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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ratification of Unanimous Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Committee Actions <br /> <br />Pertaining to the League of Oregon Cities Legislative Priority Agenda <br /> <br />Meeting Date: July 23, 2012 Agenda Item Number: 2F <br />Department: Central Services - City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Jessica Mumme <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5127 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is an action item to ratify the unanimous actions of the Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) <br /> <br />Committee from the July 18, 2012 IGR Committee meetings. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The IGR Committee met on July 18, 2012, to review staff recommendations pertaining to the League of <br />Oregon Cities (LOC) Legislative Priority Setting, and approved a preferred priority list to submit to the <br />LOC. The list of legislative priorities was generated by the LOC’s eight policy committees, which <br />involve members and interested parties from cities around the state – including several committees and <br />City of Eugene staff. <br /> <br />The IGR Committee voted unanimously to recommend six items to the LOC. These are labeled in <br />Attachment A as Items A, D, F, G, K and Q with descriptions. In brief, these are: <br />A – The Jobs/Economic Development Initiative that supports funding for industrial site development. <br />D – Restore equity in our property tax system by resetting assessed value to real market value when a <br />property is sold or constructed. <br />F – Reform the court fines system in a manner that recognizes the value of both state and local courts. <br />G – Amend the public contracting code to remove costly requirements that do not aid in the delivery of <br />public improvements and defend against any new requirements that do not serve the public interest. <br />K – Pass legislation renewing the 9-1-1 tax. <br />Q – Recapitalize the Special Public Works Fund, Water Wastewater Fund, Water Conservation, Reuse <br />and Storage Grant Program, and Clean Water State Revolving Fund. <br /> <br />Also at the meeting, new information obtained from the LOC was discussed with IGR Committee <br />members. The League of Oregon Cities Board of Directors is placing a land use suite and property tax <br />suite on the legislative agenda for the 2013 legislative session. These are described in Attachment B and <br />Attachment C. <br /> <br />Attachment B relates to local option levies. During the 2011 legislative session, HJR 26 remained in the <br />committee upon adjournment. This legislation would require a constitutional amendment that would give <br />local voters the opportunity to pass local option levies outside of compression and for a maximum length <br />of 10 years. Chris Fick at the league has provided a one-page document on this subject. <br /> S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120723\S1207232F.doc <br /> <br /> <br />