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Message Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> POTTER Glen D <br /> <br /> From: Jennifer Solomon [jennifer. l.solomon@ci.eugene.or, us] <br /> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:11 PM <br /> To: lynda.l.rose@ci.eugene.or.us; glen.d.potter@ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br /> Subject: FW: Toxics right to know fee increase <br /> <br />Lynda & Glenn, <br /> <br />Will you please include this in the public record, if you haven't already? Thank you. <br /> <br />Jennifer Solomon <br />..... Original Message ..... <br />From: .lenlaney@aol.com [mailto:.lenlaney@aol.com] <br />Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:24 PM <br />To: .lennifer. L.Soloman@ci.eugene.or. us <br />Cc: mayorandcc@ci.eugene.or, us <br />Subject: Toxics right to know fee increase <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Soloman, <br /> <br />I am the General Manager of Griffith Rubber in Eugene, OR. Griffith has been here since 1977. Griffith is an original <br />member of the businesses that must report under the Toxics Right to Know program. <br /> <br />I am writing today in support of sending the Toxics Right to Know program back to the voters to see if they would still <br />be in favor of it if it was funded from the General Fund. I think that would be the only true test of its importance to the <br />community. Otherwise I think the program should be eliminated. This program is yet another example of how the city <br />of Eugene gained its reputation for not being business friendly. <br /> <br />I am aware that the city of Eugene does not operate like a business. However, I can assure you that if I proposed this <br />large of a price increase to my customers, I would lose their business. It would be even worse if I blamed part of it on <br />inflation, as Mt. Potter did. I am not sure what reports he is reading, but everything I read points to little or no inflation. <br />Certainly not enough to drive a budget up. <br /> <br />In the current economy it does not make sense for businesses to have the addtional compliance cost as well as the fee <br />for this program. It does not seem like the public benefit is equal to the cost per business. I would be interested in <br />how many people actually review the information once it is given to the city. By people I mean the public, not people <br />who review the information as part of their job. My guess is, not a lot. The amount of time used to generate the report <br />probably far exceeds the public's interest in the report. <br /> <br />Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail. If you have any questions I can be reached at 344.6227. I will be <br />out-of-town on Friday the 20th and Monday the 23rd of February. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Jennifer D. Laney <br /> <br />2/24/:2004 City Council Agenda page 644 <br /> <br /> <br />