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e Mr. Mounts reported that Arlington, Virginia, took six months to impose the tax, and Virginia already had a gross receipts and sales tax in place. The City has no system for collecting a sales tax that it can offer to industry. Further, the tax will require development of an automated system to collect and administer the tax. Mr. Robinette asked if the date could be set administratively. Mr. Klein did not know. Mr. Nicholson said that to set the date by ordinance raised the risk of referral, but the referral would be limited to the date the tax was to be imposed. The council agreed to retain the effective date of January 1, 1994. Res. No. 4354--A resolution of the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, calling a special election to submit to the voters of the city an amendment to the Eugene Charter that prohibits imposition of a Restaurant Tax except under certain conditions and also imposes a 3 percent restaurant tax for ten years. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Mr. Green, to adopt the resolu- tion. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Barb Bellamy of the Eugene Decisions Team reviewed a memorandum entitled "Voter's Pamphlet" which reviewed past measures for which a pamphlet had been prepared, identified costs, and discussed the time line for preparation of the pamphlet by an advisory committee. She asked the council if it wished to e direct staff to proceed with development of a voter's pamphlet. Mr. MacDonald and Ms. Ehrman indicated support for a Voter's Pamphlet. Ms. Bascom said she did not favor a Voter's Pamphlet due to her belief that few voters referred to the pamphlet. Mr. Robinette said he believed the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the measure are sufficiently substantial to warrant the preparation of a Voter's Pamphlet as required by Section 2.993 of the Eugene Code. Mr. Green supported a Voter's Pamphlet due to the magnitude of the issue. Mr. Nicholson said that he believed it would be a mistake not to authorize a Voter's Pamphlet. He pointed to the success of the Library siting vote and maintained that the high quality of the Voter's Pamphlet prepared for the election was responsible for that success. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Mr. Green, to authorize creation of a voter's pamphlet in conjunction with the March 1993 elec- tion, and that the funding for the pamphlet come from the transition contingency fund. e MINUTES--City Council Work Session December 8, 1992 Page 10 4 p.m.