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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/20/1977 Meeting M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL . July 20, 1977 Adjourned meeting from July 13, 1977, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 12:00 noon on July 20, 1977, at King's Table, Oakway Mall, with the following Council members present: Eric Haws, D. W. Hamel (arrived late), Tom Williams, Ray Bradley, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, and Betty Smith. I. ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL A. Clarification of Forfeiture Provision of Charter--Mr. Obie said he would be out of town July 25 through 29, missing two Council meetings, and asked if he needed to be excused. Mr. Williams asked for clarification from counsel regarding the forfeiture section of the Charter. Stan Long, City Attorney's office, said the Charter states a Councilor must miss "two regular meetings" in succession. Therefore, Mr. Long said a Councilor would have to miss the first Monday night meetings of two successive months before forfeiture would be considered. All other meetings during the month were adjournment of the "regul ar meeti ng". B. Telecommunications Systems Inc. of Eugene--Mr. Obie received a letter from the company in which some charges were made regarding bid - openings July 22 for police radios. He said the charges were fairJy critical and was concerned about the process if those charges were correct. Assistant Manager .asked the appropriate staff to respond to him, and he would have that response for Council Wednesday, July \ 27. C. Request for Stop Sign on Arthur Street--Mr. Obie received a letter from people in his ward requesting stop signs on Arthur Street. He " said people in his ward had talked with various staff persons and had no response. He turned the letter over to staff requesting some action. D. Grants-in-Aid for State and Local Government, 1978-82--Mr. Delay reported, as a warning to Council, information released July 1 from the Office of Management and Budget regarding a five-year project for grants-in-aid to state and local governments. In 1978, the share of the federal budget going to local governments was 12.1 percent. Between 1978 and 1982, it was projected the share will decrease to 7. 8 . Mr. Delay noted this was an item of real concern. 7/20/77 - 1 - 56<j E. National Energy Plan--Mr. Delay said the National Energy Plan was a great step forward in the country, noting an excellent opportunity for citizens to impact and review the plan. The National League . of Cities had reviewed the plan and had found great difficulty with it. The general impression of the plan was that it would contain 1) a conservation plan, 2) use of nuclear power as a last resort, and 3) the breeder program would be scrapped. Resistance to the plan resulted from actual findings that the plan was a comparison between what would happen if there were no plan as to what would happen under the energy plan. Mr. Delay reviewed the three major areas, citing the problems under the Energy Plan of each one. He said the result of the plan might be a more inefficient distri- bution of energy. He felt it important for City Council and citizens of the community to become informed and to consider what the plan entailed, making their opinions known. F. Mayor's Absence--Mayor Keller would be out of the office July 25 through July 29. G. Japanese Student Recepti on--Mayor Keller remi nded Council and those in the audience of the reception at 6:45 p. m. Monday, July 25, in the McNutt Room for the Japanese student delegation. H. Meeting Scheduled for August--Assistant Manager requested Council to consider at the end of tOday's agenda the meeting schedule for August, noting any vacation plans. I. Flakcatcher--Assistant Manager introduced Mavis Adams from the Finance Department, who will be flakcatcher in the City Manager's .. office for the next six months. II. REVIEW OF MPPC "r4ETRO PLAN UPDATE WORK PROGRAW Assistant Manager noted Council had received material several weeks ago and had had a chance to review those materials, saying John Porter and Randi Bjornstad of the Planning Department were available to answer questions. Mr. Delay expressed two areas of concern which he felt should be em- phasized in the plan update process: 1) the carrying capacity of airshed, and its impact on development in the Metro area. He further noted it was critical to have developed an air quality maintenance plan; 2) the impact of growth, saying he felt it important.to understand the population projections in the report were nothing more than best guesses that were historically low. He asked the report address itself as to what will happen to the community at both a slower and faster rate of growth. John Porter, Planning Department, responded to the first concern of Mr. De 1 ay, sayi n9 it is covered in the Community Goa 1 s and Po 1 i c i cs . as a number one issue and can be incorporated into the work program. In regard to Mr. Delay's second concern, Mr. Porter said he would tentatively agree the issue could be accommodated in