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Councilor Nathanson said that there was time to address the question and expressed the hope that the City Manager would ask Mr. Gordon to report to the council on how Ms. Taylor's request for funding fit in with other funding requests and funding sources. Councilor Taylor moved to amend the United Front funding requests to include funding to purchase the headwaters of Amazon Creek. The motion failed for lack of a second. Councilor Lee suggested that staff prepare a memorandum for the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to examine and possibly make a proposal to the council to approve. Roll call vote; the motion to adopt Item D passed unanimously, 8:0. Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting of the City Council and convened a meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency. IV. RESOLUTION 1003: ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999 Councilor Meisner moved, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, to adopt Resolution Number 1003 acknowledging receipt of the general purpose financial statement of the Urban Renewal Agency for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency and reconvened the meeting of the Eugene City Council. V. PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSAL TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE ON TOXIC FEE STRUCTURE Glen Potter of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department provided a brief review of the issue. He noted that in 1999 the Oregon Court of Appeals issued a decision that the City of Eugene's fee structure supporting the Toxics Right-to-Know Program was based on chemical quantities reported and, as such, was inconsistent with existing State law. He went on to say that in response to the decision, the Toxics Board came before the council in October 1999 with three options. He noted that two of the options involved General Fund support and were not well- received by the council. He said that the third option was sent back to the Toxics Board for consideration of refinements. Mr. Potter said that the Toxics Board discussed refinements in depth but had ultimately had decided unanimously to send back the same recommendation. He said that the proposal was to assess fees to all Eugene manufacturers with 10 or more employees based on the total number of employees. He said that staff estimated that the proposal would affect more than 100 businesses in addition to the 50 that were already reporting under the current program, and that a fee of approximately $8 per employee would result. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 24, 2000 Page 4 7:30 p.m.