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built on the EWEB site had been.mado. He thought more'public process was in order before funding the . <br />-Project. •IIe opined-that the Roosevelt Boulevard extension project was also premature until West Bugene_ <br />transpQrtation was taken into consideration as. a whole. The Beavet Street Ucyclo path extension he felt <br />to boa very good project. He expressed concern that neighborhood traffic eaLtiing projects were as yet <br />unfunded <br />Charles Biggs, 540 Antelope way;. thanked the committee for having a meeting. He reiterated his <br />coficera that consideration of a new public safety building was unwise in the face of a potential:law&df <br />that could impinge upon tho budget. He recommended that.the Budget Committee establish a <br />ootitingency to prepare for that possibility. He was also. concerned that thecommunity liad done a lot of <br />leveraging. He <br />opined that leve *ft was "tine" as 19ng as it paid off in the future,: but it seemed that . <br />' man: rojects- were not paying off He sand one.should not leverage money one did not have. He <br />com meated,that every time the City came out -with another gas tax or another kind 6fpublic utility tax it <br />' .waif the wrong message. - - <br />II, MMU E-S APiR.OVAL- January 20, 200S Mcetiang . <br />Ms. Rygas, seconded by Ms: Bea man, moved the approval of the minutes from . <br />-the meeting-of the Budget Committee meeting held on January 2l}, 2005, as <br />amended. The motion passed unanimously, 15:0; MS. Solomon had not yet . <br />arrived. , <br />III. CAPUAI;H"ROVEMEIVTPROGAAMFY2006-20.11 <br />G4ty Manager Taylor stated that staff had made its presentation over the past several , lie <br />ewoi raged the Budget Committee to takc,,act6_ He noted'that.the CIP was scheduled to come before, <br />the City Council on February 28 for a public-heaft. Heweleosried any further suggestions the Budget - <br />Comwnittee might hwq. <br />Mr. Peters, secQn4ed by Mr. Poling, moved. to rbeommend that the City Council . . <br />adopt the FY06-1Y11 Capital Improvement Program ineotporatiag the staff. <br />recommended changes. <br />Mr. Kelly, sec9ndedby leis. Orti4; moved-to amend the Capital Improvement.. <br />progtawto make the following chapgos: <br />1) To coimbim Phase 1' and Phase 2 of the City Hall project into a siugl0 <br />unfimdeti item; <br />2) To restore funding for. traMo ealnung, $30,000 annually, coming <br />from she Generd-Fund balance. available. or from the resew o for <br />revenue sfioFtfa}l; - <br />3) To restore $30,000 per.yeaI for street lighting, bringing it back.to this. <br />previous year's level of spending; suggested to wine from the <br />-Geneeal Services for w development budget. <br />Ms. Dettinan Wd.she had considered an amendment td combine phases of the~City Hall project, god to - <br />eliminate the timelioc,.but sho-bad realized there were many unfundedprojects in the CIl' the diet not <br />'think this was "useful"-nor would it got to the real issue. She. questionod:Whether .the C1P was a'planning <br />I TUTBS=--HugeneBudget Committee February 22, <br />_ .424. 3 <br />