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<br />Eugene, Oregon
<br />January 10, 1972
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<br />Regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor
<br />Mayor Lester E. Anderson in the Council Chamber at 7:30 p.m. on January 10, 1972 with the following
<br />councilmen present: Messrs. Teague and Mohr, Mrs. Beal, Messrs. Williams and Hershner, and
<br />Mrs. Campbell. Councilmen McDonald and Gribskov were absent.
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<br />I - Mayor's Message 1972
<br />Mayor Anderson delivered his annual message covering the past year's accomplishments'and giving
<br />a resume' of changes he would like to see occur in the coming years. A copy is on file in the
<br />City Manager's office.
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<br />II - Election of Council Officers
<br />Council President Teague asked for postponement of this item because of the absence from the
<br />City of two councilmen. He asked for a meeting of the Council in the City Manager's office on
<br />Wednesday, January 19, 1972, at 11:30 a.m. for the purpose of electing officers; Council members
<br />agreed.
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<br />III -,Appointments, Boards and Commissions
<br />A. Charitable Solicitations Commission - Mayor Anderson recommended appointment of Willmam Korns,
<br />1345 Corum, replacing William Dunseth, resigned, for the balance of the term ending November
<br />1973.
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<br />Mr. Teague moved seconded by Mr. MohT to approve the appointment. Motion carried.
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<br />B. Planning Commission - Mayor Ande~s6n announced the reappointment of David Hoffman, 1626 Sher-
<br />wood Place, and Alan Maxwell, 2195 Wood Acres Drive, for the term ending January 1, 1976;
<br />and the appointment of James Longwood, 2633 Spring Boulevard, to replace John Stafford, re-
<br />signed, for the balance of the term ending January 1, 1973.
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<br />C. International Co-operation Committee - Mayor Anderson announced the appointment of the
<br />following persons to this committee:
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<br />Win Wah Ashton, 3325 Olive Street
<br />Mrs. Charles Perry, 2092 Agate Street
<br />Keven Cape' , Route 1, Junction City
<br />Jamal Rahman, 2716 Harris Street
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<br />Mil€ Feig, 345 East 50th Avenue
<br />Marilyn Lakey, Route 7, Box lli56A6
<br />Bruce Clere, 889 Lariat Drive
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<br />IV - Committee Reports - Items previously discussed at committee meetings on December 29, 1971 and
<br />January 5, 1972. Minutes of those meetings appear below in italics.
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<br />M~: Teegue moved seconded by Mr. Mohr that Items A through 0 below be approved, affirmed, and
<br />filed as noted.
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<br />A. Proposed County-wide l~% Income Tax for Local Government - Lane County requested
<br />Council's of cities to take a position on the acceptability of a proposal to levy
<br />a l~% income tax on adjusted gross income of all res&dents of Lane County. If the
<br />plan is acceptable, it will be necessary to start an educational program, and
<br />planning should proceed as soon as possible.
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<br />Staff distributed with the agenda two alternatives for use of the revenue, one of
<br />whi ch proposes that funds be used as property tax offset, and as funding for de-
<br />ferred capital improvement projects, and the other to devote the entire amount to
<br />offsetting the projected property tax levies. Assistant City Manager explained the
<br />two proposals and accompanying graphs.
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<br />Councilmen had questions about rates of increase, other revenue sources, and pro-
<br />jections made on the charts. In answer to Mrs. Campbell, Manager said a corrmlittee
<br />made up of representatives of cities and county had arrived at the 45/55 split of
<br />revenues between cities and county. 45% was designated to the County because itwas
<br />felt that citizens inside cities were provided with county services. In the event
<br />of major annexations or population shifts, this split of the revenues could be re-
<br />negotiated.
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<br />Mrs. Campbell commented that some years ago the people had increased the tax base.
<br />Could this route be taken again? Manager felt such a proposal would have to be tied
<br />to some specific advantage to get voter approval.
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<br />Councilman Williams commented on the recent Texas and California decisions regard-
<br />ing use of property tax for school funding, and whether something of this nature
<br />might have some effect on local taxes. He fel t the School Distri ct should have been
<br />included in the discussion of the proposal. Manager suggested this might be clari-
<br />fied before this tax or any other local tax came to the voters.
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<br />Mayor Anderson said there are many eventualities that might be considered as good
<br />reasons for delay. The question at this time is whether the Counc~l feels an income
<br />tax is a logical, justifiable source of revenue for financing loca;{ government.
<br />If so, the Council shom~a~consider the type programs they are willing to undertake.
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