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~ e e the resale requirements, changes to the requirement for a reserve account, retention of the Architect's and Engineer's Report, deletion of the requirement for a warranty account, and replacement of the reference to the Housing Code with a reference to the Uniform Building Code. Discussing the tenant protections, she said the commission recommended retention of notification requirements for all tenants at the beginning of the conversion process, removal of the eviction and rent control requirements for general category tenants, changes to the eligibility requirements for special category tenants, and changes to the benefits which special category tenants receive. She said the commission recommended deletion of the requirement that comparable housing be offered to special category tenants and the requirement that a lifetime lease be offered to special category tenants if comparable housing cannot be offered. Ms. Johnson said the City Council reviewed the Planning Commission recommendations on January 28, 1987. The councilors asked for information about options for modifying the Planning Commission's recommendations concerning relocation, comparable housing, and lifetime leases; the State law which pre-empts the City's ability to control rents during the condominium conversion process; and a comparison of the median income of elderly people to the median income of everyone in the community. Ms. Johnson said options for modifying the Planning Commission's recommendations include: 1) maintaining the comparable housing and lifetime lease provisions and applying them to a limited group of people such as those who would be classified as disabled or elderly using the guidelines recommended by the Planning Commission and who have incomes of 80 percent or less of the median income, 2) applying the comparable housing and lifetime lease provisions to people who are identified as special category tenants in the existing ordinance and who live in apartments when the revisions to the ordinance are adopted, or 3) deleting the comparable housing and lifetime lease provisions and extending the Notice.to Vacate from 180 days to one or two yea rs. Ms. Johnson said an oplnlon of the City Attorney dated February 9, 1987, titled "Applicability of ORS 91.225(2) to Condominium Conversion Ordinance" indicates that the Planning Commission recommendation concerning rent control may be legal. She said the recommendation prohibits unreasonable rent increases for special category tenants during the conversion process. Ms. Johnson distributed two pages titled "Age of Householder by Family Income in 1979 for Oregon, all Counties, and Places over 2500" to the councilors. Ms. Ehrman opened the public hearing. She announced that the council will probably not act on the revisions to the Condominium Conversion Ordinance this evening. Mary Stogsdill, 2556 Dover Drive, read her testimony and then submitted it in writing. She said she managed Forest Village Apartments from November 1982 through February 1984 when the development was owned by CTL Management Company in Portland. She said CTL Company officials filed an application with the City to convert the apartments to condominiums. The process required the MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 9, 1987 Page 2