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Eugene Mayor I eff Miller explained the city's goals with the help of a sign-language interpreter
to a Hull tenter audience Monday night, expressing concern over the effects of Ballot Measure
5.
Miller describes Eugene’s goals
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporler
Facing the financial short
comings created by the passage
of Ballot Measure 5 will lx; the
greatest challenge of city gov
ernment in 19til. said Kugene
Mayor |eff Miller Monday
night.
Miller, who presided over a
city council meeting at the Hull
Center's Sorerig Theater, gave a
summary of issues facing Eu
gene in the coming year during
his third annual state of the city
address
Miller said the broad issue ol
funding city services and in
creasing serve e levels to meet
demand revolves wholly
around Eugene's reaction to
measure 5.
The choices we make now
will have a significant influ
ence on future generations." he
said
Although Miller conceded
that the state's property tax
strui lure needed revamping, he
said the passage of Measure r>
will mean losses in city rev
enues in ext.ess of Sfi million,
redui ed funding options and
less local government control
Miller said Eugene faces sev
era I goals for 1991, and fund
ing them will he the primary
barrier.
The city council's goals in
clude the approval of a new li
brary site in the former Sears
building downtown, voter ap
proval of a more accessible
downtown design, more police
coverage, improved fire and
ambulance response time and
continued maintenance of the
city's infrastructure.
"We as a city must maintain
hx’.ul control of our way of lift;
and find a progressive tax sys
tem to fund our local govern
ment." Miller said. "It (Meas
ure 5) is here. Let us tackle it
first hand ourselves and move
on."
Kugene also faces the contin
ued issues of economic stability
and growth, the creation of jobs
in the community, homeless
ness. low income housing and
city development in 1991. Mill
it said
In response to the cutbacks.
Miller said the city will hold
spending on capitol investment
and make use of reserve funds
until a more long term funding
option can lie found to main
tain city services
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