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<br />""'11II <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Council Chamber <br />Eugene, Oregon <br />January 10, 1972 <br /> <br />Regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor <br />Mayor Lester E. Anderson in the Council Chamber at 7:30 p.m. on January 10, 1972 with the following <br />councilmen present: Messrs. Teague and Mohr, Mrs. Beal, Messrs. Williams and Hershner, and <br />Mrs. Campbell. Councilmen McDonald and Gribskov were absent. <br /> <br />I - Mayor's Message 1972 <br />Mayor Anderson delivered his annual message covering the past year's accomplishments'and giving <br />a resume' of changes he would like to see occur in the coming years. A copy is on file in the <br />City Manager's office. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />II - Election of Council Officers <br />Council President Teague asked for postponement of this item because of the absence from the <br />City of two councilmen. He asked for a meeting of the Council in the City Manager's office on <br />Wednesday, January 19, 1972, at 11:30 a.m. for the purpose of electing officers; Council members <br />agreed. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />III -,Appointments, Boards and Commissions <br />A. Charitable Solicitations Commission - Mayor Anderson recommended appointment of Willmam Korns, <br />1345 Corum, replacing William Dunseth, resigned, for the balance of the term ending November <br />1973. <br /> <br />Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. MohT to approve the appointment. Motion carried. <br /> <br />B. Planning Commission - Mayor Ande~s6n announced the reappointment of David Hoffman, 1626 Sher- <br />wood Place, and Alan Maxwell, 2195 Wood Acres Drive, for the term ending January 1, 1976; <br />and the appointment of James Longwood, 2633 Spring Boulevard, to replace John Stafford, re- <br />signed, for the balance of the term ending January 1, 1973. <br /> <br />C. International Co-operation Committee - Mayor Anderson announced the appointment of the <br />following persons to this committee: <br /> <br />Win Wah Ashton, 3325 Olive Street <br />Mrs. Charles Perry, 2092 Agate Street <br />Keven Cape' , Route 1, Junction City <br />Jamal Rahman, 2716 Harris Street <br /> <br />Mil€ Feig, 345 East 50th Avenue <br />Marilyn Lakey, Route 7, Box lli56A6 <br />Bruce Clere, 889 Lariat Drive <br /> <br />IV - Committee Reports - Items previously discussed at committee meetings on December 29, 1971 and <br />January 5, 1972. Minutes of those meetings appear below in italics. <br /> <br />M~: Teegue moved seconded by Mr. Mohr that Items A through 0 below be approved, affirmed, and <br />filed as noted. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />A. Proposed County-wide l~% Income Tax for Local Government - Lane County requested <br />Council's of cities to take a position on the acceptability of a proposal to levy <br />a l~% income tax on adjusted gross income of all res&dents of Lane County. If the <br />plan is acceptable, it will be necessary to start an educational program, and <br />planning should proceed as soon as possible. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Staff distributed with the agenda two alternatives for use of the revenue, one of <br />whi ch proposes that funds be used as property tax offset, and as funding for de- <br />ferred capital improvement projects, and the other to devote the entire amount to <br />offsetting the projected property tax levies. Assistant City Manager explained the <br />two proposals and accompanying graphs. <br /> <br />Councilmen had questions about rates of increase, other revenue sources, and pro- <br />jections made on the charts. In answer to Mrs. Campbell, Manager said a corrmlittee <br />made up of representatives of cities and county had arrived at the 45/55 split of <br />revenues between cities and county. 45% was designated to the County because itwas <br />felt that citizens inside cities were provided with county services. In the event <br />of major annexations or population shifts, this split of the revenues could be re- <br />negotiated. <br /> <br />Mrs. Campbell commented that some years ago the people had increased the tax base. <br />Could this route be taken again? Manager felt such a proposal would have to be tied <br />to some specific advantage to get voter approval. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Councilman Williams commented on the recent Texas and California decisions regard- <br />ing use of property tax for school funding, and whether something of this nature <br />might have some effect on local taxes. He fel t the School Distri ct should have been <br />included in the discussion of the proposal. Manager suggested this might be clari- <br />fied before this tax or any other local tax came to the voters. <br /> <br />Mayor Anderson said there are many eventualities that might be considered as good <br />reasons for delay. The question at this time is whether the Counc~l feels an income <br />tax is a logical, justifiable source of revenue for financing loca;{ government. <br />If so, the Council shom~a~consider the type programs they are willing to undertake. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />1/10/72 - 1 <br /> <br />.-"I1l <br />