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--- - council for removing residentially zoned land from the inventory that could be used to add to available medium-density housing. Referring to the Lane County Affordable Housing Task Force report, Mr. Johnson recommended developing a regional plan for affordable housing and encouraged the council to review the report. Will Richardson spoke on behalf of homeless people and supported dispersing low-income housing throughout the community. He recommended allowing people to live in whatever type of housing they choose (single-family residences, trucks, etc.) as long as sanitary conditions can be maintained. Mr. Richardson suggested using jail inmates and homeless people to provide labor for housing construction. He said homeless people need access to 24-hour public transportation. There being no further requests to speak, the public hearing was closed. Referring to the proposed change in threshold of income, Ms. Johnson clarified that the dispersal policy adopted in 1979 defined a "bad block group" as one in which 50 percent or more of the block group is occupied by people with 80 percent or less of the median income. The proposed policy would change that definition to "50 percent or more of the block group is occupied by those with 50 percent or less of the median income." Responding to questions from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Johnson explained that no distinction was made between University married student housing and other "bad block" neighborhoods in those census tracts. e Answering a question from Mr. Boles about the adequacy of services, Mr. Van Landingham said that no effort had been made to discourage or encourage housing based on proximity to social services. He added that he considered the proposal to amend the housing dispersal policy a lessening of a regulatory impediment to low-income housing. Describing the testimony as confusing, Ms. Bascom said the issue of housing dispersal seems to be a recurrent one. Mr. Holmer supported delaying action to revise the dispersal policy until new census data is available in 1993. Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, to proceed to agenda item VI. Roll call vote; the motion failed 3:3, with councilors Ehrman, Holmer, and Rutan voting aye; and councilors Bennett, Boles, and Bascom voting against. Res. No. 4195--A resolution adopting the 1990 Interim Housing Dispersal Policy Plan and repealing Resolutions 2341 and 3129. Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote; the motion carried 4:2, with councilors Ehrman and Rutan voting against. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 1990 Page 7