City of Eugene, Oregon <br />Ten-Year Trends: Trend in City Taxes <br />Budget Summary <br />The Ten Year History of City Taxes chart shows the City of Eugene Operating and Bonded Debt <br />taxes on a hypothetical home over the last ten years. Beginning in FY05, the median or typical <br />house value is reported instead of the average house value. The median house value is consistent <br />with other reported measures and is not influenced. by extreme house prices at the upper end of <br />the house value spectrum. <br />Separate local option property tax levies for Library and Youth Services were implemented in <br />FY00 and FY02 respectively. While these levies expired in FY07, a reduced Library Levy and a <br />$27.5 million bond measure for parks, athletic fields, and open space preservation were approved <br />by voters in November 2006. <br />City taxes (including Urban Renewal taxes) for this hypothetical house, which is assumed to have <br />no improvements or other changes to-the property, are expected to decrease by 7.3 percent or $95 <br />in FY08. <br /> TenYear History of City and Urban Renewal Taxes for Typical Home <br /> Assessed City City <br />Fiscal <br />Value of <br />Operating Bonded Total City URA Total Constant <br />Year <br />Typical Home <br />Taxes Debt Taxes Taxes Taxes FY08 $* <br /> Taxes <br />1999 $ 119,502 $ 837 $ 38 $ 875 $ - $ 875 $ 1,107 <br />2000 123;087 901. 41 942 - 942 1,159 <br />2001 135,900 993 95 1,088 - 1,088 1,294 <br />2002 143,300 1,081 71 1,152 - 1,152 1,346 <br />2003 148,300 1,109 73 1,182 - 1,182 1,352 <br />2004** 127,620 1,059 54 1,112 65 1,177 1,317 <br />2005 133,496 1;102 62 1,165 74 .1,239 1,346 <br />2006 137,932 1,139 62 1,200 64 1,264 1,323 <br />2007 143,135 1,179 52 1,231 64 1,295 1,323 <br />2008 Est. 147,429 1,054 83 1,137 63 1.,200 1,200 <br />* Constant $ determined using State of Oregon forecast for U.S. CPI-U. <br />** First year including Urban Renewal tax data. <br />** Beginning in FY04, the median house value is used instead of the average house value. <br />27 <br />