the work program. However, he would have to check with LCOG and other agencies' staffs - 7 n o/n - " 510 to make sure of their cooperation. He noted City Council should feel free to request any other areas to which they want attention given in the work program. . Mr. Bradley said at the last committee meeting, an LCOG person presented an analysis on the population growth projections being used. He sai d in fact the growth projections had been underestimated, and perhaps Council would like a report by the LCOG person. Mr. Obie wondered if the study group would be making decisions based on the pressures of availability of individual family single lots. Mr. Porter replied the study would be more exhaustive regarding land availability and suitability for land development patterns. The cost and efficiency of single-family lots would be addressed in that study as to whether that pattern could be continued. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Obie to approve the Metro Plan Update work program. Mr. Delay said implicit in that motion should be the decision to for- ward to LCOG his particular areas of concern. It was consensus of the Council that a written report from LCOG regarding the population growth estimates be supplied to Council members. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. Mr. Hamel arrived. e III. WOMENSPACE: CONTINUED DISCUSSION FROM 7-13 MEETING Assistant Manager said the best information he had available was that the Family Shelter House was the only facility open to the general public to serve battered wives. Working through Womenspace, there were also individual homes open for such persons. Family Shelter House and Women- space representatives had been meeting together in the last week and had developed an agreement of understanding of their roles. The agreement had been distributed to Council. Julie Lamberts, Women's Commission member and spokesperson for Womenspace, said the agreement delineated the focus of each of the agencies. The two groups had discussed and agreed to cooperate in areas such as child care, temporary schooling issues, finding permanent housing for clients, and utilization of other community resources. An agreement had been reached in the sharinq of facilities in the')c area,; iJnd 1II'lrlnfj !.r'W,', referrals. She said the written aqreement Wile; a major e;tpp provirlinq a good basis for continuing discussion and uuilding d unique.' facll1ty. Liz Heath, 3480 McMillan Street, Director of VAC, representative of the private, non-profit agency directors, said they felt very strongly any circumvention of the process of funding social services programs in the community should not be condoned. They felt the existing joint social services fund and its system should be used, and any circumvention would e 7/20/77 - 3 511 ~ lead to future problems. She suggested Council could refer the proposal back to the Joint Budget Subcommittee and then it could be funded through the revenue-sharing process without setting up a special system. She . strongly urged Council not to fund the program and circumvent the existing process. Mr. Williams moved that the proposal be referred back to staff for determination of appropriate action under Joint Social Services funding. There was no second to the motion. Mr. Williams stated his reason for the motion was to prod JSS to do something about the problem. He felt there ought to be a clear recom- mendation on priorities regarding requests funded and denied and "have that report back to City Council for further consideration. Assistant Manager felt the process should be a direct referral to the Joint Services Subcommittee with a firm date for a report back to City Council. City Council could then look at the report before determining whether monies would be available. This would give the Joint Social Services time to assess their priorities. He suggested a date of October 1. Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to refer the proposed request to the Joint Social Services Committee, with a report back to City Council by August 17. Assistant Manager felt that time frame to be a little short, noting vacation schedul~s during the month of August. Anita Larson, Lane . County staff member to the Joint Social Services Committee, said the Springfield Budget Committee was again recommending its Council put $15,000 in the social services fund. However, consideration of distribution of these funds could not take place until the funds were actually received by Lane County. She felt if the funds were received, the committee could consider expenditure of them by the first week of September. Mr. Delay understood the funds might not be available, but he felt this was a very pressing problem, and the committee should be able to prepare a report for Council consideration of how Council could cooperate in furthering the establishment of such a program as soon as possible. Mr. Obie expressed concern regarding Council agenda items discussed with not much progress being made. He said the people involved were saying August 17 would not be practical, and felt Council had better things to do than sit through another session regarding this item, with no possibility of final action. Mr. Obie moved to amend the motion, seconded by Mr. Williams, to change the date to October 1, or sooner if possible. 