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be practical, enforceable, and whether it would work. He said the . ordinance could be drafted to allow stricter regulations on noise, but difficulty would be with enforcement. Mr. Delay then asked if a more rigorous code were drafted, would it detract from the existing code even if there were not the enforcement technology at hand. Mr. Long replied there were some technical problems, that if the ordinance were written in decibel levels and an officer did not have such measuring equipment, enforcement of the ordinance would be impossible. Assi stant Manager noted to Council the new noise enforcement program had had a high priority in the Council goals. He noted frustration and high costs of the practical ity of enforcement. He said a great amount of information and material regarding technical devices for noise enforcement was available to Council. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. 1-B-1 B. Revenue Sharing of State Dollars Assistant Manager noted this public hearing was for consideration of City participation in the state revenue-sharing program passed by the State Legislature. The City Budget Committee had met June 19, 1977 and recommended the receipt of monies be used to offset the property tax levy. He said the preliminary estimate of receipt by the City was $585,000. Staff recommended Council appropriate e only $500,000 of that money to offset property tax levy, which would reduce the estimated tax rate from $8.48 to $8.10 per $1,000 evaluation. He said the $585,000 was an estimate, and it could vary, based on the number of cities choosing to participate in the revenue-sharing program, their varying property tax effort and per capita incomes. He continued the Budget Committee had not had the ability to deal .with this source of revenue when it prepared its report for the ballot measure for the August 9 election. Therefore, Council would have to take two courses of action this evening: 1) choosi ng to participate in the revenue-sharing program; and 2) directing staff . to prepare an ordinance to modify the 1977-78 budget by applying revenue sharing funds to offset the property tax levy.. Mr. Haws asked what would happen to the remaining funds if more were awarded than $500,000. Assistant Manager noted they would be unappropriated surplus funds and would be reported as part of the 1977-78 budget. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. C.B. 1517--Electing to receive state revenue-sharing funds distributed to the Oregon Liquor Control account for fiscal year ending June 30, 1978 was read by number and title only, there being . no Council member present requesting it be read in full. 7/25/77--6 58b .