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e that is a Lane County request and under their jurisdiction, which makes it less complicated. He felt the proposed development was an excellent one in terms of increasing densities and providing a good standard of living. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. A short recess was taken. C. Systems Development Tax: Consideration of Amendments Manager said a series of amendments to the systems development tax have been proposed by staff and discussed by Council. The hearing "tonight" is for action on those proposed amendments. The suggested ,amendments by Council have been incorporated into an ordinance attached to Council's agenda. He reviewed the proposed amendments. Section 7.275 defines "financial support." The definition describes four types of support which the City may provide for devel- opment. Section 7.279(2) allows an exemption from the tax for developments of $5,000 or less value because of the small amount of revenue relative to administrative costs. e Section 7.279(3) involves a reduction or exemption from the tax for developments which receive financial support from the City. Three alternatives were provided for Council IS consideration under this section: Alternative 1 remains the same as the existing ordinance which allows the Council to grant a reduction only to "housing" development, based on a determination of benefit to the City. Alter- native 2 woul d expand the tax reduction to "housing and otherll development when the Council determines it to be in the best interest of the City. The amount of reduction would be equal to the amount of financial support. Alternative 3 would provide a tax reduction to any development which receives financial support from the City, equal to the amount of the support. Council consideration or action would be required only if the question was brought to the Council IS attention. Staff recommended Alternative 3, which would provide adequate guide- lines for consistent administration and would not place additional work loads on the Council. Other amendments in the ordinance included Section 7.279(4) which would exempt local governmental agencies from the tax. Section 7.279(5} would allow an exemption from the drainage portion of the tax for parking lots paved prior to April 1981. This would encourage paving of existing unpaved parking areas. Section 7.281(2} would reduce from six months to 90 days the delinquency period for contrac- tual time payments of the tax. It was noted that to date 30 to 40 percent of the time payments have not been made on time and this would allow the City to take more prompt action on collections. Manager said Don Gilman, Assistant Public Works Director; Joyce Benjamin, City Attorney; and Sherm Flogstad, Finance Director, were available to discuss any of Council IS concerns and to answer questions. e 2/12/79--11 75