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e Ms. Wooten moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to appoint the best committee possible to examine the issues of a restaurant tax that may be placed before the voters in November 1988. Ms. Schue said the council already had agreed to seek alternative sources of revenue and she would be uncomfortable going beyond a process that is already in place. Ms. Ehrman recalled plans to hold a work session on revenue. Mr. Gleason explained that the financial planning process would start after the budget process ends in June. Mr. Rutan said the council had not taken a position on whether to support a restaurant tax and he personally was not in favor of it. He thought it would be premature to form a committee until the budget process determines the financial outlook. He favored holding a planning session to look at a number of different revenue options. Mr. Miller agreed with Mr. Rutan, saying he thought it would be prudent to review options to reduce the budget before considering new taxes. Mr. Holmer said revenue options are so extensive that it would be inappropriate to limit the proposed committee's work to only one option. He said he would consider the need for a committee to examine new revenue sources if new sources are still considered necessary after the budget process is completed. e Ms. Ehrman referred to Mr. Gleason's budget presentation and $850,000 that is unfunded. With such a large deficit, she considered it difficult to proceed within the budget context. She suggested expanding Ms Wooten's motion to include other revenue resources. Ms. Wooten said numerous committees have looked at alternative revenues and she was suggesting the formation of a strong community committee to examine the options. She said she was not seeking a short-term solution for FY89. Ms. Wooten expanded her original proposal, to appoint the best committee possible to explore all major, non-property tax-based new revenue options that might be placed before the voters in November 1988. Councilors continued to be concerned that forming a committee was premature. Roll call vote; the motion failed, 5:4 with Councilors Bascom, Wooten, Ehrman, and Holmer voting aye and Councilors Bennett, Rutan, Schue, and Miller voting nay, and Mayor Obie casting a nay vote. D. Traffic Mr. Rutan said traffic was noticeably absent on Willamette Street at 11 p.m. Saturday night. He reported constituent concern with the intersection at Coburg Road and 1-105 and he requested a staff report as soon as possible. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 13, 1988 Page 2