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e much comment, however, about the tenant protections in the ordinance. Most of the comments concerned the tenant protects for the elderly. She said about 25 people attended a public information session held by the staff on January 24, 1987. Answering a question from Mayor Obie, Ms. Brody said the Planning Commission recommendations received by the council are final recommendations. Robin Johnson, a consultant to the Planning Department, reviewed the history of the condominium conversion ordinance. She said the conversion of apartments to condominiums became an issue in 1979. The City imposed a temporary moratori um on convers ions in November of 1979 and the council adopted the existing ordinance six months later. She said the City has processed applications to convert four developments (440 units) to condominiums since the ordinance was passed in 1980. No units in any of those developments have been sold. She said the State also has a process which must be completed before buildings can be converted to condominiums and the State process has not been started for any of the four developments. The City received applications to convert 230 additional units to condominiums but the City process for those units has not been completed. Ms. Johnson said the condominium conversion ordinance was amended in 1981 to exempt limited-equity cooperatives. e Ms. Johnson reviewed a report titled, IICondominium Converson Ordinance, Planning Commission Recommendations." The report contains an explanation of statements in the existing condominium conversion ordinance, the State law concerning condominiums conversions, and the Planning Commission recommendations for revisions to the existing ordinance. The report is divided into three sections. They are: 1) purchaser protections; 2) administration and procedures; and 3) tenant protections. Ms. Johnson reviewed the provisions in the existing ordinance, the State law, and the changes recommended by the Planning Commission as well as the reasons for the provisions. A. Purchaser Protections 1. Di scl osure Ms. Johnson said the Planning Commission recommended the proVlslons in the existing ordinance that require a developer to make all issued documents available to purchasers prior to sale closure be retained. The commission also recommended that a short summary of purchaser protections prepared by the City be given to prospective purchasers with the State Public Report and that the Architects and Engineers Report, documents about the reserve accounts, and the Building Code Report be delivered to purchasers within ten days after execution of the earnest money agreement. 2. Resale Ms. Johnson said the Planning Commission recommenped the deletion of the requirement in the existing ordinance that subsequent purchasers of a e MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 28, 1987 Page 3