Agenda Packet 11-13-18 Meeting - AMENDED

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MINUTES – Eugene City Council October 15, 2018 Page 1 Work Session M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 October 15, 2018 5:30 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Greg Evans, Claire Syrett, Chris Pyror Mayor Vinis opened the October 15, 2018, Work Session of the Eugene City Council. 1.WORK SESSION: Modifications to the Transportation System Development Charge MethodologyPublic Works Director Sarah Medary and City Engineer Mark Schoening provided backgroundon systems development charges including legislative history, public hearing comments and anoverview of the proposed amendments to the TSDC methodology.Council Discussion •Clarification requested about the proposed annual caps for non-Accessory Dwelling Unitsand how they would be applied each year. •Support expressed for the staff recommendations because they are a rational response to acomplex challenge. •Interest expressed in reducing the cost of building and removing barriers as a way toprovide more housing. •Consider moving forward with the staff recommendations and see what it does to thebuilding landscape, then review and discuss further. •Question asked about whether there was a timeline that council is locked into to make thisdecision. •Interest shared in waiting on making the TSDC decision until after there is more informationabout how they will affect the affordable housing conversation. •Concern expressed that the caps would be too low to make a difference in ADU numbersand would be applied indiscriminately if they were first-come, first-serve. •Interested in seeing what this looks like in context of making housing more affordable in thecommunity. •More inclined to start with no cap and then revisit in a few years. •Concerned about any increase in SDCs; don’t want to negatively affect builders until otherpotential impacts are identified and understood. •There is a widely shared opinion that it should be easier to build an accessory dwelling unit. •The purpose of SDCs is to cover the cost of growth. •This proposal sends the message that it’s going to be more expensive to build in this area now. •Request made for a list of building projects that would not move forward if changes are made. •The risk of removing the cap is fairly small in terms of council’s ability to regroup. •Even after proposed increase, the local rates are substantially lower than most cities inOregon. •The imposition of a cap is a good idea because it creates certainty for budgeting issues. •If this is a big concern for developers, consider other ways to incentivize or offset SDC costs. •The first and second motions move the City forward and in the right direction. •By taking this action, the council is increasing the cost of building homes. November 13, 2018, Meeting - Item 3A ATTACHMENT C