7/20/77 - 4 e 51t Mayor Keller thought Mr. Delay was wanting information and wasn't concerned about funding, and that the October date would be sufficient for e information and funding both. Mr. Delay asked for another explanation from Ms. Larson whether the information for options to the Council and costs involved could be available by September 1. Ms. Larson replied the committee's job was to look at all agency applications, their needs, and set priorities. She said the budget subcommittee would have to evaluate all programs. Mr. Lieuallen said he was not satisfied with the response from the Revenue Sharing Subcommittee, noting he was not that worried with the process. He said if Council could not get a response from the Revenue Sharing Subcommittee, he was willing to proceed with another process. However, he wanted to see some action occur fairly soon to address this problem. He said if the problems could. not be worked out by the Revenue Sharing Subcommittee, then perhaps another committee needed to be es- tablished. The question in his mind was what the Subcommittee could do for the City Council with respect to this issue. Assistant Manager said the Revenue Sharing Subcommittee had to respond to information asked from it by City Council. He suggested this was the reason for setting a specific date for a report from that Subcom- mittee. However, he cautioned Council not to ignore the process the Subcommittee had to follow. He said there was a major investment of time by Subcommittee members, and setting a date of October 1 would allow them the opportunity to explore other options available such as CETA funding, the response from the Springfield Budget Committee, and a chance to gather data. e Mayor Keller said he felt the subcommittee had been very responsive, but that it was a typical committee in that it had four times the requests that it could fund. Therefore, the requests were reviewed by an advisory committee as to how to spend the funds. Mr. Delay said all he felt the Council needed from the Subcommittee was some idea of what was necessary to get this program off the ground so that Lane County, the City Council, and Springfield could start work i ng on it. Then the City Council could decide whether it wanted to get involved. Mr. Obie expressed concern regarding the amount of requests the sub- committee had to turn down, and whether the Council was creating pressure on this committee in regard to this particular program. He felt the Council already was using the wrong process. He said the Womenspace people had already been referred to that subcommittee which had served well in the past, and he felt the ongoing process should be maintained and Council should not get involved by applying too much pressure to the subcommittee. 7/20/77 - 5 e 513 Mr. Williams said in addition to Mr. Obie's comments, he felt Mr. Delay wanted the Joint Social Services Committee to say how this program' could be developed, and how to get it going. He fel t perhaps . Mr. Delay wanted them to say this program was more important than any others they had turned down. Mr. Williams was more interested in the subcommittee saying this was the single most important need in the community if they really saw it that way. Mary Hudzikiewicz, chairman of the City Budget Committee and of the Revenue Sharing Subcommittee, said part of the process of the subcommittee was a mid-year evaluation of of agencies. At that time, new applications would be reviewed, as well as funding of programs that had already been made to evaluate whether they were successful. She assumed an evaluation of the Women space program would occur at that time, and agreed the City Council was putting pressure on the system. Mr. Delay, in answer to Mr. Williams and Obie, said the present process was adequate. He was not requesting actual funding, but asking infor- mation as to where this program fits into the Joint Social Services scheme. He felt there was an important need in the_community which had been only recently identified. If it did not fit into the social services framework, then Council should definitely get involved. He did not think the process would be destroyed, as other groups would not be coming before Council that often. Vote was taken on the amendment to the motion which failed, with Bradley, Haws, Lieuallen, and Delay voting no; Smith, Williams, Obie, and Hamel voting aye; Mayor Keller voting no - to break the tie. Vote was taken on the main motion, with a change in date to September 1 or sooner for the response, with all Council members present voting aye except Mr. Williams voting no. IV. DOG POUND SITE--Memo distributed to Council. Assistant Manager reviewed memo distributed to Council in which the Tri-Agency Dog Control Authority was requesting consideration of using airport property for a dog pound site. He said endeavors had been made to find space that was mutually compatible and operationally successful, with a reluctance to get involved in condemnation proce- dures. He said Council had before it a request from the Tri-Agency Control policy board and staff to consider using a two-acre site at the airport. The Airport Commission considered the proposal early Tuesday. He noted Arthur Jarr and Bob Shelby were available to answer questions by Council. A map was distributed to City Council showing the site. . He noted the three key components of choos i n9 a site were: 1) accessibility; 2) convenience and encroachment on abutting property; and 3) operational convenience. 