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<br /> . Commissioners would be meeting soon to discuss the value of LRAPA versus a <br /> State-run program. The council expressed its interest in asking the County <br /> to use its road funds to fund LRAPA. <br /> B. 4J/City of Eugene Publication <br /> Mr. Holmer said residents within the City recently received a <br /> jOintly-sponsored publication from School District 4J and the City library. <br /> He asked the City Manager to present a report on how the publication was <br /> funded. <br /> C. Campaign Reports <br /> Mr. Holmer also asked for copies oJ the financial campaign reports filed by <br /> candidates for election to City offices. <br /> D. Airlines Contracts <br /> Ms. Bascom requested a report on the City's contract with the airlines. She <br /> also announced that 40 businesses will receive a City Pride Certificate for <br /> helping to beautify the city this year. <br /> III. WORK SESSION: DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REVIEW GROUP--COUNCIL <br /> UPDATE <br /> e Development Specialist Scott Luell gave the staff report which had two goals: <br /> to update the council on the progress of the Downtown Development District <br /> Review Group (DRG) to date, and to develop a dialogue between the councilors <br /> on the group and those that are not. <br /> Mr. Luell said the Downtown Development District (DDD) was established in <br /> 1973 by the Downtown Development Board, the downtown merchants, and City <br /> officials. He said the district was established to deal with marketing, <br /> management, and parking in the downtown area. The three forms of tax used to <br /> support the development district in 1973 were the Ad Valorem tax, which taxed <br /> merchant property downtown, the gross receipts tax, which taxed retail sales, <br /> and the professional tax, which was eliminated in 1985. <br /> Mr. Luell said the DDD began to experience financial difficulties as well as <br /> design/tax equity and support problems. The financial problems were the <br /> product of 15 years of increasing costs coupled with fairly flat revenue. <br /> Mr. Luell said the DDD is projecting a $143,000 operating deficit for this <br /> fiscal year. <br /> Mr. Luell said one way to fix the financial problem is to try to cut <br /> expenditures. The DDD and the Downtown Commission have tried to do this <br /> through elimination of services (e.g., converting some free parking to pay <br /> parking). This causes a tax equity problem because people adjacent to the <br /> parking lots are paying the same tax as before although the service level has <br /> been reduced. Mr. Luell said tax equity concerns lead to a support problem <br /> e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 12, 1988 Page 2 <br />