported through an increase in user fees and solicitation of corporate sponsorships. Special Events/Eugene Celebration The council directed staff to analyze a strategy that called for elimination of General Fund support for the Eugene Celebration and an increase in Celebration revenues by 50 percent {Package A}. . MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 5, 1992 Page 4 ~ Hult Center The council included a strategy to eliminate $400,000 in General Fund support for the program by supplanting those funds with revenues realized by a ten-year restaurant tax in Analysis Package B. The resulting program would include an increased service level for students, senior citizens, and low-income citizens. The council directed staff to analyze a strategy to reduce General Fund support for the program and maintain the service level through increased ticket prices, a fund-raising drive, and yet-to-be identified revenue enhancements (Analysis Package C). The council agreed to complete its discussion of revenues for which it wished to see further analysis at its meeting on February 12, 1992. The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m. e (Recorded by Kimberly Young) mncc 020592-530 MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 5, 1992 Page 5