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Home My WebLink AboutItem 2C: Appointment to Enterprise Zone Standards Committee EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ~ Appointments to the West Eugene Enterprise Zone Community Standards Committee Meeting Date: September 26, 2005 Department: City Manager's Office www.eugene-or.gov Agenda Item Number: 2C Staff Contact: Mary Walston Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 ISSUE STATEMENT This is an action item to appoint two Eugene citizens to the West Eugene Enterprise Zone Community Standards Committee. BACKGROUND At the August 8, 2005, City Council meeting, Resolution #4851, a resolution to establish interim local criteria applicable in the West Eugene Enterprise Zone, was adopted. In the resolution was direction to create a committee to develop and adopt permanent standards and public benefit criteria. The exact text of the resolution states: "Beginning in August 2005, the City of Eugene and Lane County will undertake a process to develop and adopt permanent standards and public benefit criteria for the West Eugene Enterprise Zone. The process will begin with convening a joint City/County committee composed of two elected officials from each governing body and a total of four community representatives, two of whom shall be appointed by each governing body. The committee will meet through January 2006, as needed, to develop a proposal for permanent standards and public benefit criteria, and it will provide opportunities for stakeholder participation and community involvement, including public hearings. " As the committee is a joint effort between the City of Eugene and Lane County, a joint recruitment process was undertaken. The recruitment began on Monday, September 12, and ended on Friday, September 23. Media outlets were informed of the recruitment and a story on the committee recruitment appeared in the Register-Guard on September 18,2005. Mayor Piercy has selected Councilors Ortiz and Pryor to serve as the two Eugene elected officials. This item was placed on the September 26, 2005, agenda in order to have the full set of Eugene members appointed before Mayor Piercy is unavailable for council business in early October. PLEASE NOTE: THE RECRUITMENT PERIOD WAS NOT COMPLETED AT PRESS TIME. AN AMENDED AND UPDATED AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY AND ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSTISIONS WILL BE PROVIDED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2005. LICMOl200S Council AgendasIMOS0926\SOS09262C.doc RELATED CITY POLICIES There are no policy issues related to these appointments. COUNCIL OPTIONS The City Council can vote to approve the nominees; it can also request additional information or background on the applicants and delay the vote, or reject the applicants entirely. CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager has no recommendation on the proposed nominations. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to appoint to the West Eugene Enterprise Zone Community Standards Committee. Move to appoint to the West Eugene Enterprise Zone Community Standards Committee. ATTACHMENTS A. Resolution #4851 B. Applications for Eugene citizen positions on the West Eugene Enterprise Zone Community Standards Committee. FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Mary Walston Telephone: 682-5406 Staff E-Mail: mary.f.walston@ci.eugene.or.us LICMOl200S Council AgendasIMOS0926\SOS09262C.doc ATTACHMI~NT A RESOLUTION NO. 4851 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING iNTERn\-! LOCAL CRITERiA APPIJCABLE IN THE WEST EUGENE ENTERPIUSE ZONE AND A.DOVn.NGA PUBLIC HENEfTI SCORING SYSTEM; ANn REPEALING RESOLUTION 4845, The City Coundl of the ('ity of Eugene finds tlmt: A. On .Apri! 20, 2005, the City CounciJ ;:,doptedResolution No, Cry Manager Lo make applIcation to the State of Oregon t()f designation Erm:rprisc Zone. authoriz.ing the of ;1 \Vc'st [lugene R /\!. the ttrneResoiution 4832 \V3S approved, Lhe Council directed the City r\1an~tgc;.;r t.o briHg bcd, h.i the Council, prior to July l, 200.5, a resolution adopting interim local criteria com,islcnt with the Public Benefit Critena adopted in 1997. It \vas the understanding that new quality stwdm-ds \-\Tjtdd be adopted as soon as practical following notification of ~t successful de::,ignation appbcation, with the intent that 25 percent ofthc tax ex,cmption bendit Jor qualitted entr:,rprisc zone invc~;tments would he subject to the job qualitYSf.3.ndards, C. On June 27, 2005, the Council approved Resolution 4845: adopting Interinl Local Public BeJ1cfh Criteria ,md other provisions pertaining to the West Eugene Enteqmsc Zone in anticip3tion the de:-;ignatinn of the Zone, Resolution 4845 provided that it would become <;;nectivc upon adoption by the Council and adoption of a. substanllally similar res~)lution by the Lxne C\iumy Board of CommissjoneJ~", 011 June 29 and on July 12, 2005, the BGani of Comrn1ssioners adopted orders, hut they \vere not substantial1y similar to Resolution 4H45. This resolution replaces Resolution 4845, D. On A.ugus; 2, 2005, tht.' Board amended its July lo~, 2005 order rev!f;wg the interim local cril<;'ria. 