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11. Close airport 1 day /week — According to Rich Weiss, Director of Airfield <br /> Maintenance Operations, revenues exceed expenditures, thus closing the <br /> airport one day would not have positive budget gain. <br /> 12. Own recycling center (don't $ t/ Rexius)--sell own metal — Mike Spangler is <br /> beginning to analyze how PWM recycles items /debris picked up in the right - <br /> of -way. Mike's goal is to reduce the $ 200,000 spent annually on dump fees. <br /> 13. Airport needs to make it friendlier to smaller planes — Liaison was hired to work <br /> with general aviation to build stronger relationship with Airport managers. <br /> General Aviation Service Manager Phil Groshong joined the staff of the <br /> Eugene Airport in March of 2005 on a part time assignment. One of his <br /> primary duties is to act as liaison between the Airport Manager and the <br /> General Aviation community. Phil will maintain a list of hangars available <br /> for rent and works closely with the operations staff to identify and solve <br /> problems related to the airports expanding General Aviation segment. <br /> Phil can be reached at the Eugene Airport administration office. Anyone <br /> who has suggestions or concerns about the General Aviation operations at <br /> the Eugene airport is encouraged to contact Phil at 682 -5063. <br /> 14. Rent vs. own certain buildings - According to Becky Carlson, PW Administration <br /> Division Manager: <br /> PWE's decision to vacate 858 Pearl and move PW staff from the Hotel and 858 <br /> Pearl to newer, leased downtown space. An analysis prepared in January 2008 <br /> projects an approximate $125,000 annual savings to PWE by consolidating <br /> space and reducing square footage. <br /> The 858 Pearl building is a City General Fund asset; Public Works has simply <br /> been a tenant, and has no real input into the sell /reuse decision. Facilities staff <br /> has done a very thorough analysis on that question, and several months ago, <br /> Jon provided the Council with a memo outlining his intention to market and sell <br /> the building. It is estimated that that sale would net over $1 million to the <br /> General Fund, which would by city policy go into the Facility Reserve, although <br /> Council could legally spend it for any city - related purpose. One of the factors in <br /> the "sell" recommendation is that EWEB is discontinuing their steam operation, <br /> upon which the 858 Pearl building is dependent for heat. A retrofit to another <br /> heat source is estimated to cost several hundred thousand dollars, with an <br /> estimated 44 -year payback! Those projections have helped reinforce the <br /> conviction that the city should simply liquidate the building and not continue to <br /> invest large amounts of money in making it habitable. <br /> 18 <br />