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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/11/1978 Meeting M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL - October 11, 1978 Adjourned meeting from October 9, 1978, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by President D. W. Hamel, October 11, 1978, 11:30 a.m., King's Table, Oakway Mall, with the following Councilors present: Ray Bradley, Eric Haws, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, and Betty Smi th. Mayor Gus Keller and Councilor Tom Williams were absent. 1. Items From Mayor and Council A. Assessment Panel Hearing--Scheduled Monday, October 16, 1978. Jack Delay will replace Eric Haws. Mr. Haws was challenged by A & X, Inc., who have an appeal to be heard. B. Inter-Governmental Taxation Study--Memo distributed. A request for proposals had been prepared by the Bureau of Governmental Research. The proposals would form a basis for proceeding with the project. The study committee will be meeting October 30 to consider some of the assumptions prepared by the Research Bureau. These assumptions would be very significant in determining the results of - the study. Council action is requested to designate an elected official to serve continuously on the committee for the duration of the study. Mayor Gus Keller is willing to serve. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to appoint Mayor Keller to the Inter-Governmental Taxation Study Committee as the City's elected representative. Motion carried unanimously. C. CETA Program Agent--Ms. Smith reported the County Commissioners had approved, by a 2:1 vote, the City's request for a 3D-day extension of the contract. D. Apology to Lane County Commissioners--Mr. Obie apologized for a past statement, and said he now expected full cooperation from the Commissioners with the City. E. Civic Center Project--Mr. Obie requested information from staff as to the progress on the building of a hotel or convention center relative to the Civic Center Project. Manager noted tax limitation measures for the November 7 election may be impediments. It may impair the capacity of tax increment funding and, thus, might be creating hesi- tancy on the part of developers. A report will be distributed to Council October 25. e 10/11/78--1 ~1S F. 1990 Update Committee--Mr. Bradley announced a meeting Thursday, e October 12, 7:00 a.m., Gingerbread House, Mohawk and Centennial. Subject of the meeting will be the proposed urban service boundary. G. Tri-Agency--Mr. Hamel had received calls from veterinarians regarding Tri-Agency advertising free distemper shots. Veterinarians were concerned with the possible competition from the City, and wondered who was paying for the ad. Mr. Delay said he did not believe the Tri-Agency was giving free shots, but were providing low-cost shots in combination with purchasing of licenses as an overall program. Assistant Manager will respond in writing and provide copies to Council. II. Approval of Minutes Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to approve Council minutes October 4, 1978. Motion carried unanimously. III. Improvement Petitions Resolution No. 3020--Authorizing initiating procss for street paving, sanitary sewer and storm sewer construction in Bradley Drive adjacent to Wilkes Plat from 450 e feet north of Bond Lane to Bond Lane; and storm sewer construction within Wilkes Plat (1472) was read by number and title. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt the resolu- ti on. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 3021--Authorizing initiating process for street paving, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer construction within Dawne Plat; and street paving of Cleveland Street from approximately 100 feet north of 24th Avenue to approximately 200 feet south of 25th Avenue (1607) was read by number and title. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt the resolu- ti on. Motion carried unanimously. IV. Transfer of Jurisdiction: Railroad Boulevard, Van Buren, and Blair-- Memo distributed. Manager said Lane County and the State had come to an agreement that the State cannot afford to reconstruct River Road, but could afford to main- ta in Bel tl i ne. Lane County will use 0 & C monies to reconstruct River Ro ad . The City would be responsible for certain intersections, main- tenance of some signals, power cost, and maintenance of some roads. Lane County will construct the traffic signals at 5th and Blair, and improve e River Road, and construct the Chambers Connector. 10/11/78--2 b7' Mr. Haws questioned the cost and what advantages the City would have e to enter into this agreement. Don Allen, Public Works Director, said additional charges initially would be for electric service on two traffic signals. However, in the long run, there will be less City cost for large future capital projects, i.e., the Chambers overpass. Mr. Haws expressed concern regarding the County.s improvement of River Road which might ultimately result in bottlenecks of traffic coming into the city. Mr. Allen said the agreement would make Lane County the lead agent in construction. However, the process, as outlined in the T-2000 Plan, would be followed before any improvements were made for River Road. Any improvement to River Road, outside maintenance, would be Lane County's responsibility. He continued that improvement of River Road was a high priority project for Lane County and the Chambers Connector would be a continuation of that project. In response to a question from Mr. Delay, Mr. Allen said expediting improvements on River Road will not jeopardize any priority projects for the City. Manager reminded Council the Chambers Connector was recom- mended as a high priority by the Planning Commission during the adoption of the T-2000 Plan. Mr. Allen added there was local interest to bring it up to a higher priority than is now in the T-2000 Plan. Resolution 3022--Authorizing execution of agreement with Lane County and State of Oregon providing for jurisdictional and main- tenance responsibilities with respect to portions of e streets more particularly described therein was read by number and title. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution 3023--Authorizing execution of agreement with Lane County pro- viding for jurisdictional and maintenance responsibilities with respect to portions of Railroad Boulevard, Van Buren Street, and Blair Boulevard was read by number and title. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. V. Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP) Grant Doug Moore, Administrative Services Division, Police Department, said the overall program is called the Comprehensive Career Criminal Program. It consists of two programs centered on identifying and removing from society serious offenders: ICAP (police component), and Career (prosecutor com- ponent). Efforts of the overall program will be to integrate the ICAP and prosecuting components to reduce criminal activity of the serious offender, increase the number of years they are removed from their criminal careers, and increase the effectiveness of police services and resources. The four components of the ICAP program include: 1) data collection; 2) e 10/11/78--3 ~17 analyses; 3) planning; and 4) service delivery. He felt this would be a e cost-effective program, and perhaps even produce cost reductions in the department. The target will be the habitual serious offender and, hope- fully, the police will become more efficient and effective in removing him from soc i ety . In response to a question from Mr. Hamel regarding the law not backing the Police Department, Dr. Moore said, hopefully, with the ICAP program the police would be able to help strengthen the prosecutor's case in removing these individuals. Mr. Lieuallen requested a brief report from the Police Department on the prosecutor's portion of the program. In answer to a question from Mr. Delay, Dr. Moore said most of the per- centage of time and effort from this program will upgrade police services for the city. Ultimately, the program will lead to apprehending the serious offenders and assisting the prosecution to build better cases to put habitual offenders in jail. Chief Pierce Brooks added there will be two sergeants, four officers, and two clerical personnel in the program. Only two of these persons will be involved in the investigative analysis. The Police Department thrust would be for better information collection and analysis at the patrol officer level, particularly. Mr. Lieuallen asked about the long-term funding. Dr. Moore said the City would match ten percent the first year, 20 percent the second, and 30 e percent the third year. Duri ng the fourth year, it woul d be a Budget ' Committee decision to absorb the entire program. Assistant Manager noted the contracts were for single fiscal years. In absorbing the program during the fourth year, it would basically involve four persons. How- ever, Dr. Moore pointed out the program would provide better planning for police services and would be worth the effort. He said the Police Department may not have to significantly increase its staff once ICAP is ongoing. He said'there was evidence from other cities which showed such a program ultimately saved the cities money, and he felt that would be true for Eugene. Chief Brooks added this was something that was needed, and one of the big pluses of the program would be to free up detectives' time. The uniformed police will be investigators 'and not just report takers. Dr. Moore said he would be making quarterly reports, with an annual independent evaluation as to whether the program is meeting objectives and implementing programs. Those reports would be available for Council. Manager noted for Council one of its goals was to bolster police services, and this would be a means to do so, using federal funds. Resolution 3024--Authorizing City Manager to enter into agreement with other governmental agencies for the Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP) was read by number and title. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to adopt the resolution. e Motion carried unanimously. 10/11178--4 b78 Chief Brooks introduced il"'new, staff member, Dr. Paul Johnson, Research and e Development Manager. He will be working with Dr. Moore on the program, as well as personnel and other research and development programs. VI. City/County Golf Course Study at Mt. Pisgah--Manager noted distribution of the study by the National Golf Foundation regarding the golf course at Mt. Pisgah. The Council.s action today would be to authorize a committee of elected officials to review the study for feasibility, financing, etc. Lane County Commissioners are considering the same action today. In response to a question from Mr. Haws, Ernie Drapela said it would be difficult to make any recommendation prior to the November 7 election on effect of the tax limitation measures. He said one financial option would be to get a lease/ concession operation. Mr. Drapela suggested Council direct its attention to two particular sections of the study: 1) the conclusions and recommendations, listed on pages 6-10; and 2) the financial data on development and management, listed on pages 92-105. Mr. Delay expressed concern that the study committee direct its attention to the financial section, noting any such operation should be profitable to the City. He noted also the possible financial impact on other major serv ices of the City. Mr. Obie felt unless the golf course has the unique feature of providing - open space within the confines of Eugene, perhaps it might be in the City's best interest to allow the County to take full responsibility. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, to authorize appoint- ment of a Lane County/City Study Committee for a possible golf course. Motion carried unanimously. VI I. Community Conference on Growth Management Studies Manager said the conference would be an effort to more deeply involve the community in the update process and growth management issues. Jim Farah, Planner, said the conference would focus on the Phase II report and other growth issues. It was hoped to get community participation and establish definitive directions. Those suggestions would be taken to the Planning Commission to be used to formulate recommendations to the City Council for Phase 2. The conferees to be invited were chosen on the basis of a diversity and balance of broad community interests, with resource people such as staff and department heads. He noted the recommendation had been presented to the Citizens Involvement Advisory Committee. Their main concern was the structure would limit participation only to conferees. However, the Community Goals Committee felt the conference needed struc- ture and, thus, had made its recommendation as presented. He noted there would be opportunities for citizen participation in public hearings before both the Planning Commission and City Council. Conferees were invited on e 10/11/78--5 '7'1 the basis of people active on City boards and commissions, recommendations e from Community Goals Committee of persons who are interested in the growth process, and representatives from neighborhood groups. He noted Council could change or correct the proposed list of conferees. Mr. Bradley felt it important the public have a chance to have input at the conference. He thought perhaps it prudent to allow 15-30 minutes for the public to respond to what is going on at the conference. Mr. Delay reminded Council the community goals conference would not be conclusory in any way, but rather a mechanism to help encourage community participation. Subsequent to this conference, there will be opportunity for the public to explore the issues with public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council. Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to approve the conference and appointments as proposed. Mr. Bradley moved, seconded by Mr. Haws, to amend the motion to allow 30 minutes of public comment at the conference. Motion carried with Hamel, Obie, Haws, and Bradley voting aye; Delay, Lieuallen, and Smith voting no. Vote was taken on the main motion which carried unanimously. A short recess was taken. e VIII. Discussion of Budget Process--Materials distributed. Manager said the memo distributed described four possible options for budget process, noting there may be others to consider. He rev i ewed the four options. It was suggested Option 4 might address Council's concerns. Other materials which describe part of that process, or could be used in that process, were distributed. Manager said each depart- ment would provide a table of organization showing the divisions within each, with reference numbers. Those reference numbers would refer to existing subprogram elements. For each of these subprogram elements, a sheet would be prepared describing services, number of full-time personnel, list of appropriate categories, funding sources, and expenditures. Compiled together, the Council would have a total City organization, services, costs, funding, personnel, by program elements. He said in the budget process, with either lay members or the entire Budget Committee, presentation and review of this material, with some system of evaluating each service, could be included. He said this would preceed the priori- tization. In the service description there will be guidelines which would indicate what each element does, and what would be the effect if it were el iminated. He said this would relate only to current services. The same format would be used for proposed budgets, but that would come later in the budget process. e 10/11/78--6 1080 The materials, hopefully, would be distributed before the end of the e year. It was suggested there could be a series of sessions two or three evenings a week, or 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the afternoons, for a four- to six-week period for service review using this material as a.basic reference point. He said a question remained whether Council would wish to use the same process for evaluation of each program unit. Mr. Delay requested some effort be given to identify the target groups or clientele by services, and the numbers, if possible. Mr. Obie congratulated staff on the proposed method. He felt it important to establish the right format and get concise, complete information. He requested identification of CETA positions, current versus proposed, along with permanent personnel positions. In addition, he requested the consi- deration of including IIblocksll for priority ratings by departments, and then for use by the Budget Committee. Mr. Lieuallen said he did not want to get involved in reviewing efficiency of individual efforts. His major concern was the extent to which the budget accomplishes the policy direction that has been set by Council. He felt the budget process should layout terms of those policy direc- tions, and perhaps the Budget Committee needs to discuss the policy direction rather than particular elements. He gave examples such as revitalization of the downtown area, improved parks, ease of taxation for senior citizens. He was not as interested in the details, but rather interested if those details are accomplishing the purposes and policies. e Manager said a further report would be brought to Council October 25 or 1 ater . Mr. Haws left the meeting. IX. Ballot Measure Nos. 6 and I1--Memos distributed. Paget Engen discussed the impact of the tax measure on individual tax- payers and the tax system. Three basic concepts which needed to be understood regarding Ballot Measure 6 were as follows: 1. What happens to the assessed values--All assessed values will be rolled back to January 1, 1975, assessed value. They will then be indexed forward by two percent per year. Re-evaluation of each piece of property will occur when it is sold or a change of ownership occurs. She noted a much higher turnover in residential than commercial property would result in a higher tax burden for residential property owners. 2. How Ballot Measure 6 sets a maximum tax' rate for local governments-- The tax rate of $15 per $1,000 assessed evaluation plus existing debt commitments would result in a total tax rate for most of Eugene of $17.7f. 3. The current tax system is levy based--Under Ballot Measure 6 it would become a rate-based system; taxes would increase when assessed value increases. e 10/11/78--7 "81 , Ms. Engen then reviewed tables included in the materials distributed. e Under Ballot Measure 6, the net property tax relief for Oregon business taxpayers would be $338 million for the first biennium and for residential owner tax payers, $19.5 million. Under Measure 11, there would be no relief for Oregon business taxpayers, but there would be $438 million net relief for residential owner and renter taxpayers. Mr. Bradley left the meeting. Ms. Engen said the critical issue is where the money comes from. Under Ballot Measure 6, if the State gave some relief for local governments, the money would come from the State income taxes. Statewide personal income taxes to corporate income taxes are paid on a 5:1 ratio. Under Ballot Measure 6, if the State surplus is used, there would be in effect a substantial shifting of tax burden from business property to personal income. Under Ballot Measure 11, the shift would be from individual property taxes to personal income taxes. Further discussions are scheduled October 25 and November 1. Upon motion duly made, seconded, and passed, the meeting was adjourned to Dc 23, J:~ Carles T. Henr . Ci ty Manager e CTH:DT:so/CM25b11 - 10/11/78--8 '82,