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8. 70 percent of the County's General Fund represents $35 million. How much will the new Public Safety District displace of the $35 million and how much from the new revenue stream will be substituted for the $35 million? (Bettman) Lane County is still working on the mix of services and the level of services to be included in the proposed Public Safety District. It is our hope to work out with each of the cities what the level of service needs to be. Some public safety services may still need to rely on significant amounts from the County General Fund. 9. It seems that it is a slight-of-hand to use the "notwithstanding" language to make the proposed amendment not internally inconsistent. Would like legal feedback. (Kelly) The "not withstanding" language was selected to draft as narrow an amendment as possible. The purpose is to make it clear what the public safety services are, and who might be the main funder or provider of those services. Exception language in the Metro Plan is not that unusual. Other exceptions include water and wastewater services to the Eugene airport, the Metropolitan Wastewater facility, water service to the water districts of Hillcrest, Bethel, and Oakway, and the extension of wastewater and water to areas outside city limits to residents of Santa Clara and River Road. In addition, Willamalane and River Road Park and Recreation Districts also provide services inside the urban growth boundary and cities as well. Electrical services are delivered by a variety of service providers. 10. Does it matter, legally, what the definition is of who provides services? If you provide funding are you a provider of the service? (Kelly) In the land use arena, provider of services may have no particular legal meaning except as the Metro Plan describes the two existing cities as the "logical providers of services accommodating urban levels of development." The Metro Plan recognizes several entities as service providers without clearly defining the term. (Please refer to answers to work session question No. 7 above). The services described and contemplated by the proposed amendment address public safety service needs regardless of the level of development. 11. Packet does not provide a description of the tax rate for the district, what services will be provided, or what services the cities now provide would go away because of compression? (Kelly) Detailed information regarding tax rates and compression are issues to be discussed with the cities in the second step of th.e process. It is not anticipated that city services will be eliminated because Lane County anticipates working with each city and addressing concerns to each participant's mutual satisfaction. Measure 5, which is Article XI, section 1 lb of the Oregon Constitution, limits the amount of property tax an individual property owner must pay. Taxes billed to an individual Page 3 of 10