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quality jobs as possible for their multiplier effect and suggested that meant it did not matter if the job was <br />in Eugene or Springfield. <br />Ms. Ortiz agreed with Mr. Pryor, saying she was interested in the overall health of the community. While <br />she wanted to increase the tax base, she also wanted family-wage jobs with benefits. She asked if the <br />business community was considering others approaches to benefits, such as a “tri-share” approach to <br />health insurance. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka agreed with Mr. Pryor and Ms. Ortiz. He thought the council should be talking about <br />family-wage jobs and benefits and it mattered less where they were than that they helped to build the <br />regional economy. He suggested that Springfield’s actions had an impact on Eugene that needed to be <br />taken into account and should be considered on a regional basis, such as the development potential that <br />existed in Glenwood. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka questioned basing long-term land use decisions on aspirational goals, such as those included <br />in the RPP. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka requested a list of the names of the members of the economic development subcommittee. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr said Eugene needed to create incentives to retain local companies and attract new ones. He <br />referred to the information presented by staff regarding parcel sizes associated with large clean tech <br />facility announcements and observed that Eugene had no parcels approaching the sizes listed. He <br />believed Eugene had created disincentives for businesses to remain in, much less come to, Eugene. In <br />recent years, Eugene had lost Grain Millers, Glory Bee Foods, and Rexius Forest Products, and he <br />questioned how they could be replaced. <br /> <br />Speaking to Mr. Pryor’s comments, Mr. Farr was unsure that Springfield residents were going to spend <br />the proceeds from their new jobs in Eugene. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr endorsed the focus on foods as a job cluster and regretted the lack of local food processing <br />facilities. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor pointed out that Rexius remained in the Eugene-Springfield area. She did not think it <br />mattered where a company located if that location was suitable. She also supported foods and food <br />processing as a job cluster and believed it was important to protect farmland to facilitate food production. <br />She did not think that such lands should be wasted on industrial uses. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown believed it was unrealistic to assume a 1.6 percent growth rate and suggested the lower figure <br />of .9 made more sense. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark did not think that 18 percent of the community’s jobs were industrial given the loss of <br />manufacturing jobs that occurred over the last few years. He wanted the industrial job base to be in <br />Eugene for the sake of jobs and the addition to the tax base that would help stabilize the City’s ability to <br />deliver the services it wanted to and called on Eugene to lead in providing its residents with the best jobs <br />with the best benefits. He believed those were found in the manufacturing, industrial, and traded sectors. <br />Mr. Clark wanted the council to set aside appropriate amounts of land that will help it become a regional <br />leader in the type of jobs that made sense for the community. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz pointed out that Eugene incentivized businesses to remain through the West Eugene Enterprise <br />Zone. She believed that Eugene was doing what it could with limited resources. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 18, 2012 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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