'n.lis Resolution is substantiaLly sirniJar to Order 1-+05-8-2-5. E, On Junr 2B, 2005, by Director's Order No, 110-05-130, the Oregon Economic and Curmmmity Development Department approved the application a.nd designated the \Vest EugUIC Enterprise efft'ctive July I, lOOS. F. Th,~ Publk Benefit Criteria attached as Exhibit A herdo nJlcds the scoring , . ", l' N ' - .1 ,. Y') b "99"7 0 h I fO 0 t' 'l' adop.tcd ov h(~S() utlOn j '0, 4)4() on 1 etCH.; ,er i, j , . WIt . tlconnula 'or c::ucu atmg < 0 tb: pub1iz:iJcnefit contribmion ;;djusted to reflect the Council's desire to condition ~:s percent <n".r'"'l""")','! ; ") Y)"'l"'''Y''.) ",f'l'''' t',n' ;,v''''11rrt1Qj1('-n lhi' "',j";I'" ....i>l,f~fl't r'l'l'ti':!';<:, \.1..), ~}, .....'t~:: ...... { ....... ....Vl).~) ';0. t 1w ..:.t~'lo. ......',..""'.(, ~ ..,-,_. )', ,......l}\.-._..~ ,-, ~j,-. (~.".->, ...... ,)(.~. G, Support of exi.sting bu~;inesses and retention of existing jobs are eJemenb of the \VeBl Eugene Fnkrprise Zone, and those dements should be discussed dcvcJoprncm of pcnnancnt 3tandards and public beneJit criteria, important the Ht"solution - ! :-JO"V, THE.REFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY 'IRE (Try COUNCIL OF lIfE CITY OF Elf GENE, a J\lmlidpal Corporation of fhe Statl2' nf On.'gon~ as follows: Sectkm 1, Based on the above ilndings, which arc herebv <H.lo[!bJ. the eitv Coundl l,:;slahhshc5 the folknving Interim Local Benefit Criteria Jelt: the l;roposed \Vc~t Eugene Enkrprisc Zone: (a) Qualifying companies shaH be required to make d public beneHt cOlH.ributicH hased on the fonowing criteria: 1. The extent 10 \;vhich the company hires from local training./relcrr<lJ ag,;;nclcs: ;... The extent to \vhich the company hires persons with barriers to e.mpJoy:rni~'nt: 3 The extent to '."..-hieh the average cornpensation of ne\V jobs is equal to or greiw;r than the average count}' '.';([ge; 4. 'The extent to \o','1H(:h tb,:; company dedicates fbnds for Don. rrlandat.cd tr;iDT~ng and beneflts~ S. \Vhcther the company is utilizing a previou:'lly developed sile, including e.,-pansion of a.n eXlsting site, or redeveIoprnent of an industnal or bn>wnfickJ site; 6. The extent t.o \'vbeh thf; assessed. vnJuc of ne\V investnx;nt exce<.:~ds $500~GGG per acr{~~ 7 \Vhetber the com pan;:>, 1S a small and/or local business or sma.1i andlor locat start-up eornpany. (b) Except as providoJ in subsection (el, in no event shaJi the amount of the cont.rihution exceed 25t'.{.l of the tax exr!IlptiOl]' (C) NOhvtthstand1ng n:,;; provisions of subsect1\.ms (a) and (b) of this section, the three-year tax exenlption benefit shaH be limited to a lllaximuiT1 of $96,000 per job created or S32,onn per job created per year, 'vvhichcvcr is less. Tax exernption bend'lt::; in excess of that amount shall be paid as a public b':;nefit con.tribution. .A busmess \vhose tax exemption beneJ~tis <J1llicip<ucd 10 exceed the job cap limitation described in this subsection (c) shall make a public benefit contribution based on the anticipated excess, \'vith a reconciliation of the contribution amount to the extent allowed by jaw to occur in the third year of the exemption, ha~;ed on n::Z~i)rds of actual employment. (<1) During the period. these Interim Criteria. arc in effect, th~ per-job llrnit on the three-year tax \:xempt1011 benefit cles\.'ribed in the first sentence of subsection (c) of this section rnay he \valved or modified {or a specific applicant if the City Council and the County Board nf Commissi<mcrs each at-1ft;"; to the \vaiv,:;r or nwdifin1tion. The decision tn \Vmve or not to waive the limit shaH be based on \:onsideration ResoJution- 2 of the applicant's PIOfX1SI.xl capital inveslment in the West Eugene Emeq.Hlse ':Zone; the anticipated ernployment resulting fi'om the applicant's inveSlrnent the applicant's cOl1unitment to nuke other beneficia! community investments~ local economic conditions at tb;; time of the application, including but nOl lirnited to the unempioym'~nt rate, market trcmk and competition for attracting ne\\' businesses to the community; the co-sI)On$Or5' ~> . A hudget circumstances at thi: tirnc of the application and the cfff.~ct of redw.:inl!, the publlc bendit contribution on the co-sponsors' - ability to provide public s(~rvk~cs t(; their citizens; and tll:::; co'~;ponsors' judgment as to the reasonahknf:s~, of the pubhc benefit contribution in li.ght of the f(m~golng factors a.nd in cOi1\parison to the put,lic benefit contrib\ltion !:1aid bv other cornnanles In the \Vest EUEene Entemrise Zone .. 1:" ""..-.. SectiQll.l. City Council adopts the Public Benefit Crittria Scoring System contained in Exhibit /\ attached hereto and incorporated herein, to Implement the Interim Local Criteria set f:mh in Section 1 of this Rcsotution, for dderrnining exernplions for hlture investments nude by cornpanies partidpating in the proposed West Eugene Enterprise Zone, Section 3. Heginning in August, 2005, the City of Eugene and Lane County wtll ulll:krt<lke a pmces~; to develop and adopt perrnancnt standards and public benefh erit;;:'ria for the \Vest Eugene Enterprise Zone, The process ',viE begin \vith convening a joiHt City/County conunith:;c composed of t\\'o eleCted official::; from each governing body and a total of f()ul" community representatives. t\VO of whom shall be appolntGd by each governing hody. The committee \Vm meet through January. 2006, as needed, to develop aproposaJ for pennancnt standards and public bl.,ndit criteria, and it will provide opportunities .for stakeholder participation (lnd cOfmnunity in'/olvement, including public hearings. St:ct:ion 4. ReSOlution 4845 it;; repealed, Section 5, This Resolution shaH become eff,;;dive immediately upon its :.'\doption. Tl1(: fOrf.'going Resnh:ltlon adopted the 8'" day of August:, 2005, ~..Yll[\~~",-~__ RC5<Jlulion ' 3