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Ms. Bettman opposed the amendment. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor commented that she would support the main motion and not the amendment. <br /> <br />The motion to amend failed, 5:3; Mr. Clark, Ms. Solomon, and Mr. Pryor voting in favor. <br /> <br />The main motion passed, 6:2; Mr. Clark and Mr. Poling voting in opposition. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to establish a street utility fee based on parking <br />spaces to generate annual net revenue of approximately $6 million, with $150,000 per year <br />dedicated to funding traffic calming measures (estimated to cost the average household <br />$4.50 to $5 per month). <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked how the fees would be assessed and collected and how much it would cost to collect them. <br />Mr. Corey reiterated that no work had been done on the methodology. He said this was a concept at this <br />point that had come from the subcommittee. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor moved to delete the residential component from the motion. The motion died for <br />lack of a second. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said she had opposed the original TSMF but she was willing to support this item because she <br />felt it combined sustainability issues with the nexus of the charge. She believed that parking equaled use of <br />the system. She related that the subcommittee’s assumption was that the options would be brought back to <br />the council for further consideration and determination of what the phasing would be and what the actual <br />ordinance would look like. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka did not agree that it was a parking tax; rather, it was a street utility fee. He said it was an <br />attempt to get people to pay because of their use of the streets. He averred that the TSMF had died from <br />“its own weight” because it was too complicated. He stated that the subcommittee considered numerous <br />mechanisms to capture money from the use of streets and this model had proven to be the best one for the <br />city. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon noted that two other municipalities use this model. She believed that the City could work from <br />their models to develop its own. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling affirmed that passing the motion merely moved it forward for further discussion. He questioned <br />how a person who lived on a corner would be assessed given that he or she would have “two front yards.” <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor said the utility fee was attractive to him because the City could charge the tax to everyone. He <br />noted that he did not envision charging people for street frontage and curbs. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka commented that there were 19 cities in Oregon that used some kind of utility fee; the City of <br />Eugene would not be “reinventing the wheel.” He agreed with Mr. Pryor that the fee should be simple to <br />administer, but he underscored that at this time the council was voting on the concept and not the details. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said he would support the item for discussion purposes only. He requested that the Mayor <br />consider postponing the joint meeting with the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) scheduled for May <br />30 in order to finish the present discussion, should it not conclude prior to adjournment of the present <br />meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 23, 2007 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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