Presenter: The Southwest Hills Neighborhood Association, SHiNA, will sponsor a discussion about the proposed $10 million fire fee April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Morse Farm. They’ll have a city councilor who supports the fee, the head of the city’s Budget Committee, and the CEO of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. For the neighborhood, Chris Jockheck:
Chris Jockheck (Southwest Hills Neighborhood Association): April 15—income tax day—6:30 p.m. to 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., we’re holding this in the shelter at Wayne Morse Farm. We have picnic tables to sit on for probably around 100 people. I would encourage people to come in person, especially if you want to be part of the discussion and ask a question.
[00:00:46] We are going to have Councilman (Matt) Keating, who represents most of our area, and then we have Tai Pruce-Zimmerman, who chairs the Budget Committee, and so he’ll be able to help us understand how we got to this particular proposal for the ‘fire fee,’ as it’s being called. And then Brittany Quick-Warner, who is the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, the group behind getting the signatures to put it to the ballot for the people to vote on…