7/20/77 - 6 e \ , 51~ Assistant Manager continued one concern regarding use of airport property that the airport may need the land for future expansion. It e was felt the use would not interfere with the operation of the airport. Staff was recommending the property be leased to the three agencies involved for at least ten years, with a commitment beyond ten years if agreeable. It was felt that after a ten-year period of time, the airport may have to expand and thus, the use of this property might not be available. He said the question before Council was, "Wou1 d you allow staff and the Tri-Agency Dog Control Authority to proceed to seek a conditional use permit in Lane County for the dog pound at this site?" Mr. Wiliams wondered if the City was attempting to do something in this area that another private land owner would not be able to do. Assistant Manager replied no. Mr. Obie wondered what the reaction had been from Springfield. His concern was that Springfield be very much a partner in this effort. Assistant Manager replied the City Council in Springfield had not acted formally, but their elected official had signed the request. He said this was one reason the Tri-Agency policy board had made the formal request in writing, to assure some level of commitment. He said Springfield staff were generally aware of the land arrangements that were being looked at, and the lease would be to each of the public bodies with a sub-lease to Tri-Agency. Mr. Obie expressed some concern over the distance of the location of the pound, wondering if the energy consumption would be more e costly than purchasing land in another area. Assistant Manager replied the only other available land would have to be condemned, and the jurisdictions would not condemn. He said the most operationally placed land would be in G1enwood, but they could not get the land without condemnation. Mr. Obie then questioned the problem of dogs being agitated by airport traffic and creating a noise problem. As~istant Manager replied the contemplation of building an enclosed facility would eliminate that problem. Bill Dwyer, Lane County representative on Tri-Agency Dog Control policy board, said conceptual approval had been made to place the dog pound on the airport property. He said, however, there might be some financial or practical problems with the proposal, and nego- tiations would still have to be completed with the Airport Commis- sion. He said Tri-Agency needed City Council approval, but there was still the possibility that this site might not be acceptable. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to authorize staff to pursue use of the extreme northeast corner of the airport property for a dog pound site. Motion carried unanimously. v. RETAIL EXPANSION IN DOWNTOWN EUGENE--Study distributed to Council. Resolution No. 2716--Declaring the City Council's support for retail expansion in downtown Eugene and directing the Eugene Renewal Agency to proceed with its implementation was read by number and title. e 7/20/77 - 7 575 Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Ro 11 call vote. Motion carried unanimously. -. VI. PUBLIC HEAR INGS A. New liquor license outlet (RMB): Lok Yaun Restaurant, W. 11th Shopping Center, applicants Karen and Sik Koon Chan. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to schedule public hearing July 25, 1977. Moti on carri ed unanimously. B. Appeal from decisions of Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeal s, re: property located at 3970 Marshall Avenue (Jack and Anna Gilbert) Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to schedule public hearing August 3, 1977. Motion carried unanimously. C. Alley vacation and relocation: A portion of east/west alley between Wi11amette and Olive Streets, south of 11th Avenue (Eugene Hospital and Clinic) (AV 77-2) Council Bill 1515--Ca11ing pUblic hearing August 31, 1977, re: alley vacation, a portion of east-west alley between Wi11amette and Olive Streets, south of 11th Avenue, was read by number and title only, there being no Council member present requesting it be read in full. - Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel that CB 1515 be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously, and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18029. D. Street vacation: Portion of Washington Street, south of 30th Avenue (Eugene Parks and Recreation Department) (SV 76-7) Council Bill 1516--Calling public hearing August 31, 1977, re: street vacation, a portion of Washington Street south of 30th Avenue was read by number and title only, there being no Council member present requesting it be read in full. