CC Minutes - 11/16/09 Public Hearing

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did not address increasing bicycle parking requirements and he had noticed a lack of secure bicycle parking when passing through the neighborhood. He was concerned that the proposed ordinances had not been subjected to the scrutiny of a triple bottom line assessment. Gordon Anslow , Paddock Drive, Eugene, Ward 2, stated he participated in the ICS process and was generally supportive of the proposed parking standards. He felt it was preferable to base parking requirements on footage of residential use, as were all other uses, instead of the number of bedrooms. He also had some concerns with the determination of the number of bedrooms based on representation of the owner or agent because it could lead to the subpoena of private financial documents such as rental contracts or loan applications in the event of a citizen complaint. He said parking based on the unambiguous square footage standard eliminated the need for ongoing monitoring; otherwise he fully supported the parking standards ordinance. th Deborah Healey , East 15 Avenue, Eugene, Ward 3, was in agreement with the parking standards proposal, particularly the change in language from parking spaces per unit to parking spaces per bedroom to reflect the four- to six-bedroom units currently being built. She said most students living near campus did not drive to school, but did use their cars for many other purposes like employment, shopping and visiting family. She doubted that students would be willing to pay $9.00 or more per hour for a shared car to get to a job. She recommended removing the car-sharing feature from the proposal and giving it further study before incorporating it into the code. She was also opposed to tandem parking up to the front yard setback, although not to the concept of tandem parking. Carolyn Jacobs , Agate Street, Eugene, Ward 3, as a member of the ICS Task Team, urged the council to support the code change, which addressed long-standing parking problems in the neighborhoods abutting the University. She reminded the council about the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision on the MiCAP ordinance, which contained more stringent requirements than the proposed ICS ordinance. She said the ICS Task Team had not discussed car-sharing and while it was an idea with enormous potential it did not address the goal of changing behavior and reliance on cars. She asked the council to remove car-sharing from the proposal. Bill Aspergren , Alder Street, Eugene, Ward 3, fully supported the ICS parking proposal and recommended passage without the shared-car provisions. He said car-sharing was a worthy idea, but was new to Eugene and had not demonstrated it reduced student car ownership; more study and experience was needed as there were too many unanswered questions. He suggested it would be better for the City to seek incentives promoting shared cars instead of reducing onsite parking spaces permanently. He said spaces could not then be increased if a car-sharing agreement was terminated and the City had no way to enforce those types of arrangements. He submitted a written copy of his remarks. th Steven Baker , East 15 Avenue, Eugene, Ward 3, member of the ICS Task Team and chair of the subcommittee that generated the three recommendations, said the proposed changes allowed for a modest increase in off-street parking for apartments with larger numbers of bedrooms and also provided other efficiencies, such as tandem parking and reduced parking for certain types of developments. He said the proposed changes were based on facts and data illustrating the dramatic difference in developments around the University, which began in 2004, was included in the agenda packet. He favored restoring the provisions that would prohibit tandem parking off an alley within 30 feet of the street. He said another ICS recommendation regarding tandem parking in driveways of multi-family developments would be considered in the future. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 16, 2009 Page 3 Public Hearing