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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Planning and Development department staffs had met and anticipated a <br />recommendation to the Downtown Commission, the Planning Commission, and the <br />City Council in about six months. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Bennett, the Mayor said the exemption would <br />require some public benefit, such as multiple-family housing. Mr. Bennett <br />expressed concern about achieving targets by providing benefits to single <br />parents and to low-income families with children. Ms. Decker said projects <br />at Broadway Center and Washington Abbey had not been subsidized, while that <br />at Lincoln Center did receive a subsidy, but projects generally had not <br />provided many benefits for families. Ms. Brody noted that Portland allowed <br />exemptions for non-profits. <br /> <br />Mr. Holmer asked about annual cost of exemptions, both current and projected. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson reported that Mr. Vanlandingham and she had attended a <br />presentation on a HUD affordable housing program that did not involve <br />exchange of funds, but rather facilitation between local governments and <br />developers to explore innovative building and land-use techniques to increase <br />density. Mr. Smith added that homebuilders had been contacted. <br /> <br />Mayor Obie predicted that if economic trends continued, he expected a housing <br />crisis across all income levels. <br /> <br />Ms. Anderson reported recent conference sessions and information available on <br />trust funds and interest-bearing funds as sources for housing projects. <br /> <br />Mr. Bennett said the housing crisis would hit lowest incomes hardest and he <br />noted that lead time was required to affect housing supply. He also said the <br />initial supply usually was at the upper end of the market. He said he <br />thought the least expensive way for the public sector to contribute to <br />solutions was by providing incentives to the private sector. Mr. Bennett <br />said he thought private efforts were more efficient than those in the <br />non-profit sector. He hoped that incentives would begin at the national <br />level or would occur in some type of public/private venture with a chance to <br />succeed. He said that even in a Ilnormalll market with vacancy rates of five <br />or six percent, single parents with children often were the last to receive <br />rentals and it was difficult for children to live in a dense setting. He <br />said he was concerned about the problem and anxious to follow the dialogue. <br /> <br />Mr. Gaydos said he thought the Planning Commission agreed with those concerns <br />and therefore had chosen priorities of mobile home displacement and other <br />areas. He said he hoped for creative efforts and he sensed from other <br />commissioners a hope for continued work on the economic development plan, <br />which did not now address housing issues. He said the plan included <br />provisions for quality jobs, but no provisions for quality housing, and he <br />agreed that the issue was important. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Holmer's question, Ms. Brody said a public hearing before <br />the Planning Commission and a City Council work session on amendments to the <br />solar access ordinance were planned for June. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Joint City Council/Planning <br />Commission Work Session <br /> <br />May 9, 1988 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />