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the expense to those companies that had to comply. He asserted the savings could be realized by reducing <br />staff support, reducing hours for the program, contracting the services out to the private sector, or <br />directing the Toxics Board to limit its focus on the current program as a way to reduce staff support. By <br />considering a 25 percent to 50 percent reduction in budgeted expenditures, the council would respect the <br />integrity of the program and do a great service to small business that would be wrapped into the new <br />ordinance. Conversely, he said if the objective was to expand the program and include small, locally <br />owned businesses, then the council should do so in a fair, deliberative, and transparent manner. He noted <br />there had been no City outreach to impacted businesses related to this proposed ordinance. <br /> <br />Patty McConnell, 1060 West 1 st Avenue, owner of a collision repair facility that would be affected by <br />the proposed ordinance, identified herself as a small business owner who was concerned about <br />environmental issues. She expressed deep concern about expansion of an ordinance that would negatively <br />impact her business and other small business that were already heavily regulated by DEQ, Lane Regional <br />Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA), EPA, and the State Fire Marshal. As a collision and paint facility, the <br />business was also regulated by the insurance industry, and was not able to charge for services randomly. <br />She stated that her business was not a manufacturing firm, but rather a small service business that repaired <br />vehicles owned by private citizens. She added the business purchased products from a local company, and <br />owned expensive state-of-the-art equipment that dealt with hazardous waste used in the business. <br />Additionally, this green business recycled all hazardous materials and took its reputation as a responsible <br />and concerned business quite seriously. She said the burden of the proposed ordinance would compound <br />the overhead in an already highly regulated business and would negatively impact the economy in Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. McConnell opined that Eugene was under scrutiny as being very unfriendly to business in general, <br />and she could identify with the concerns of small businesses that wanted to stay in Eugene but found it <br />difficult to deal with the additional requirements presented in proposed ordinance. She asserted that if the <br />City Council had the interests of the small business community at heart, the ordinance was not the way to <br />achieve positive change. She questioned the validity of expansion of a program that could not produce <br />solid evidence that it had met the objectives established in 1996. Contrary to Mr. Johnson's remarks in <br />the guest viewpoint in The Register-Guard, reporting would not be quite as easy as he had said nor would <br />businesses like hers benefit as he suggested. Aside from the added fees, additional expenses would be <br />incurred compiling the required reporting information. She stated the number of businesses required to <br />report would increase the administrative burden on the City, requiring additional funding. Coupled with <br />the number of additional employees required by the businesses to compile reports, a bureaucratic <br />nightmare would result. Ms. McConnell expressed concern that Mayor Piercy had publicly expressed <br />support for the proposed ordinance prior to hearing public testimony. <br /> <br /> Jeff Musgrove, 1152 Olive Street, said he and his brother owned Musgrove Family Mortuary and <br /> Crematorium that had operated in downtown Eugene since 1883, noting that the crematorium had been <br /> installed about 25 years ago. He expressed concern about expanding the Toxics Right-to-Know Program <br /> and was mystified how crematoriums got on the expansion list. He said the crematorium was a natural <br /> gas-filled kiln, adding that no other chemicals or substances were used in the cremation process. Mr. <br /> Musgrove asserted that the emissions from the stack were monitored and regulated by LRAPA, and that <br /> the EPA considered crematoriums a low priority for regulation. A diesel truck put out 42 times more <br /> carbon monoxide than a crematorium; an automobile discharged 100 times more hydrocarbons; and a <br /> residential fireplace emitted 182 times the amount of dioxin and furan. He expressed amazement that this <br /> business would be targeted for higher fees, since crematoriums provided an environmentally friendly <br /> method for final disposition. He was concerned that expansion of the Charter amendment would impact <br /> his relationship with his competition, saying his biggest competitor, while based in Eugene, had its <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 14, 2005 Page 13 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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