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City of Eugene Legislative Policies for 2009 Oregon Legislative Session <br /> <br />B3. Urban Renewal Districts <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes reductions in urban renewal revenue. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes mandating that a portion of urban renewal funds be spent on particular <br />types of projects. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes expanding the types of governments that are allowed to create urban <br />renewal districts. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes additional consent requirements for new or amended urban renewal plans. <br /> <br />Urban renewal districts provide a tool for cities and counties to use in funding economic <br />development and critical public infrastructure projects. Eugene has used urban renewal to assist in <br />a number of important downtown projects. <br /> <br />Loss of revenue to urban renewal districts would result in a reduced ability by the City to fund <br />highly desired projects. And mandating the types of projects on which all or a portion of urban <br />renewal funds could be spent reduces local flexibility to determine the types of projects that are <br />appropriate in the local area. The goal of urban renewal is to broadly eliminate blighted areas and <br />improve the economic situation in communities. Use of urban renewal by school districts to build <br />schools or by other types of local governments to fund their capital projects would not achieve that <br />goal. Requiring consent from other taxing districts for a new or amended plan would erode local <br />control over urban renewal plans and basically give veto power to other jurisdictions. <br /> <br />B4. Assessement and Taxation Appeals, Funding and Standards <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports statewide standards for assessment and taxation services to ensure that <br />assessment records are correct and up-to-date, and thus can be used to provide accurate <br />calculations of property tax revenue. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports stable and dedicated sources of statewide funding for assessment and <br />taxation activities. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene supports a requirement that cities be notified of appeals of assessed value for non- <br />residential property. Cities should be given a formal opportunity to comment on the record. <br /> <br /> <br />?Eugene opposes any shift to cities for funding of county assessment and taxation activities <br />unless an additional source of revenue is identified. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />