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Special District White Paper – Draft for Internal Review <br /> and cannot be expected to answer to another jurisdiction's governing body. The exceptions, <br /> among the types of districts discussed in this paper, are county service districts and county road <br /> districts, for which the county board of commissioners acts as the district governing board. <br /> Since powers of a special district are specified in the district's principal Act, a special district's <br /> capabilities cannot be limited by another jurisdiction. Relationships between a special district <br /> and a city are fundamentally peer -to -peer, established on the same grounds as other <br /> intergovernmental relationships. <br /> It is important to understand how much of the constitutionally permitted total general <br /> government tax rate is currently in use and how much of the permitted rate remains available for <br /> use by a special district. Applying the practical limitation of the 93% property tax collection rate <br /> to this possible revenue capacity would result in a net maximum potential of $38.6 million within <br /> Eugene, based on FY01 property values. With voter approval, a special district serving territory <br /> within Eugene's boundaries could utilize some of this unused constitutionally permitted potential <br /> general government rate capacity for a new permanent operating tax rate or special levies <br /> without causing significant additional revenue compression. <br /> There are 3 basic app oaches implementing special district senficesswithirrthe Eugene - <br /> Springfield metropolit n area \ `t j <br /> 1. Forming a ne sin district or purpose district. <br /> 2. Annexing city erritory to g one o f t pxispng the y sp p cial districts <br /> 3. Adding servic or fu ctiprs to th 111 W,6D; the ' county service district that is already <br /> serving the metropolitan area , `; i — ; j <br /> ' -' , I i t <br /> If the proposal is for frmatiornof a district a ,. 4 a �jierranet tax rate lirrpit for operating revenues <br /> is proposed, placing the on pnmayror general `etection ballot mandatory, and it is <br /> subject to the constitutional double majority requirement. In the case of annexation of City <br /> territory to a district, the current district tax is simply extended to the newly annexed area. This <br /> will generate additional revenue to support the extension of district services to the new area. <br /> Draft #5 Page 2 10/24/01 <br />