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel that CB 1615 be read the second time by council bill number only. with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously, and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. 7/20/77 - 8 e- ~. 51l, Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel that the bill be -- approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Council members present voting aye. the bill was declared passed and numbered 18030. VI I. NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER REVISIONS--Memo distributed to Council. . Assistant Manager noted the memo reviewed the minor changes in each of the neighborhood charters. He called Council's attention to the South Hills charter which prescribed. upon action by the entire membership. the group may institute litigation. He said this should not be interpreted as empowering the group to institute litigation in the name of the City. This language only describes how the members will deal with each other and their individual rights. It has no effect upon the City nor gives the group any unique legal authority. Resolution No. 2717--Approving and accepting amendments to the Friendly Area Neighbors Charter was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 2718--Approving and accepting amendments to the South Hills Neighborhood Association Charter was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. - Resolution No. 2719--Approving and accepting amendments to the Fair- mount Neighbors Charter was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Ro 11 call vote. Motion carried unanimously. VIII. IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS Resolution No. 2713--Authorizing street paving. sanitary sewer and storm sewer construction witin Ironwood Subdivision was read by number and titl e. Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 2714--Authorizing street paving. sanitary sewer and storm sewer construction within Willow Tree Subdivision was read by number and title. Mr. Haws moved. seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. . 7/20/77 - 9 577 IX. SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENTS A. West side Gilham Road, between Brewer Lane and Minda, SE77-10, -. Lee C. Plants. B. Between Beltline and Candlelight and between Barger and Royal, SE 77-9, John Steinmuller, Transwestern Investors. Mr. Haws moved seconded by Mr. Hamel to approve the segrega- tions. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimou~ly. X. APPROVAL OF MINUTES--June 30, July 6, and July 13, 1977. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to approve the minutes. Roll call vote.. Motion carried unanimously. XI. PARK LAND ACQUISITION IN WEST UNIVERSITY AND WHITEAKER NEIGHBORHOODS Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that according to ORS 192.660, Subsection (2) (a), Council meet in Executive Session at 1:32 p. m. on July 20, 1977 to consider park land acquisition. Motion carried unanimously, and Council adjourned to Executive Session. Mayor Keller resumed the Council meeting at 1:45 p. m. Resolution No. 2715--Authorizing staff to proceed with acquisition of . property at 14th and Hilyard for park land, authorizing exercising - power of eminent domain. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimous1y. Resolution No. 2720--Authorizing the institution of proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition of property in the vicinity of 4th and 5th Avenues and Polk Street and Blair Boulevard for a public park site. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote. Motion carried unanimously. XIV. OTHER ITEMS A. Councilors' vacation plans for August: Assistant Manager said Staff would check with each Councilor as to vacation plans and perhaps the meeting schedule for August would be changed. No items had yet been scheduled for the Monday, August 8 meeting. B. Request by EWEB for Council tour of various facilities: A request had been received for Council to tour facilities either 7/20/77 - 10 . 518 " , Mondays, August 15 or 29. Assistant Manager said perhaps Council would prefer to do so on a Wednesday, in place of a - Council meeting during August. Staff will check Councilors' schedules and desired date for tour. Mr. Obie wondered if such a tour would be productive for Council. Assistant Manager said there was a two-fold reason: EWEB wants Council to be more sensitive to electrical energy and water supplies. It would also build a more positive relationship between the two groups. XV. QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS A. Area located on east side of Gilham, north of Crescent, from County AGT to City R-l (Kidder) (A/Z 77-4). B. Area located south of Centennial Boulevard, west of Autzen Stadium, and north of Day Island Road, from County PR to City RA (Lane County) (A/Z 77-5) Upon motion duly made, seconded, and carried, meeting was adjourned to 4:00 p. m. ~di;( - A. Kei th Marti n Assistant City Manager AKM:ng/CM25bl . 7/20/77 - 11 57t:t