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model Toxic Right-To-Know law. She asserted the action of the City Council would be watched by <br />communities across the nation as the law represented the best in Toxics Right-To-Know laws. She <br /> <br />commented that the law was a model for municipal policy and gave value to the notion that the air <br />and water, both public spaces, required responsible care from all who used them. <br /> <br />Ms. Arkin addressed the criticisms by the business community that the law was unfair or flawed, <br />and stated that with the $2,000 cap, the cost incurred by a business was less than the cost incurred <br />by a family with an asthmatic child or a child with an immunological disease. She stressed that <br />there were health care costs associated with having toxics in the air and water. <br /> <br />Ms. Arkin recommended that the Eugene City Council appoint a task force to explore some of the <br />ideas presented by a number of speakers that there were better ways to fund the program, such as <br />expanding the number of businesses that participate looking at SIC codes and number of employees <br />and broadening the base so that smaller businesses were not so unfairly burdened by it. <br /> <br />In closing, Ms. Arkin said the citizens of Eugene appreciated the law, the staff that run the program, <br />and the willingness of businesses to participate. She urged adoption of the ordinance accepting the <br />budget as recommended by the Toxics Board. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. <br /> <br /> Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to keep the record <br /> open for seven days. The motion passed, 6:2; Councilors Kelly and Bettman <br /> voting in opposition. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 23, 2004 Page 7 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />