Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Regarding the specifks of Hynlx that had been cite.d, Councilor Pollng wl~h.l.cd to point o~;t that seven <;ornpanies were currentlY looking at the City nfEuW.11C and ow:: thing they were loobng at wr;s th~ cnhcrprise zone, He felt an enterprise lOll.> was not the det.iding factor fl.,r a busintsi; seeking to !l"1Gve. hut it \-\<115 'thc icing on tht i,;:ake," He pOlnicd out th'it scmK cities were nearly giving !.and away, CouncHor Poling i;t.tted that while Hynix received a $5{l million tax break, it provided a return.of $270 ,nilHon into the economy, and $l.9 millit)n in 2003-2004 into the educ.<!tion system alone ahove the pmpt>rty taxes. He telt it \vas time to stoppkbng on orH::~ i,;:ompany and look at tk hrgcr Vlew. He \vanted to get heyond personal diffCren<;ts and hegin the "real" discussion abO\lt permanent community standards. 1h;:: tlu.mked the Mayor fbr continuing thc diw';:llsi;io.us in order to bring control. ofth;;::: ;;::~nkrprise zonelxJ:.ik W the local jurisdictions. Coundl.o.r HeHman a.lkge.d that Hynix wt)rked with the County, HK .Mayor, and sdel;~kd t:(}lmdkrs to "dictate" what the fbregpne tax revenue would be She said she would not have j',npported an ;;ippHcatkm tell' the enterprise zone had i;he known the State statute was "inxnmtahk" in terms of guaranteeing a two- thirds hendh "no matter what." Shl;: fdt she had heen misled about this, C\mncHor Hett:ma:n reiterated ht~r disapprlintmenL that the Gouncil's original intent h;:,.;;l b(~en aHered, She thought the way the cOHlKil de~igned the maximum job cap was.<! "goo<.l~ stra:tegk, eommn:ic tooL" She felt the zone could allow Hyni?, sh()'utdit mak.e a large, capital i]}w~stmmt, to have a $70 minil}n "\vrhe~ off." She asked if the Mayor and eoundkrs kno,v th{jJ \vhen ttu;7 wtrG "negotiating this ::;o--cdJ.ed cf!mpn:H1tis~~." Councilor Kdly asserte.d that the lack of conmmnkation between the bodie~ ww:; because City staff had not kept the ctlundl infhrmed that the Cm.m.ty (\)mn:"!issi.on.crs had to concur on the toeal ct:iteri<:. He averred that had he known.. JK \.vould. have been com.tn.l;mkating with theIr!. regularly and asking to hord joint meetings. Comu.::.ilor Pryor l;;alled this situation a "po::;kr~chikl exampl.e" of the nld adage thBJ says the t',V(l fhings onc did not \van.t tl) watch being made we.re s.aus.<!ge and gDvernment. He stated that it had heen a long: wad and In.Ost everything Hwt m:.eded to be said had been sakI. He {''1lcouragcd tlK council to m,-l've ahead and vote. Connellor Pap6 commented t.h;at most of the d:isl;:u.ssion at tbx:: tabk was ab01.lt what the City was giving up, but it was important t<.l look at what the City would be receiving, He asserted that the City would be gaini.ng rnost1y good jobs, the majority of \vhich would come through expansion of existing busine~>ses, l-k pointed to tb.!;:. testimony ofbl..lslnes~ representatives that sptike to the suc.Gesse~ of the enteq1ri::;e zone injobs and hz~nd1ts gained, He hoped that Hyn.ix would build a $2 bUli!)!} addition to its plant .<(s the exempti()n would go away in three years, Even with derredatiou, he ob~erved, the City stood to gain. Mayor Piercy w;;knowkdg('''i..1 the lwrd work of aU the elected {}Wciab, She under::;cored that she tded to be transparent in her efforts. She tried to pay attention to the d.>,,-ire not to count existing emploYt>es and to get community staudards in ploce, She. stressed that the City had an enterprise :wne in place with no cOnlrnu:n:ity standards and no cap and was i'a;;:ing a kg-at n:~mt~dy that she did not believe the City wodd win. She arrived at the proposal hccause ~he beUeved it to he in. the best i.nkre~t nfth;:~ comnmnity^ She rdated that tohe discussed the zone with many people and in .an ~HtiGk in Th? Register-Guard, She appreciated the support of the Lane Board of C{)lmty Commi~.,sioners and asked the !.xlUnci1 for its support as well. MINr.rrE~Eugetl(~ City Council. August 8, ZOOS Page 9 Regular Ses~';lon ..........................................