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e barely hang on to an independent life and it is very important that they remain in the home to which they have become accustomed. They know who to depend on and where to get help in that home. They will suffer if they must move and a developer should find comparable housing for them or let them remain in their apartments. Ms. Beachdel said she supports comparable housing and lifetime leases when they are needed and there should be no time limit on the search for comparable housing. Eugene McFadden, 1080 Patterson, said he is 87 years old and he and his wife moved to Eugene about two years ago. He said he is not feeble or handicapped and he does not want to invest in a condominium. He discussed the conversion of an apartment complex in Santa Rosa, California. Mr. McFadden said there are 92 apartments in Patterson Towers and he has been told some apartments will sell for $65,000 if the building is converted to condominiums. He discussed the capitalization of Patterson Towers. He said owners take ri sks and shoul d sell if they cannot make money on rental apartments. Helen Swenson, 3545 Wilshire Lane, said she represented the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. She said she is a member of the Citizen Coalition on Condominium Conversions. She said she moved to Eugene six years ago. She said the revisions proposed by the Planning Department will make Eugene less desirable for retired people. She said the revisions will affect many women and they indicate that Eugene does not care about senior women. e Olga Morrison, 1080 Patterson, read from an editorial titled liThe Condominium Quandary" that appeared in The Register-Guard on February 8, 1987. She said there should not be a rush to revise the condominium ordinance. Referring to the Eugene Manor and Lane Tower, she said there would not be sufficient apartments in the other if one of the buildings is converted to condominiums and people would not want to move if they are not certain they could remain in the other building.. She said the three high-rise rental apartment buildings in downtown Eugene are special because many services are available in the buildings and because people can get around town easily from the apartments. Ms. Morrison said retired people are a stable and desirable group. She said funds from the sale of their homes are often invested to provide income. Discussing the solutions suggested in the editorial, she said landlords would find it difficult to rent to desirable tenants if the tenant protections apply only to those people who live in apartments when the revisions to the ordinance are approved. She said the Planning Commission's recommendations would result in healthy tenants with incomes over 50 percent of the median income being evicted in 30 days and, consequently, those people would not rent apartments in buildings that could be converted to condominiums. She said only people who could be classified as special category tenants would move into such buildings. The subsequent reduction in income might encourage property owners to consider converting the building to condominiums. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 9, 1987 Page 7