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e additional jobs. Of these jobs, only 436 are in stable wood products. The rest are in the service industry. These service industries could relocate in Springfield. The City would lose. He urged the Council to oppose the business gross receipts tax. Gloria Thatcher, Weyerhaeuser Company, felt the voter would not understand the full ramifications of the gross receipts tax, and urged its defeat. Maurie Brooks, 3351 Franklin Boulevard, spoke about how difficult it would be to administer the gross receipts tax. He urged that it be defeated. Roger Schmaedick, 1734 West 34th Place, spoke in opposition to the gross receipts tax and to the real estate transfer tax. He noted that homes are sold every three to five years to families and to businesses every 10 years, so this is taxing families. He wondered what would happen when a house is passed through four people in an afternoon, as sometimes happens, would they all be charged the tax? Trish Provenski, owner of OH SHIRT!, said the business will suffer from outside competition. It hires five people. She is against the gross receipts tax. Donald Mortenson, 2363 Todd, Georgia-Pacific, said 25 percent of total gross sales are outside Eugene. The gross receipts tax will penalize the large companies. Georgia-Pacific is opposed to the tax. e Donald Husband, Husband, Johnson, Fechtel & Goff, noted that, as the city grows, there is nothing cheap about bigness. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony. Manager, in answer to the question of how value would be determined in the property transfer tax, read from the ordinance. The cost of a deed changing hands three or four times in an afternoon would be determined by whether it was recorded or not. Revisions could be made at a later date, he noted, as far as the elderly, homesteaded, and the young homeowner. Mr. Flogstad reviewed the history of the gross receipts of business tax. He recognized that in Portland there were some problems collec- ting from outside Portland business. He said six percent of revenues would be administrative costs. Mr. Obie asked Mr. Flogstad about the increase from 12 percent to 33 percent that was brought out in Mr. Hansen's testimony. Mr. Flogstad told him it was a third schedule out of three. It was decided by the staff to use that schedule, and it was presented to the Budget Committee. e 5/21/79--7 281