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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION of the Director of the Planning & Development Department The Guard Publishing Company Multiple-Unit Property Tax Exemption The Director of the Planning & Development Department of the City of Eugene finds that: 1. The Guard Publishing Company is the owner of real property located at 1 Oth Avenue and High Street, Eugene, Oregon, and more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and has submitted an application pursuant to the City's Multiple-Unit Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption Program (Section 2.945 and 2.947 of the Eugene Code, 1971) with respect to the improvements to be constructed thereon. 2. I have reviewed the application and specifically find: 2.1 The applicant has submitted all materials, documents and fees required by the City; 2.2 Design elements that benefit the general public have been included in the project, which consists of: 2.2.1 Fifty eight residential units in the Eugene downtown core area priced competitively with conventional suburban garden style units. This will add a diverse group of people who will reside downtown, strengthening the support for existing downtown businesses and services; 2.2.2 The project will bring approximately three thousand square feet of retail/commercial business to downtown. The entire prime High Street frontage is designated for this use; 2.2.3 In addition to three ground floor spacious handicap accessible apartments, all units remaining will be designed as handicap adaptable; 2.2.4 The proposed project will be set back from the street approximately forty feet to insure the protection of the large heritage trees as outlined on the site plan;