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e Discussing foreclosures, Mr. Wong said the City forecloses on properties when the assessments have not been paid for 18 months. When the City forecloses, the properties are included in a sale and, if no one bids on the properties at the sale, the City becomes the owner of the properties. In the last six years, the City has had nine sales. No owner-occupied properties were included in those sales. Another sale will be held on April 30, 1987. At that time, 17 homes may be included, but the City staff is trying to find ways to keep the homes out of the sa 1 e. He said some of the owners di d not know thei r properties were subject to foreclosure. Mr. Wong said the City now owns 642 lots on which the past due assessments are about $3.7 million. He said proposals to sell some of the City.s properties will be presented to the council in March. The sales will be at fair market values and a public bid process will be used. Answering questions from Mr. Rutan and Ms. Wooten, Mr. Wong said the properties in the April 30 sale are in addition to the 642 lots the City now owns. He said disposing of all the properties at one time will not be considered because buyers have indicated an interest in 15 to 25 specific lots. Ms. Wooten discussed several arrangements that can be made with banks to sell back owner-occupied properties. V. ALTERNATIVE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AREAS STUDY e Planning Director Susan Brody recommended that the council direct the staff to incorporate the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study into the Economy Working Paper during the Metropolitan Plan Update. She said the update will begin in July 1987. Ms. Brody discussed the possibility of a council-initiated amendment to the Metropolitan Area General Plan which would expand the Urban Growth Boundary to include the Awbrey/Meadowview property. She said the policies in the Economy Section of the Metro Plan address the need for light industrial land. They do not indicate a need for heavy industrial land. Therefore, she suggested policies addressing the need for heavy industrial uses be prepared if the council decides to initiate an amendment to expand the urban growth boundary. She suggested the amendment indicate that the expansion should be for approximately 200 acres and that the minimum parcel size should be very large. She said it would be difficult to justify an expansion of the urban growth boundary if the minimum parcel size is similar to the size of parcels available now in the urban growth boundary. Answering questions from Ms. Wooten, Ms. Brody said several 40- and 50-acre parcels are available now for heavy industrial uses. Mayor Obie said the Awbrey/Meadowview property is unique because it is a large parcel in one ownership. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 25, 1987 Page 8