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City Manager Taylor proudly announced that Public Works Director Kurt Corey was named as <br />one of the top 10 public works leaders in the nation by the American Public Works Association <br />(APWA). He noted that Mr. Corey was the President of the Oregon Chapter of the APWA and <br />officiates, along with Commissioner Bobby Green, at high school and small college sports events. <br /> <br /> <br />B. Resolution 4865 Establishing Local Criteria Applicable in the West Eugene <br />Enterprise Zone and Adopting a Public Benefit Scoring System; and Repealing <br />Resolution 4851 <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor, a member of the Enterprise Zone Committee formed by the council to create the local <br />criteria that would apply to tax exemptions for the West Eugene Enterprise Zone, indicated the <br />committee’s work was deliberative, collaborative, and resulted in a fine product. He thanked <br />Planning and Development staff Mike Sullivan and Denny Braud for their support of the <br />committee and said they provided excellent information to the committee as it went about its <br />work. Additionally, he thanked committee members Ms. Ortiz, commissioners Bobby Green and <br />Faye Stewart, Rusty Rexius, Lou Christian, Steven Korth, and Claire Syrett for their invaluable <br />contribution to this process. <br /> <br />Ms. Syrett reported that the committee was well-balanced and included City and County elected <br />officials as well as representatives of the business community and the community-at-large. She <br />proceeded to review the Agenda Item Summary (AIS), the Proposed Resolution noted in <br />Attachment A, and the Public Benefit Criteria, noted in Exhibit A. She shared that it was the goal <br />of the committee to ensure there would be a balance between making it “too easy” to earn the full <br />tax break and “too difficult” for smaller businesses to qualify, while at the same time setting a <br />standard in terms of the quality of jobs that were to be created under the program. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked all individuals who participated in this exemplary effort. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Poling, Ms. Syrett replied that the language in the ”Build <br />Oregon Responsibly” pledge was extracted from a pre-existing document that the Building Trade <br />Councils of Oregon asked people to sign on to. Mr. Poling thanked all the individuals who <br />participated in the process and said he was pleased that the committee was unanimous in its <br />recommendation before the council. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly informed the council that City Attorney Jerry Lidz confirmed that although he was a <br />part-time instructor for Lane Community College and therefore may have a potential conflict of <br />interest regarding this issue, he could participate in the discussion at this time. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly stated he was pleased that the committee recommended annual reporting on the West <br />Eugene Enterprise Zone. He then pointed out that under current Oregon State laws, companies <br />could receive two-thirds of the tax exemption without meeting the proposed criteria now before <br />the council. He noted that the proposal capped the benefit criteria amount at 25 percent of the tax <br />exemption and that statutorily it could have been set at 33 percent. Ms. Syrett commented that <br />the committee did not debate the merits of changing the percentage from 25 percent. Mr. Kelly <br />opined it would have been useful for the committee to have had such a discussion as the <br />difference between the percentages was a significant amount of money. He asked if there was <br />any possibility of holding an additional meeting of the committee to review the comments put <br />forth by the council and the Lane County Commission. <br /> <br />Mr. Braud clarified that the Public Benefit Criteria was limited to the 25 percentile; however, the <br />job cap could realize one-third, which was recommended by the committee. Mr. Kelly <br />questioned if in a mid-sized improvement, there could be a situation whereby hundreds of <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 10, 2006 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br />
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