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I'm not
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everyone and welcome to the November
17th, 2025 Eugene City Council public
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hearing. Thank you for joining us in
this hybrid meeting format. Anyone
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wishing to access the meeting can do so
by watching the live stream available on
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our website, the broadcast on Comcast
channel 21, or by following the
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instructions listed for this meeting on
the public webcast and meetings
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materials page, the city of Eugene
website. There are two public hearings
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on tonight's agenda. Please note that
members of the public who sign up to
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testify may speak only to the topic that
is the subject of the stated public
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hearing. For those wishing to testify
during the public hearing, please out
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fill out a request to speak form
available on the city's public web pass
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and meetings materials page. These
request to speak forms will be used to
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generate the order of speakers and
correctly enter speakers names into the
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public record. and we will accept P
requests to speak forms until 5:35
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PM. As a reminder, council meeting rules
of contact apply to all attendees both
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in the chambers and in the lobby outside
and include no flags, signs, loud or
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disruptive language, noise, or conduct
that obstructs the business of the
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council. Please keep the room quiet and
respectful for all speakers. And you are
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welcome to wave your hands in silent
support. Additionally, we encourage all
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those who are ill or have had close
contact with others who are ill to join
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our meetings remotely rather than in
person. We also encourage attendees to
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spread out within the meeting space and
wear a mask if you would feel
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comfortable doing so. We also have some
available in the lobby if you need one.
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In case of a medical emergency, an
automated external defibrill and AED is
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located on the counter behind staff to
your left on the west side of this room.
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And in case of an emergency evacuation,
emergency exits are located through the
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double doors located at the back of the
room or through the double doors located
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near the front of the room. The doors to
the patio can also be used as needed.
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And with that, I call this meeting to
order.
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The first public hearing on tonight's
agenda is a public hearing on an
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ordinance extending the term of of
ordinance number 1 19775 and ordinance
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number 20397
granting to Comcast of Oregon 2
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incorporated a franchise for operation
of a cable telecommunications system.
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City manager, would you please introduce
the topic?
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» Yes, thank you mayor. This proposed
ordinance extends the Comcast cable
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television franchise agreement until
June 30th of 2027. The extension
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provides Comcast and the city additional
time to come to agreement on unresolved
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issues because of unanticipated delays,
including franchise consortium staff
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changes and scheduling issues impacting
progress. All parties, including
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Comcast, have agreed to an 18-month
extension with a commitment to conclude
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negotiations as soon as possible. This
proposed extension ordinance would only
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extend the term of the current
franchise. All other franchise terms and
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conditions remain the same, including
Comcast's obligation to pay franchise
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fees for use of the public rights way.
Thank you.
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Thank you. I now open the public
hearing. Staff, can you please share a
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list of speakers on the screen and
announce the first speakers?
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» Thank you, Mayor. We have one speaker
signed up, but give me just a moment to
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get that form in order.
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since it's one sign up. I'm not going to
put the names on the screen tonight. Um,
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you will have two and a half minutes to
speak. The timer will flash red when you
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have 15 seconds remaining to speak. Your
microphone will be muted at the two and
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a half minute mark. Please note that the
use of profanity is prohibited and any
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instances of profanity will result in
immediate termination of speaking
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privileges. Our first speaker for this
first item tonight is Tim Goodman.
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» Good evening uh mayor. My name is Tim
Goodman. I'm the uh senior director of
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government and regulatory affairs for
Comcast. haven't been here I think since
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co I recognize a couple of you but
anyway uh I'm the person that represents
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Comcast and man oversees our franchise
agreement with you all just wanted to to
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one introduce myself so you know who I
am and so hopefully I'll be back with in
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maybe five or six months and we'll have
this thing done uh I will apologize
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while I'll blame it on the city of
Portland because it took me about 400
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years of full time to get their
franchise done which we did last month
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so I can concentrate on this one and a
few others but anyway Anyway, uh just
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also wanted to say you have a great
staff with Jay and Hua are great to work
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with. I wanted to compliment you on uh
on your staff and uh looking forward to
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getting getting this thing done so we
don't have to come back for any more
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extensions. It's a pleasure to meet you.
>> Thank you, Tim. Mayor, that's our final
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speaker for that hearing.
>> I now close the public hearing. Are
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there any questions or comments from the
city council?
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Seeing none, we will move on to our
second public hearing this evening. The
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second public hearing on tonight's
agenda is a public hearing on the
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transient lodging tax code amendment.
City manager, would you please introduce
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the topic? Yes. In 2022, the city of
Eugene transferred the responsibility
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for collecting transient room tax to the
Oregon Department of Revenue. At that
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time, the city amended several sections
of the Eugene code to align with the
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Oregon Department of Revenue model
ordinance. However, one section that
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remained unchanged was was the
requirement for the city to issue
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certificates of authority to lodging
providers upon registration. Although
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the state now handles tax registrations
and collections, the city has continued
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to issue these certificates because it's
still a requirement in the code. The
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proposed ordinance before you tonight
would eliminate this requirement,
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streamlining the process for both the
lodging providers and city staff. Thank
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you.
>> Thank you, city manager. I now open the
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public hearing. Staff, can you please
share a list of the speakers on the
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screen or announce the first speakers?
>> Thank you, mayor. Uh there are no
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speakers for this hearing.
>> Thank you. Then I now close the public
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hearing. Are there any questions or
comments from city council here or on
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Zoom? Councelor
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Clerk.
>> Thank you, Mayor. City Manager,
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could you um
could you
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maybe provide a little more detail with
regard to the differential between the
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state statute and our authority that we
would be giving up with with this? Is
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what's the what's the day-to-day working
effect? We're not going to be we're not
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going to be requiring people to
register, but do we lose any local
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control in the process of
this change?
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» Thank you, Councelor Clark, for your
question. Neil Obringer, assistant
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finance director. Um to your question
around the day-to-day operational
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change, um if you were a lodging
provider, so thinking about it from that
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perspective, uh the day-to-day
experience um really wouldn't
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dramatically change. All of the tax
remittance um currently goes through the
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state of Oregon. So the process of
actually filing your tax remittance
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initiates your registration with the
state of Oregon. And so that's what
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provides um for basically the the setup
of the account or the registration with
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the state of Oregon. Right now the
certificate of occupancy doesn't provide
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any significant value at least from what
I can tell um for the lodging provider
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or for for the city. And so that's why
we're um choosing to to shift this
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section of the code.
>> And we're not giving up any regulatory
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authority of any kind?
>> No. the the regulatory authority, the
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the the requirement to remit tax and
when and the fact that the tax is due um
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that um effect is or that there's no
effect to that section of the code. It's
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really just around the certificate of
authority.
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.
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» Thank you. Seeing no other questions or
comments from council, then thank you
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everyone for joining us this evening.
And that concludes our agenda for today.
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I now close the November 17th, 2025
public hearing and we are adjourned.