Agenda Packet 12-12-18 Work Session

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FOR EUGENE CITY COUNTIL REVIEW – DECEMBER 2018 HOUSING BARRIERS + SOLUTIONS: Round 1 These initial action items were culled from a longer catalog of “barriers to affordability” that were generated in a series of technical work groups during spring-‐summer 2018. Participants included affordable and market-‐rate housing professionals and community leaders who engage regularly in the development, permitting, design, planning and construction of housing (including transitional housing, affordable and market-‐rate units). Actions items from these workgroups that fall under EWEB control are being addressed separately with the utility. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE + ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO REDUCE HOUSING COSTS • Defer SDC payments until application for Certificate of Occupancy. • Recalibrate housing SDCs to encourage “missing-‐middle housing.” • Recalculate SDCs to address mismatch with ADUs vs. home additions (ADUs are often smaller and have less systems impact, but pay more in fees). • Build capacity with building industry to encourage missing-‐middle housing (knowledge-‐ sharing workshops). • Create clear “Small House” (800sf or less) path that tracks through SDCs and permitting. • Address cost, complexity and interpretation of stormwater treatment requirements for rehabs/additions, existing buildings, tight sites, and infill sites. • Standardize Erosion Control – establish consistent requirements from site to site and inspector to inspector. • Streamline Trench Inspection Process – clarify “depth of coverage standard requirement is from j-‐box to middle of vent” with all inspections. • When a new permit is initiated in City’s e-‐Build system, automatically “Create an Account” for a project with EWEB (coordinates fee-‐collection, permitting, inspection). • Create process within Public Works to leave a better path for future utility delivery to sites included in Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI) – more efficient and less costly overall. • Coordinate Fire/Wastewater/Building Inspector joint review to address why certain BLI sites are not feasible for development. • Review tree valuation and revise removal fees for “not permissible” trees – when new development occurs within urban land, eliminate charge for removing trees that are not on City’s allowed street tree list (e.g., do not add cost to projects when it would be illegal to replant the same tree). • Allow construction permits for as many homes as legal lots concurrent with open planning action. • Allow for concurrent subdivision and PUD applications. • Create process for timely completion of Environmental Review to reduce delays. • Develop City processes and culture that guide housing projects to successful outcomes, not only regulate. December 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 2