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The City Council goal that relates to this issue is: Healthy Natural and Built Environment - A <br />community that conserves and enhances the natural environment and provides an attractive and healthy <br />place to live. <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />The council can provide direction on one or more of several options: <br />1. Adopt the City Rental Housing Code as presented. <br />2. Suggest changes to the drafted City Rental Housing Code. <br />3. Direct staff to prepare a supplemental budget request to fund a rental housing program. <br />4. Provide direction on alternatives. <br /> <br />Public Input <br />Many community members have submitted comments regarding this issue. Copies of the <br />correspondence can be viewed in the Council Office. <br /> <br />Funding <br />Assuming a housing program has the potential to be self-supporting over time, initial seed money from <br />General Fund resources would be needed to implement the program in Eugene until a stable fee base is <br />established, as was the case in Corvallis. In order to fund the program at the level we are anticipating, a <br />$10/unit per year fee is proposed. General Fund resource needs would be dependent on implementation <br />options. <br /> <br />Timing <br />If the council takes action on November 22, 2004, to adopt the City Rental Housing Code, a <br />supplemental budget for FY05 would need to be prepared in early 2005 unless the Council wants to <br />incorporate the program implementation funding package into the FY06 budget process and begin the <br />program in July 2005. <br /> <br />If the council adopts a rental housing code, staff would propose phasing implementation. Phase 1 could <br />include program start-up and collection of fees from multi-family units only. Multi-family units are <br />easier to identify, which could allow a program to be implemented as early as July 2005. Enforcement <br />would begin during Phase 1 <br /> <br />Phase 2 could expand the program to include fees for single-family dwelling units which are more <br />difficult to identify as rental units. The funding mechanism for single-family dwellings will take longer <br />to establish. The information below outlines the implementation of a housing program for Eugene: <br /> <br /> FY05 FY06 FY07 and beyond <br /> Jan-Jun05 Jul-Dec05 I Jan-Jun06 On-going <br />Program Implementation - Phase 1 <br />Program Implementation- Phase 2 $~ 05000 <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041108\S0411084.doc <br /> <br /> <br />