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M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL August 17, 1977 e Adjourned to meeting from August 10, 1977, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 12 p.m. on August 17, 1977, at the King's Table, Oakway Mall with the following Council members present: Eric Haws, D. W. Hamel, Tom Williams (arrived late), Ray Bradley (arrived late), Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, and Betty Smith. 1. Items from Mayor and Council A. National Energy Plan: A Critique--Jack Delay distributed report to Council and highly recommended they study it carefully. B. National League of Cities Regional Meeting--Seattle, August 11 and 12, 1977 . Jack Delay attended, noting members of the Springfield City City Council and Mayor also attended. One of the subjects of discus- sion was a double taxation situation. He cited both the states of Utah and Florida were addressing the situation through legislative acti on. He wondered if River Road and Santa Clara people were getting a higher level of services than the rest of the County in relation to the amount of taxes being paid. Also, the elderly, low-income, and those on fixed incomes have both City and County taxes to pay. Hi s e question was, how much service was being delivered to the citizens of Eugene and whether they are subsidizing other areas. He fel t lower County taxes attracted citizens to live on the fringes of the City. It was a matter of tax equity, and whether some citizens were being over taxed and under serviced. Mr. Williams and Mr. Bradley arrived. He felt it was very much in the interest of the citizens of the community for staff to look into this situation. He requested City Manager communicate with the Springfield and Lane County government officials to see if there is mutual interest in jointly exploring the tax inequity program in terms of services being delivered. Mayor Keller said the problem was being pursued and the League of Women Voters have been asked to respond. Manager said he had no satisfactory response as to the progress being made by the League of Women Voters. However, Multnomah County had done a study which he had made available to the League for their study. It was the consensus of the Council that the City Manager would report to the August 31 Council meeting regarding what progress the League had made and what might be done further in this regard. e 8/17/77 --1 feW -