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POTTER Glen D <br /> <br />From: WALSTON Mary F <br />Sent: Monday, February 23, :>004 12:15 PM <br />To: POTTER Glen D <br />Subject: FW: RTK Funding <br /> <br /> pic10917.gif (3 KB) <br /> <br />..... Original Message ..... <br />From: gbjurling@parker.com [mailto:gbjurling@parker.com] <br />Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:57 AM <br />To: mayorandcc@ci.eugene.or.us <br />Subject: RTK Funding <br /> <br />A quick note to Mr. Torrey, and the Eugene City Council. <br /> <br />Unfortunately I have been out of town on business and was not able to be notified of the <br />meeting tonight (Feb.23rd) in time for me to change my calendar and participate. I would <br />like to take this opportunity to express to you what the content of my statement would be <br />if the opportunity to speak came up. <br /> <br />I would recommend to the Mayor and the Council to go along <br />with what ever the Toxic Right to Know group wants in terms of funds. This will serve to <br />illuminate Eugene as a place that companies manufacturing a product want to avoid. As the <br />existing companies finally get burdened to the point of relocating and new companies avo5 <br />Eugene, the taxes that once came from manufacturers will be gone. The voters will finally <br />understand what a small group has done to the local economy. They can then wonder where <br />the money will come from for basic services, such as schools, street maintenance, fire and <br />police protection, public transportation, etc. The list of services is long and the money <br />will be short. If continuation of this program is necessary, the financial burden will <br />again fall onto the backs of the resident voters. <br /> <br />It was in the charter amendment to not have this program supported by the tax payers, but <br />there have already been many departures from the originally stated program. <br /> <br />Why wouldn't having the city via the general fund pay for the program be yet another <br />departure from the original amendment to the city charter? <br /> <br />The thoughts expressed in this are my own and are not sponsored by my employer. <br /> <br />Thank you for taking time to read this, <br />Glen Bjurling <br />{Embedded image moved to file: pic10917.gif) <br /> <br />"PLEASE NOTE: The Preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should <br />be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not <br />an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then <br />delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation." <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> City Council Agenda page 646 <br /> <br /> <br />