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inch displacement tax. The highway fund is in "bad s~ape," ,he sai~, becaJse of increasing highway construction costs comb~ned w~th no ~n- crease in gas ,tax revenues. In order to simply m~intain the exis~ing road system - maintain, without any new construct~on - and to avo~d deterioration of. highways there will have to be increased gas tax funds. He said the Governor's office felt personal contact with legislators in this regard would be worthwhile. .' Another matter of concern was funding of the LCDC so that requirements under state land use legislation could be carried out. Also, in recog- nition of cities' concerns there was possibility of an interim com- mi ttee dealing with municipal f,inances leading to recommendations for the 1977 session of the Legislature. Comm 4/9/75 File KK. Status, Lincoln ElementarySch'ool - Councilman Murray corrected a news item ap- pearing in the Eugene Register-Guard with regard to Lincoln School wherein it was stated 'the School Board had "givenup to five years" before final determina- tion as to future use of the school. He said the Board had "given at least five years" in which to work out its future. He thanked the Council on behalf of the Community Development Task Force for its support in attempting to. get the School Board to work with the city through the community development proce~s to keep the School as a viable institution. Comm 4/9/75 File ~Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Keller to approve, affirm, and file as noted Items A through Land N through KK (with the understanding Item M - FAN charter would be set over until the group had an opportunity to include provision for notice of meetings to membership). Motion carried on rollcall vote, Councilman Bradley abstaining on Items L-2 and 0, and Councilman Haws abstaining on Item L-2. . III - Ordinances ;" Council Bill No. 762 - Establishing Downtown Parking District property tax for 1973-74 and 1974-75, read the first time on March 24, 1975 and held lacking unanimous consent for second reading, was brought back for consideration and read the second time by council bill number and title only, there being no council member present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Keller that the bill be approved and given final passage. Councilman Bradley explained his vote against second reading was because he believed it best still to levy the lien against the property rather than making it a personal lien, even though a personal lien would make easier collecting. In response to Councilman Williams' request for clarification, Assistant Manager said he couldn't respond specifically on whether a corporation would protect an in- dividual from liability. He said however that the Downtown Development District did not have the ability to place a lien against real property and collect it, that authority rested with the county. A personal obligation making the tax a personal liability could be collected by the city. He said the city attorney would be re- quest,ed to look at it if the Council wished. Councilman Williams was not particularly concerned, he said, but he did wonder why the normal state law provisions covering liabil.itywoUld not apply. Assistant Manager answer.ed that it was because the tax wastt being collected under the city charter provisions which do not enable the county assesso~ to place it on the tax rolls. It was thought that the type of tax proposed - would also avoid other administrative problems tied in with dealing through the county. Rol'lcall vote was taken on approval and passage of the bill. All Council members p;resent voting aye, exceRt Councilman Bradley yoting no, the bill was declared passed and numbeFea 17289. t~Co