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Mr. Meisner asked that the 8th paragraph on page 2 of the January 20, 1999, minutes be corrected as follows: Strike the second sentence completely, change the period at the end of the first sentence to a comma and continue: "specifically including what it would cost to undo what we just did a couple of years ago, developing the plaza." Ms. Nathanson expressed concern that her intent was inaccurately transcribed in paragraph 5 on page 6 of the same minutes, and she asked to have the minutes recorder review the tape recording of that meeting. Referring to paragraph 12 on page 8 of the same minutes, Mr. Pap~ requested that his comments be reviewed for accuracy with regard to building the library in phases not placing "constraints" on it. The January 20, 1999, minutes were pulled from the consent calendar. The motion to approve the council minutes of February 5 and February 6, 1999, was passed unanimously, 7:0. Mayor Torrey indicated that the public hearing on vacating a portion of the street right-of-way located near the intersection of Oakmont Way and Sorrel Way had been pulled from the agenda. V. PUBLIC HEARING: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE USER FEES FOR 1999; AND REFERRING THE ISSUE OF FEE STRUCTURE RESTRICTIONS IN STATE LAW TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS (IGR) COMMITTEE Glen Potter, Fire Marshal's Office, reviewed the item summary and noted that two members of the Toxics Board were present should the council have questions for them. He said the board has recommended a fee structure similar to that used last year, a base fee plus a fee per employee. The recommendation includes a referral to the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to try to formulate restrictions on the fee structure options in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS). Mr. Potter said the Toxics Board has recommended (by a 4:3 vote) raising the base fee from the $500 approved by the council last year to $1,000 this year, resulting in a range of fees from about $1,100 to about $10,000. He said staff agreed with the board recommendation on the fee structure, but would defer the matter of the base fee to the board majority and City Council. In response to a question from Mr. Rayor, Mr. Potter said that the base fee increase would be advantageous to any firm with 132 or more employees but disadvantageous to the other firms. Mr. Pap~ wondered if any analysis had been done on the correlation between the per-employee fee and environmental risks generated by companies. Mr. Potter said that the board's rationale was that there was some relationship between the size of a company and its ability to pay; Minutes--Eugene City Council March 8, 1999 Page 3 7:30 p.m.