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ORDINANCE NO. 20092 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A WEST UNIVERSITY SERVICES DISTRICT OCCUPANCY FEE; AMENDING SECTIONS 3.650, 3.655, 3.660, 3.665, 3.670, 3.675 AND 3.680 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The West University area is a unique part of the City, combining a mix of service s and businesses close to the University of Oregon campus. This produces an area that generates a need for more concentrated management, marketing, maintenance and security related services than other parts of the City. These needs result from the various occupancies in the buildings within the West University area. It is therefore appropriate that these needed additional services be supported by a fee tied to the occupancy or use of buildings within the West University area. B. Extensive review has occurred to determine an equitable manner in which to recover these special and unique expenses. A majority of property and business owners within the area have expressed support for imposition of a fee for occupied property not otherwise exempt from the fee. C. It is the intent in imposing such a fee that the revenues generated thereby generally will be expended for provision of West University foot-patrol police officer, police sub-station, guides, graffiti removal program for affected businesses, enhanced litter removal, limited funds for joint advertising and promotion of the West University business area, research and communication of issues that affect West University businesses within the West University area only. It is further the Council's intent that such fees will be imposed for a three year period ending September 30, .2000, unless extended prior to that time by the Council. D. The provisions related to the City's Downtown Services District set forth in Sections 3.650 to 3.675 should therefore be amended to include the West University Services District. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Based on the above findings, which are adopted herein, the caption preceding Sections 3.650, 3.660 and 3.680 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended, and the catch lines of Sections 3.655, 3.665, 3.670 and 3.675 of that Code are amended to provide: Ordinance - 1