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Accountability- Employers who do not observe these community standards will be required to pay back any pubric money or tax breaks?incentives that they have received and will not be erigible for further subsidies until they guarantee compliance. Estabrishment of independent commission to oversee and monitor compliance with community standards. State statues require the Tax Assessor to disqualify tax exemptions in cases where companies are not meeting the program criteria. There are layers of accountability provided in the program, including statutes and rules that clearly define events of disqualification, requirements that companies submit statements of compliance to the Tax Assessor annually, and the authority provided to the Tax Assessor to disqualify ("clawback") exemptions. Given the accountability required in the program, there is no clear role for an independent commission to oversee and monitor compliance. Family Wage Jobs- Require racially and ethnically diverse workforce, provide riving wage jobs, fair labor practices, on-site childcare or chiM care allowances, neutrality in union organizing campaigns. The State statues allow the adoption of local conditions that are "reasonably related to the public purpose of providing opportunities for groups of persons to obtain employment...". It may be possible to include local conditions related to wages, keeping in mind that there may be limitations on the jobs that can be conditioned (new jobs only) and the reasonableness of the wage requirement. Conditions related to workforce diversity and childcare appear to be consistent with the provision of employment opportunities; although childcare requirements for small/medium-sized businesses may not be reasonable. Regarding equal opportunity employment and fair labor practices, there are existing laws that govern these areas. State enterprise zone statutes require companies to comply with all local, state, and federal laws applicable to the companies' operations within the enterprise zone throughout the exemption period. Local Hiring - Any jobs created at any level are hired retained and promoted locally first, hiring a majority (at least 60%) locally. Utilize local vendors, suppliers and services. Based on a 1995 opinion issued by the Oregon Attorney General which declared that residency- based hiring requirements violated the Oregon Constitution, the Oregon Administrative Rules for enterprise zones specifically states that additional local conditions "shall not require that the eligible business firm' s hiring, recruitment, promotion, training, compensation or treatment of its actual or potential employees, suppliers, contractors or customers be based on those persons' or businesses' residency or geographic location..." Sustainability - Encourage small business and existing sectors, "smart growth "principles, encourage use of nearby existing mass transit routes. Historically, the primary focus of the enterprise zone program in Eugene was directed towards the encouragement of small business growth in existing traded sector businesses. In the expired West Eugene Enterprise Zone, 81% of the companies that participated had less than 50 L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041011 \S041011C.doc