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ATTACHMENTC RESOLUTION NO. _____ A RESOLUTION DENYING A LOW-INCOME RENTAL HOUSING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3350 WILLAMETTE STREET, EUGENE, OREGON. (St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County/ Applicant.) The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (“SVDP”) has entered into a Commercial Real Estate Sale Agreement to purchase real property located at 3350 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97405 (Assessor’s Map 18-03-07-13, Tax Lot Number 3500) owned by Cascade Presbyterian Church, Inc., 3350 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97405 (“the Property”). SVDP, located at 2890 Chad Drive, Eugene, Oregon, 97402, has submitted an application pursuant to Subsection 2.939(3) of the Eugene Code, 1971, for an exemption from ad valorem taxes under the City's Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption Program (Sections 2.937 to 2.940 of the Eugene Code, 1971). B. The tax exemption is being sought for 15 residential studio units and a common residential area to be constructed in the former church building on the Property. Fourteen units will be provided as transitional housing for 14 low-income homeless youth and one unit will be provided for an on-site manager. All of the units will be provided rent-free. C. The Community Development Manager of the Planning and Development Department, as designee of the City Manager, has prepared a Report and Recommendation recommending that the application be approved and the exemption granted. In making that recommendation, the Community Development Manager found that the applicant submitted all materials, documents and fees required by the application and Section 2.938(1) of the Eugene Code, 1971, and is in compliance with the policies set forth in the Standards and Guidelines adopted by Resolution No. 5028. In addition, the Community Development Manager found that the applicant has complied with the criteria for approval provided in Section 2.939(3) of the Eugene Code, 1971. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding the above findings and the Community Development Manager’s Report and Recommendation, the City Council denies SVDP’s application for an ad valorem property tax exemption under the City's Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption Program for the property located at 3350 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97405 (Assessor’s Map 18-03-07-13, Tax Lot Number 3500) because the applicant has failed to demonstrate that it is qualified for the tax exemption.