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e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Lunch/Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall April 13, 1988 11:30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Robert Bennett, Debra Ehrman, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten. The adjourned meeting of April 11, 1988, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. ITEMS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND CITY MANAGER Mr. Miller announced he would be leaving at noon. A. Nuclear Free Zone Ballot Measures Ms. Wooten requested an update on litigation regarding the Nuclear Free Zone ballot measure. Mr. Whitlow said no trial date had been scheduled. Mr. Holmer explained that because only the second question has been challenged, the question has become whether to proceed with or cancel the election. Ms. Wooten clarified the question as being whether the council wanted to proceed with an election if both advisory questions could not be placed on the ballot. Mr. Gleason was asked to provide additional information about how long the decision could be postponed. B. Goals Session Referring to discussion at the November goal session, Ms. Wooten asked if the futuring session was going to occur. Mr. Whitlow said it had been scheduled for the June Quarterly Session. C. New Revenues and Taxation Ms. Wooten asked for further consideration of new revenues and taxation. She favored proposing a restaurant tax to put before the voters. Ms. Wooten listed several questions relating to a restaurant tax that she felt should be considered. They included wh~ther a restaurant tax should create a cap for property taxes, whether it should offset property taxes, whether it should be earmarked for capital purposes and therefore free up general funds, whether there should be exemptions, and how much owners should be paid to administer the tax. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 13, 1988 Page 1