Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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3, ACTION; Resolutioll 4851 EstaMhhJng InterimLQcal Criteria Applicabk in tbe West 'Eugene enterprise mne and Adopting a Public Benefit Scoring System; And Repealing ReMlution 4845 Councilor Poling, si..."Czmded by Councilor Solon1on, moved to adopt Resnlution 48:51 estahlishing interim local criteria applicahle in the \Vest Eugenc Cl}krprise zone and adopting a public bcndlt sO".lring syst~'m; and repealing Resolution 4845. I.v1aynr Piercy explained that this was the pwpo:.:;al ::;he had taken to the Lane Board of County Commi~sion.ers in the hope that it would. move H:n'war<l with a omlpromise pz)sitkm, She said the B()ard of Commisi;kmeri; supported it aDd expn~sst.d hope that the council wmikl as. wt;::ll. Mayor Piercy caned on the conndl for questions and cnmments. Councilor Bettrm.Ul a::;Sk'rted. that in the proposal and the exmnpks cited in the. Agenda. Hem Sumr:..,Hry (AIS} and Th~.: Register~(Juard. $4.4 miHion would b~~ refunded. She asked which 7J.)l1e ~pon.sor \vt;mld rec.eive thii; paYlJ1ent, She al.legcd that the County had, in 1997. i.nsiskd it receive 50 pe,cent of the refunded benefit, though it contributed only 10 perc'ent. Dcnny Bnmd of the Planning ilnd Devdi)pmen.t Department explained that the payment in-lieu uftaxes wuuld come as a public benef1t cnntrihu:Unn :.,imilar to the publ.k bcnei1t contribution made rmder the public benefit criteria. He further c.b:r:iHcd that per the resolution, 40 percent would he distributed to the C.'ounty. 40 percent \-vl;!ukl be distributed to the City, and 20 percent \votdd be distributed to the educatlon~ rdatedfi.md. C01.:ndlor Dettman a.sked what percentage of its revenue. the County was tixegplug compared. to the City. Mr. Braud. replied that it was based on the tax H!te in that the City paid approxim;;itdy $7 per $1 ,000 and the C01.mty paid appro:dmaiely $2 per $l,OHO of real. value. He statl;~d thai the breakdown of the public benefit '>vas in the exh,bit thath<::ld thi:: public benefit criteri.a. C:.H.mci1or Bettrnan {.lpined. that it 'Nas a "good deal tor the Comity." Councilor BeUrnan ree-aBed that Hynix had a layoff during its p,eviou::; upgrade a.nd. ash~d if the company WOUld get credit for- hiring bad~ a hid offwOl"k force as if it thi:: jobs. W(Te newly creak\.t Mr. Braud replied that this wuuld. not bepossibk; only jnbi; that had previously not existed qualified for the credit. City Attorney Glenn Klein eO!Kurre.d with Mr. Bra.ud. Councilor HeH.mrm averred th;;it I-lynix had, in 1995. indicated that it:., Phase 2 devekJpmcnt would he B;n. investment of $2 billion. but it wa.s now pn~ji...'XOted to cost $500mHHon, She postu!~;ted that on an investment of $1 hiJHon the job cap woul.d become moot. Mr. Bnmd responded that the mathematics was com:plicatCi..1 becaui;e one needed to factnr in depreciation, Cound.kll' H<:~tman n)marked ill,,!t dep,edation usually kicked :in after the zone had. expired and tht;~ taxei; wert due. Councilor Ortiz indicated her support tbr Mnyor Pittcy" s resolution, She remaint.,,{l unhappy 'Nith the resolution a~ it stood, .Howevl.~, she had consub:::d her constituents and they were, by i;H1d largl.:, 111 SUPPOlt of something that brought more jobs to the community. She observed tha.t many people 1n her neighborhood worked two job:.:; af minin1urn wage with no benefits and had a. paper route in addition just MINCTES.....Eugene. City Cmmdl August 8, 2005 Fage 7 H.egular Session ...................................................................--.........--......... ............~..