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e August of 1976, the Downtown Developm~nt Board and staff had been working in cooperation with some of the members of the financial institutions in trying to determine a tax base ratio. Taken into consideration were the number of businesses in the district and the size of the businesses and then some determination was made as to what types of foot traffic each business had. Mr. Bradley asked the staff if it would be comfortable with a decision to postpone this proposed amendment to the ordinance and contact the financial institutions for additional information. The Manager replied by asking when Mr. Biggs felt he could provide informa- tion. Mr. Biggs said he could have the names to the staff within the next two or three days. Manager indicated that he would like to decide on a deadline as it was a pressing matter and the tax would be retroactive to October, 1976. Mr. Flogstad indicated that a plan could be worked out for the February 14 Council meeting. Councilman Williams questioned Mr. Flogstad in his reference to foot traffic and vehicular traffic, and their comparability, and whether Mr. Flogstad knew that vehicular parking parallels foot traffic going into a bank or financial institution. Mr. Flogstad answered no, that with both mass transit and parking lots being available for banks and retailers, it would be hard to determine. Mr. Williams wondered if it would be possible to interview people going into and coming out of financial institutions to which Mr. Flogstad replied that it could be done and might be helpful. Mr. Obie agreed on a postponement of action by the Council on this pro- posed amendment and indicated he felt others should be involved in deter- mining the fair tax rate for financial .institutions; that perhaps repre- sentatives from each of the different financial institution could be included, as well as the Lane Transit District to see how they are solving their problem, and perhaps an auditing firm tax department to offer some assistance with nationwide research data. e Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel that the amendment to the downtown development district ordinance relating to taxing financial institutions be postponed to the February 14, 1977 Council meeting with the under- standing that the staff would rely on as many reasonable resources for information. The motion passed unanimously with all Council members present voting aye. e 11-8-1 K. Liquor License--New Outlet--Grocery Carts, 1510 Highway 99 North, Eugene. Manager indicated that this was a package license which had had no previous discussion before the Council; that the local OLCC office required no inspection prior to Council action, and that there were no staff objections to the liquor license being approved. Public hearing was opened. Bill McCabe of 85766 Pine Grove Road, owner of the grocery store re- questing the liquor license application, said that the application had been made December 15, 1976, and was told that it would take 14 working days for the application to be processed, but that that time limit had passed and there seemed to be some confusion in the City Manager's office as to the disposition of this liquor license. He felt that the time lag involvement was longer than seemingly necessary and that the application had been in process for a long enough time and should be approved. 1/24/77 - 15 51