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worked two jobs at minimum wage with no benefits and had a paper route in addition just in order to pay their rent. She said anything she could personally do that would help to bring jobs and increase the quality of life for her constituents would be “great.” She wished to note when the topic of vacations was raised that people in her neighborhood did not get vacations. Rather, they went to the park or had a day of swimming and “called it good.” Councilor Papé thanked the Mayor and Councilor Ortiz for their work with the Lane Board of County Commissioners to reach a resolution. He also thanked Commissioners Green and Stewart. In response to further postulation from Councilor Bettman, Mr. Braud explained that a hypothetical $2 billion investment that resulted in 500 new jobs would bring the one-third rule into play and Hynix would receive a 67 percent tax exemption. If the company created 1,000 new jobs, Hynix could receive a 100 percent exemption. Councilor Bettman understood the example in the AIS to be merely an example and not the anticipated scenario. She wished to reinforce what Councilor Ortiz said regarding the people in the community who needed jobs. However, she asserted the enterprise zone was a “massive giveaway.” She thought the magnitude of the “giveaway” would negatively prejudice the ability of people to have economic justice in the community. She alleged that one entity would receive a gift from the community, the magnitude of which so far outweighed the benefit that it was not justifiable. Councilor Taylor also opposed the enterprise zone. She was disappointed that this “deal was brokered without the City Council consent.” She did not think that Hynix should have a voice in the zone. She did not believe Hynix was waiting on a tax break nor did she wish to subsidize that sort of job. She averred that working for “less than $30,000 a year” would not allow a person to afford housing in the community. She wanted to subsidize real assets to the community, those businesses that paid a living wage and were environmentally friendly. Councilor Kelly expressed disappointment that the issue had “led to simple polarization” in which one was only pro-business or anti-business. He thought the council had worked hard to get “into subtlety and consensus” and that was now “out the window.” He reiterated that the council had supported an enterprise zone in April by a 7:1 vote. He still supported this original idea for an enterprise zone. He thought the council should ask what magnitude of tax break was enough. He observed that the City was being asked to give a $96,000 tax break per job over the course of three years. He recalled that he originally had not wanted to apply for an enterprise zone but decided to support it because the council “properly” targeted and capped it within the constraints of State law. He opined that the resolution before the council abandoned “a reasonable maximum amount of tax” given up per job agreed to in good faith by the council. Councilor Kelly said Hynix was an asset to the community and he did not wish to appear to be opposed specifically to that company. However, he felt a $3 million tax break was enough. Councilor Poling observed that the councilors had not achieved unanimous agreement on the caps; the Mayor had broken the tie and the cap had been added in. He underscored that the 7:1 vote was in support of pursuance of an enterprise zone. He declared that the council and County needed to get past the “quagmire” they had fallen into, which he attributed to a lack of communication between the two governments. He said the resolution returned control to local government bodies and allowed the City and County to initiate the broader discussion. MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 8, 2005 Page 8 Regular Session