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issues raised throughout the Growth Management Study discussion. He believed that the <br />original policy watered down the concept that development would pay its own way. <br /> <br /> Roll call vote: the motion tied on a 4:4 vote; Ms. Taylor, Mr. Laue, Mr. <br /> Meisner, and Mr. Lee voting yes; Ms. Nathanson, Mr. Tollenaar, Ms. Swanson <br /> Gribskov, Mr. Farr voting no; Mr. Torrey voting no to break the tie, 5:4. <br /> <br />Mr. Croteau reviewed a proposed change to Policy 16 suggested by Don Upson (struck text <br />proposed for deletion; italicized text proposed for addition): "Focus efforts to diversity the local <br />economy and provide family-wage jobs principally by supporting~,,,~,,,o~"-" ,vw,,~'-"'-~ clean, responsibly <br />managed, and environmentally sensitive businesses. Direct available financial and regulatory <br />incentives in the future to support these efforts." <br /> <br />Mr. Tollenaar said he found the word "clean" unclear, and he believed that "responsibly managed" <br />would have to be defined. <br /> <br />Mr. Torrey asked why the council should retain the word "small" in the policy. He asked why a <br />company's size mattered if they met the remainder of the criteria in the policy. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that the current policy did not preclude support for larger businesses. He <br />supported the current policy language. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tollenaar moved, seconded by Mr. Farr, to delete the word "small" from <br /> Policy 16. <br /> <br />Mr. Tollenaar said that the council had the discussion about small businesses before. He said <br />that the policy was inconsistent with the council's effort to encourage family wage jobs in the <br />community. He did not associate high-paying jobs with small business. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr asked where the council drew the line between small and large businesses. He had no <br />objection to large, environmentally sensitive businesses, such as Burley Industries. Mr. Farr <br />asked if Burley Industries was considered a small businesses. He agreed with Mr. Tollenaar that <br />larger companies tended to have more ability to pay family wage jobs. <br /> <br />Ms. Swanson Gribskov supported the motion. She said that the focus should be on <br />environmentally sensitive businesses, not small businesses. She said that the council could <br />have an endless argument about what could be defined as "small." <br /> <br />Mr. Lee supported the revision. He did not want to accommodate large business at the expense <br />of small business, and wanted to encourage more environmentally sensitive businesses to locate <br />in Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson said that the argument for focusing on small businesses rather than large was <br />because of relatively higher negative impact on the community from the closure or relocation of <br />large business, or a nationwide downturn in an industry. She said that while small companies <br />supposedly create the most jobs, she believed that better benefits, higher wages for employees, <br />a greater level of social and community contributions tended to come from large companies. Ms. <br />Nathanson was unsure how to define "large." <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 2, 1998 Page 8 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />