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~ " e Also, for low-income, elderly, and handicapped tenants, the developer WDuld provide the services of a housing facilitator similar to that being required at Willamette Towers. The facilitators would need to locate at least two available comparable housing units for the tenants, Financial moving assistance would be offered as a fixed fee to be administratively determined each year. In the case of elderly or handi- capped, that would include packing and unpacking. Consensus among the task force had not been reached on the issues of: 1) which groups (all tenants or only disadvantaged subgroups) should receive compensation for moving, and 2) whether life tenancy should be qranted for some groups residing in converted structures. The task force has decided they would like to have a permit process where the converter would have to pay the fee for the conversion. They recommended that approval of the permit be handled by a designee of the City Manager. Hearings on this matter are optional, but could be handled by the Hearings Offical since it is a quasi-judicial procedure. Both the tenant and the owner would have the right to appeal. There should be no exceptions to this process. In regard to covering the admin- istrative cost, it should be a per-unit charge. Consensus has not been reached as to whether there should be an additional surcharge per unit conversion which could be used by the City for other housing matters. e , Mr. Delay stated that procedurally, the task force wanted to highlight the areas which had been determined and those which were still debatable. A tremendous job has been done by staff and the task force with all of the information they have received. This matter should be scheduled on the April 16 agenda for a public hearing. Ms. Smith stated that it would be helpful to get some guidance from the council as to what direction the ordinance should take. Ms. Schue felt that the hardest issue was the life tenancy. Mr. Haws asked if the three issues that were yet to be resolved were in written form. Mr. Henry responded that they were in the April 3 memo. Mr. Delay stated that there would be more information available on these issues by next Wednesday. Mr. Obie stated that he likes the proposal and concept but questions the obligation of the seller to provide a brochure. Mr. Lieuallen asked if the task force would meet prior to April 16 and Ms. Smith responded that they WDuld not. Mr. Lieuallen asked when the conversion process would be taxed--from the owner to the converter or from the converter to the tenant. Mr. Delay responded that they have no proposal for this because they have not decided if there should be a tax. Ms. Smith felt that the developers should pay the City's administrative costs for conversion and added that the costs will need to be detailed. Mr. Lieuallen asked at what point e 4/9/80--7