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<br /> November 26, 2018, Work Session – Item 2 <br />requirement is to ensure that communities provide a predictable path to approval for housing projects and that path does not rely on discretionary or subjective criteria. This may include development standards such as setbacks and building height that apply to housing at the time of building permit as well as land use application criteria that apply to land use applications for the development of housing. Cities that provide a clear and objective land use application approval path may also adopt alternative or “discretionary” approval criteria that developers may elect to follow to, for example, allow greater flexibility in housing development proposals. On May 8, 2018, staff provided the Planning Commission with an introduction and overview of the Clear & Objective Housing: Approval Criteria Update. Staff presented the project to the Eugene City Council on May 30, 2018, and returned to Planning Commission for approval of the Public Involvement Plan on June 25, 2018. In email communications dated September 11, 2018, staff provided the Commission and City Council the Summary of Key Issues Report produced at the end of Phase 1 of the project. On November 19, 2018, staff presented the proposed preferred concepts to the Planning Commission. All of the documents associated with this project are available on the project website. <br />Draft Preferred Concepts The Draft Preferred Concept report (provided as Attachment A) is the outcome of Phase 2 of this project. The report presents staff recommendations on how to address the 37 key issues identified during Phase 1 of the project (and described in the Summary of Key Issues Report). The report is organized to present the preferred concepts for 18 maintenance issues followed by preferred concepts for the 19 significant issues that were discussed with stakeholder working groups. • Maintenance Issues represent procedural changes or amendments that can improve consistency between the clear and objective and discretionary review tracks, improve consistency with other sections of the land use code, or otherwise improve efficiency or effectiveness. They require code revisions that are relatively straightforward. These maintenance level issues were not addressed as part of the working group sessions as they offer readily-available solutions that require less attention and discussion relative to the larger, more challenging issues that were discussed by the working groups. • Significant Issues represent core challenges identified in the clear and objective approval criteria that involve larger policy questions affecting a range of stakeholders. Due to the limited timeframe to consider issues and the already high demand on participant time, working group time was focused on addressing the significant issues. The recommendations in the Draft Preferred Concepts Report were derived using: input from working groups; research into the issues and possible concepts; consultation with internal staff who work with the land use application review process daily; and a concept evaluation rubric for the 19 significant issues. For these reasons, in some cases recommendations may not reflect the apparent preference of the working group. In these instances, an explanation for the discrepancy is provided.