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<br />I. Executive Summary <br /> <br />To assist lawmakers in understanding the broad array of issue areas which can directly affect the City of <br />Eugene, this legislative policy overview provides an issue-by-issue resource. In 2007, the City of Eugene <br />has highlighted three broad themes in evaluating legislation: <br /> <br />Ensuring REVENUE for Needed Services <br /> <br /> <br />The City of Eugene urges the State Legislature to responsibly address state revenue shortfalls to <br />fund K-12 public education and critical state servicespreserve revenue sharing with cities <br /> and to <br />and counties. <br /> <br /> <br />supports the ongoing work of transportation funding packages that <br />The City of Eugene strongly <br />establish local system maintenance, preservation and operation as a priority <br /> and the City <br />strongly opposes any attempt to limit local option street funding alternatives <br /> including local fuel <br />taxes and transportation system maintenance fees. <br /> <br />strongly supportsequitable distribution of a reauthorized 9-1-1 telephone <br />The City of Eugene <br />excise tax <br />. This important user fee provides revenue for emergency call taking for 39 police, fire <br />and emergency medical services in Central Lane County. <br /> <br />opposes attempts to exempt “intangibles” from taxes <br />The City or other reductions to the fixed <br />property tax revenues which the City relies upon under Measure 5. <br /> <br />Public rights-of-way are a valuable public assetThe City strongly supports protection of local <br />. <br />governments’ authority to manage these public assets <br /> in behalf of their taxpayers and receive <br />adequate compensation for their use. <br /> <br />supports efforts to uphold PERS reforms and mitigate volatile rate increases to public <br />The City <br />employers, in a fashion that upholds a fair and adequate retirement for public employees. <br /> <br />The City supports the removal of prohibition on SDCs for school, police, fire and library <br />and the preservation of exsisting SDCs. <br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2007 Session <br />With IGR Mtg 10/17 and 10/26 Amendments C:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet <br />Files\OLK10B\LegPol2007Sesxx1.doc <br />Updated on: 11/6/2006 By: Last saved by ceexmfw <br /> 6 <br /> <br />