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e e e Mr. Carlson said Option #3 is the original proposal. He said a small island of un-developable land north of West Enid Road is retained in Options #2 and #3. Mr. Carlson said the Metro Plan and the Urban Transition Report indicate that a tax differential program is appropriate for developing the River Road/Santa Clara area. He reviewed the existing tax rate structure and said taxes in the Airport Road area will increase $7.44 per $1,000 of assessed value if the properties are annexed without a tax differential schedule. If a tax differential schedule is adopted, the staff recommended 50 percent of the taxes be levied the first year to cover public safety expenses. The staff recommended a schedule of increasing taxes for the next four years until 100 percent is levied. To illustrate the taxing systems, Mr. Carlson discussed Tax Lots 200 and 1700. Responding to a request for declarations of ex parte contacts and conflicts of interest, Councilor Wooten said she had been given information by a property owner. The contact did not change her objectivity. She said she was not present when the council considered the annexation request on Monday, January 27, 1986. If the council takes final action today, she will abstain from the vote; but, if the council takes final action later, she will listen to tapes of the meeting and participate in the vote. Mr. Miller was concerned about the precedent the annexation would set and the compounding effect of a tax differential program. Answering questions, Mr. Carlson said an average Eugene property owner's taxes might increase about one-tenth of 1 percent the first year (about 50t a year on a $50,000 property) if a tax differential program for the Airport Road area is approved. Mr. Carlson discussed some offsetting factors, however. Mr. Gleason added that the city's population would increase if the properties are annexed and so per capita receipts from State taxes would increase. He said the effect of annexations on City finances is very complex. He said the Airport Road annexation may slightly affect the cash flow of the City, but, in the long term, annexations increase the City's cash flow. Mr. Miller summarized by saying a tax differential program probably would not have much of a compounding effect. Mr. Holmer suggested the City would provide free police service to the Airport Road area for about 18 months until taxes are collected if it is annexed. Responding to questions, Mr. Carlson said the Lane Rural Fire District would continue to levy a tax and provide fire protection. He said the taxes on Airport Road properties will increase in 1987, but tax bills will not indicate an increase until November of 1987. Answering a question from Ms. Ehrman about four pages of a memo dated November 8, 1978, from Roy L. Ellerman of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which had been distributed to the council, City Attorney Tim Sercombe said the record of the annexation proposal was closed January 27, 1986, and the councilors should not read the EPA material. Responding to other questions from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Carlson said the location of the sewer lines would be the same in all the options, although an extra MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 29, 1986 Page 7