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property are first placed into the categories of general government, education, and <br />unlimited. <br /> <br />The general government category is for taxes imposed by all non-education local <br />governments. The education category is for taxes imposed by school districts, education <br />service districts, and community colleges. The unlimited category is usually for taxes <br />imposed to repay general obligation bonds. If the taxes extended against a property are <br />more than allowed in any category, then the taxes in that category are reduced to the <br />limit. This process of reduction is called "Measure 5 compression." Local option taxes <br />are reduced first. If the taxes in the category are still too high, then permanent rate limit <br />taxes are reduced proportionately. <br /> <br /> The limit for the general government category is SlOper $1,000 of real market value. <br /> The education limit is $S per $1,000 of real market value. <br /> <br />What makes estimating the compression losx so difficult is that property taxes are first <br />calculated using the permanent rate limit and assessed value rate from Measure 50, <br />where Measure 5 limits are based on the rate limit by category and the real market value. <br /> <br /> 12. What is the specific list of public safety services that are required by statute? <br /> (Bettman) <br /> <br />Prosecution, parole &probation, incarceration, including County jail and SBl145 <br />functions, youth services, mental health crisis response, and while not specifically <br />described in ORS, most alcohol & drug treatment by court order from a state judge. <br /> <br /> 13. A) Doesn't it cost more to provide services inthe rural area than in the urban area? <br /> <br />It is not clear that the cost in the rural areas is more. It would depend on the specific <br />service under discussion. ,4 majority of the crimes and clients served by the listed public <br />safety services occur or come from inside the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. <br /> <br /> B) Did the Planning Commissions address any of the financial issues? <br /> <br />Financial issues were discussed but no conclusions were reached. <br /> <br /> C) The Planning Commission only applied the Metro Plan amendment criteria? <br /> <br />The planning commissions applied the land use criteria, recommended approval based <br />on compliance with those criteria and the Eugene Planning Commission sent a letter <br />explaining some of their discussions. All the commissions discussed financial concerns <br />but each decided those topics were not part of their charge of issues to resolve. <br /> <br /> D) Did the Planning Commission compare the services being recommended verses <br /> those required by statute? (Bettman) <br /> <br /> Page 4 of 10 <br /> <br /> <br />