Novick's new $23M street fee proposal: No change for businesses, progressive fees possible

Portland Business Journal:

After much more discussion at City Hall and at other levels, Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick has indeed tweaked his street fee proposal.

Novick on Monday revealed a strategy that relies on revised residential user fees or, if the Portland City Council doesn't back that plan, a new campaign for a progressive income tax that would be imposed in 2016.

The proposed fees for businesses hasn't changed, Novick revealed in a release sent Monday morning. Business groups have raised questions about…

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