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. had to consider how much traffic this restaurant generated and how much its placement had been based on existing traffic counts. Mr. Rutan said another issue was the increase in traffic due to changing lifestyles which cause people to make more car trips. Mr. Boles said the task force attempted to differntiate between pass-by and end-of-trip traffic. Mayor Miller suggested benefits should be tied to costs, for which reason it might be beneficial to initiate a gas tax. Mr. Lyle said a gas tax could be used for expansion of the transportation system and thus reduce the transpor- tation SDC. However, the council would have to decide how to use those funds. Mayor Miller said that when the City needed replacement revenue, due to the effects of Ballot Measure 5, it would be helpful to tie benefits to costs. e Mr. Boles said the City's SDC policy should be based on the truth in impact. He said the City could attempt to offset impact through such measures as a gas tax. Ms. Bascom thanked councilors Boles, Green, and Rutan, as well as staff, for their work on this complicated issue. Mr. Green said he was concerned about how SDC rates related to road mainte- nance. In addition, he said he regretted that the task force had not recom- mended an exemption for low-cost housing. Mr. Lyle said the Council Commit- tee on Infrastructure (CCI) would discuss unimproved local streets at its April 17 meeting and that SDC's could not be used for operation and mainte- nance. Mr. Lyle referred to statistics on Eugene's proposed SDC rates in the council packet. In response to a comment by Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Gleason said none of Eugene's arterials are operating at peak capacity and that TransPlan recognized a reduction of service from level of service C to D. Mr. Boles added that the rate methodology created by the task force is predicated on the recognition that pass-by trips can constitute a proportionately larger transportation SDC than end-of-destination trips. Mr. Rutan said City and Lane Council of Governments (L-COG) staff are at- tempting to calculate the City's future transporation needs. He said this is very difficult. He said the SDC Task Force has recommended a first-year review of the SDC program. Mr. Nicholson said the city could be expected to grow and that this would mean the demand for more new businesses, such as restaurants. However, he said that if the City had a fee which limited development, the effect would be that few new restaurants would be built, but the demand for them would not decrease. Therefore, the lack of new restaurants would have a greater nega- tive effect on infrastructure, than the addition of new restaurants. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 8, 1991 Page 6