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<br />- ) . 5 4 % 3 <br /> <br />%´¦¤­¤ #¨³¸ #®´­¢¨« <br />( ±±¨² ( ««Ǿ ΐΑΔ % ²³ Η Avenue <br />th <br />%´¦¤­¤Ǿ /±¤¦®­ ΘΖΓΏΐ <br /> <br />* ­´ ±¸ 23Ǿ ΑΏΐΖ <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />#®´­¢¨«®±² 0±¤²¤­³Ȁ %¬¨«¸ 3¤¬¯«¤, "¤³³¸ 4 ¸«®±Ǿ !« ­ :¤«¤­ª Ǿ '¤®±¦¤ 0®«¨­¦Ǿ -¨ª¤ #« ±ªǾ '±¤¦ %µ ­²Ǿ <br />#« ¨±¤ 3¸±¤³³ µ¨  ¯§®­¤Ǿ #§±¨² 0±¸®± <br /> <br />- ¸®± Vinis ®¯¤­¤£ ³§¤ * ­´ ±¸ ΑΒǾ ΑΏΐ7Ǿ ¬¤¤³¨­¦ ®¥ ³§¤ %´¦¤­¤ #¨³¸ #®´­¢¨«. <br /> <br />WORK SESSION: West Eugene Enterprise Zone Task Force Public Benefit Criteria Update <br />1. <br />Community Development Director Michael Kinnison and Business Development Analyst Amanda <br />D’Souzagavea PowerPoint presentation showing a program overview, task force process, and <br />draft revised criteria. <br />Council discussion: <br />Criteria should be quantifiable showing real public benefit beyond the job. <br />Points awarded for consultation is inappropriate and should be eliminated. <br />Green building has nothing to do with the building or how it was built; rename criterion. <br />Importantnot to scalecriteria forsmallerbusinesses;some can’t fulfill all of the requirements. <br />Criteria area good step forward to address goals; make the programstronger. <br />Enterprise zone andtax exemptionsare unnecessary,process is now too easy. <br />Awardingpoints for wages should be done by employee,not an average. <br />Create a tiered system that all businesses can participate in. <br />Criteria for wages could be modified to limit it to acertain percentage between highest and <br />lowest paid employee. <br />Half of the employees would be below the medium wage and that is problematic. <br />Minimum points from each criteria boxshould be required. <br />Health benefits criteria should be given more weight andrequire aminimumnumber ofpoints. <br />Consider usingaverage wage over medianwage; give extra points for local companies. <br />Using medianwage helps eliminate outliers that can skew the results. <br />If we are trying to create family wage jobs, all new employees should get medianwage. <br />Minority and women owned business criteria should be included. <br />2.WORK SESSION: South Willamette Street Pilot Study Update <br />Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary and Transportation Planning EngineerChris Henry gavea <br />PowerPoint presentation with updates on the South Willamette Street pilot study. <br />Council discussion: <br />It is council’sjob and expectation to have a robust discussion on what the community wants in the <br />Transportation System Plan. <br />MINUTES –Eugene City CouncilJanuary 23, 2017Page 1 <br />Work Session & Meeting <br /> <br />