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<br />Councilor Bettman had heard lobbyists state that this type of ordinance would eliminate manufactured <br />housing as an affordable housing due to the fact that it would not be profitable anymore. She asked for <br />information on whether the statement could be substantiated. City Manager Taylor responded that it would <br />be possible to ask PDD staff their opinion on it but it would be difficult to speculate what would happen in <br />the future. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman remarked that inclusion of an amendment to prevent the exclusion of single-wide mobile <br />homes if the park already contained single-wide homes and older homes seemed fair and requested language <br />to that end. <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka noted that Mr. Harden had suggested protections of mobile home owners regardless of <br />the zoning of the park they reside in. He asked if the number of people who were affected was known. City <br />Manager Taylor replied that Mr. Weinman could obtain that number for the council. <br /> <br /> <br />4. ACTION: <br /> <br />Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of May 8, 2007, May 22, 2007, <br />May 29, 2007, and June 6, 2007 <br /> <br />Councilor Ortiz, seconded by Councilor Pryor, moved to ratify the Council Committee on <br />Intergovernmental Relations actions as set forth in the minutes of the May 8, May 22, May <br />29, and June 6, 2007 meetings. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Councilor Bettman as to whether the bill (House Bill 5036) had been “gutted <br />and stuffed” because it did not mention Lane Transit District’s (LTD) request for $10 million, Intergovern- <br />mental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson explained that HB 5036 was a budgeting bill providing specific <br />lottery backed funding for specific projects. She stated that the City’s original interest in the bill was <br />because Lane Transit District (LTD) had requested support of their request for $10 million in lottery backed <br />bonds, but had not been able to get its request included in the bill, adding that the bill had passed earlier in <br />the day by a 42:7 vote in the House. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman said this left the City “with a different issue,” that is, the use of lottery bonds to fund <br />capital construction projects. Ms. Wilson replied that there were a couple of issues with the bill. She stated <br />that the bill, in its current form, increased the lottery bond issuance from $227 million to $248.7 million and <br />it included the issuance of lottery bonds to fund projects for providing assistance to those persons at risk of <br />homelessness, a parking facility in the City of Hillsboro, money for the Coos Bay channel, for Oregon <br />Public Broadcasting to build digital transmission facilities to be in compliance with federal transmission <br />requirements in 2009, money for a southeast extension project for light rail, and $20 million to provide <br />grants to municipalities to purchase and maintain streetcars with the requirement that the streetcars had to <br />be manufactured in Oregon by Oregon-owned businesses. Councilor Bettman asked if the City could apply <br />for funding from the streetcar allocation. Ms. Wilson responded that it could. <br /> <br />Councilor Bettman opined that there were good things and bad things in the bill. She stated that bonding on <br />future lottery revenue in order to fund capital projects only perpetuated our reliance on the lottery, and she <br />opposed bonding on future lottery revenue. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 25, 2007 Page 9 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />