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ideas to the City Council in January 2005 for a scope of work for planning the de- velopment of a city government complex. Mr. Meisner said he would support the motion and asked staff to identify in detail the costs associated with a master planning effort. Mr. Kelly observed that the success of the project would depend on public collaboration, not public relations. Mr. Pap6 accepted Mr. Kelly's point and suggested to the City Manager that the scoping include a public collaboration plan. The motion passed 7:1; Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. C. ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Rental Housing; Adding Sections 8.400 Through 8.440 and Section 8.995 to the Eugene Code, 1971; and Providing for a Delayed Enforcement Date Ms. Bettman moved, seconded by Mr. Poling, that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4881, an ordinance concerning rental housing. City Manager Taylor asked that the measure be adopted and introduced Marsha Miller, Building and Permit Services Division manager, to address any questions regarding the motion and suggested amendments. Mr. Meisner said he would support the motion and would likely support some of the amendments to be offered, including a sunset provision, but was discouraged at what appeared to be creation of a program without providing a service. He expressed concern with over-staffing and a phased approach that began with new multi-family units instead of converted single-family homes that represented the biggest problem. He asked staff to consider the program an opportunity to provide a service that had been identified as a need. He said that in his experience many of the problem dwellings fell under the exemption in Section 8.410(2)(d) "Occupancy of a dwelling by its owner, including one where a portion of the dwelling is rented to another person for occupancy." He asked why that exemption was granted. Ms. Miller said the exemption was modeled on the City of Corvallis' ordinance that exempted any properties that were owner-occupied. She said that the phasing aspect referred more directly to creating the rental properties database and assessing the fees; as soon as the program is established it will respond to single-family dwelling complaints. Mr. Poling moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to amend the Ordinance by add- ing a new Section 5 and amending the caption, to provide as follows: "AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING RENTAL HOUSING; ADDING SECTIONS 8.400 THROUGH 8.440, AND SECTION 8.995 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED ENFORCEMENT DATE AND SUNSET PROVISION. "Section 5. Unless otherwise extended by action of the City Council, this Or- dinance and the provisions of Sections 8.400 through 8.440, and Section 8.995 of the Eugene Code, 1971 added herein are repealed effective midnight, December 31, 2008. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, any enforcement actions corn- MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 2004 Page 6 Work Session