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Eugene is committed to investigating barriers to affordable housing and to recommending ways to mitigate or remove City ordinances or policies that add to the cost of housing. The City has taken steps to remove many of these barriers, including expanding the supply of vacant land zoned for medium-density housing, expanding the use of manufactured homes and reducing parking requirements for low-income and senior housing. 4. EXTEND MUPTE AND TRANSIT SUPPORTED TAX EXEMPTIONS Extend legislative authorization for the New Multiple Unit Property Tax Exemption program and the Transit Supportive Residential and Mixed Use tax exemption program. More than 25 percent of Eugene's 58,000 households are very low-income. When combined with Springfield, over 20,000 households have incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median. C. LAND USE PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT 1. BALLOT MEASURE 37 / JUST COMPENSATION On November 2, 2004, Measure 37 was passed by the Oregon voters, requiring governments to "pay owners, or forego enforcement when certain land restrictions reduce property value." The City of Eugene has had a legislative policy on just compensation for over a decade. The City has always supported -- and continues to support -- the constitutional requirement that property owners who have been deprived of all reasonable economic use of their property by government action should be compensated. The City has opposed legislation and ballot measures that would require compensation if a land use decision deprives a property owner of only some, but not all or nearly all, reasonable economic use of the property. The City's opposition has been based on the importance of regulations in implementing comprehensive planning and other policy decisions of the council and on the innumerable benefits of these regulations in providing certainty and protection for property owners, developers and neighbors. While some argue that the most basic land use regulations are "takings," others argue that they are "givings" and that the emphasis on reduction in value is both one-sided and short-sighted. The City of Eugene strongly supports that the legislature clarify important elements of implementing Measure 37 that were not put before the voters. Recommendation: 1. Authorize minimum requirements for filing M37 claim with governmental entity. 2. Define "accrual. City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 28