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<br /> e M I NUT E S <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Dinner Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> June 24, 1991 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Roger Rutan, Bobby Green, Randy MacDonald, <br /> Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Debra Ehrman (at 6 p.m.) <br /> COUNCILORS ABSENT: Ruth Bascom. <br /> Members of the council and the Downtown Commission introduced themselves. <br /> Members of the Downtown Commission include Sue Prichard, Larry Hedberg, Joy <br /> Morrow, Jon Stafford, Peter Bartel, Cordy Jensen, John Brown, and Julie <br /> Aspinwall-Lamberts. <br /> The June 24, 1991, joint work session of the City Council and the Downtown <br /> Commission was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. <br /> After calling attention to charts posted on the walls, Ms. Prichard reviewed <br /> e background information concerning the Downtown Development District (ODD). <br /> She noted that 18 months ago, the City Council requested that the Downtown <br /> Commission make improvements to the ODD. In response, the commission estab- <br /> lished the Downtown Development District Task Force, which worked on the <br /> issue for a year, after which the commission worked on the issue for six <br /> months. <br /> Ms. Prichard explained that the Downtown Development District was established <br /> in 1973 to provide free customer parking, economic promotion, and security. <br /> It was originally paid for by an ad valorem tax, a professional tax, and a <br /> gross receipts tax; however, the first two taxes have since been eliminated. <br /> The loss of several large stores has also reduced ODD Gross Receipts Tax <br /> revenue. As the situation exists, the ODD will be out of funds by January <br /> 1992. Ms. Prichard reviewed assumptions underlying the most important points <br /> about the ODD as explained in the agenda packet. After presenting one pro- <br /> posal to the public at its forum, the commission felt compelled to expand the <br /> number of proposals from one to four. She said the commission was concerned <br /> that it had not gained a broad enough base of input from the public and that <br /> having more options might garner more feedback. The commission put its <br /> greatest effort in and was most committed to Option A, the one presented at <br /> the forum. Members still disagreed on three issues, one of which involves <br /> the idea of a stepped rate. Ms. Prichard then reviewed the four options. <br /> e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 24, 1991 Page 1 <br />