Item C: Multi Unit Property Tax Exemption Program

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R-2.945-H Recommendations on Applications. Within 90 days from the date an application is filed, the City Manager shall: 1. Review the application and all supportive material to verify that the applicant has provided the information required and notify the applicant of any omissions. 2. Publish a one column, 3" minimum display ad in the Register Guard soliciting recommendations or comments from the public. The ad will advise that written comments may be submitted to the City for a period of 30 days from the first publication date. Recommendations or comments shall also be solicited from the Planning Commission, other interested City departments, agencies, and neighborhood group(s) (if any). Failure of the agencies, departments or groups to submit written comments within 30 days shall be deemed approval of the proposal as submitted. 3. Recommend to the Council that the application be denied, approved, or approved subject to conditions. The recommendation shall set forth specific findings in support of his or her recommendation, based upon these Standards and Guidelines, Council resolutions and ordinances, applicable State statutes, and the written comments received. The written comments shall be forwarded to the City Council with the City Manager’s recommendation. R-2.945-I Compliance Review for New Construction, Additions or Conversions. Following approval of an application for tax exemption by the Council and immediately prior to the commencement of construction, the applicant shall review the working drawings and other documents with the City Manager. If construction commenced prior to Council approval of a tax exemption, the applicant shall review the construction documents and other documents with the City Manager prior to completion of construction to ensure that the project will comply with the approval conditions upon completion. R-2.945-J Reports. If requested by the Council, the City Manager shall submit reports to the Council for transmittal to the House and Senate Revenue Committee of the Oregon Legislature describing the effect of this program in the City of Eugene. The reports shall describe the number of housing developments and residential units to which the exemption applies, the value of the developments constructed, the value of the tax exemptions granted, and the general effectiveness of the property tax exemption as an incentive for construction of housing. The reports shall be submitted to the Council sufficiently in advance so as to permit the Council to file them at least 60 days prior to the convention of each regular legislative session. Dated this ________ day of June, 2004. ___________________________________ Dennis M. Taylor City Manager