Item B: Local Criteria for West Eugene Enterprise Zone

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TilE CITY COUNCIL OF TIlE CITY OF EUGENE, a ;\Iunicipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Based on the above findings, which are hereby adopted, the City Council hereby establishes the following Interim Local Benefit Criteria for the proposed West Eugene Enterprise Zone: (a) Qualifying companies shall be required to make a public benefit contribution based on the following criteria: I. The extent to which the company hires from local training/referral agencies; 2. The extent to which the company hires persons with barriers to employment; 3. The extent to which the average compensation of new jobs is equal to or greater than the average county wage; 4. The extent to which the company dedicates funds for non- mandated training and benefits; 5. Whether the company is utilizing a previously developed site, including expansion of an existing site, or redevelopment of an industrial or brown field site; o. The extent to which the assessed value of new investment exceeds $500,000 per acre; 7. Whether the company is a small and/or local business or small and/or local start-up company. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), in no event shall the amount of the contribution exceed 25% of the tax exemption. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the three-year tax exemption benelit shal1 be limited to a maximum of $96,000 per job created or $32,000 per job created per year, whichever is less. Tax exemption benefits in excess of that amount shall be paicl as a public benefit contribution. A business whose tax exemption benefit is anticipated to exceed the job cap limitation described in this subsection (c) shall make a public benefit contribution based on the anticipated excess, with a reconciliation of the contribution amount to the extent allowed by law to occur in the third year of the exemption. based on records of actual employment. (d) During the period these Interim Criteria are in effect, the per-job limit on the three-year tax exemption benefit described in the first sentence of subsection (c) of this section may be waived or modified for a specific applicant if the City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners each agree to the waiver or modification. The co-sponsors' decision to waive or not 10 waive the limit shall be based on consideration Resolution - 2