Item 2C: Ratification of IGR Committee Minutes of January 30, 2007

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The committee briefly discussed its schedule and made some schedule adjustments. 3. Approval of Minutes—January 16, 2007, Meeting Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to approve the minutes of January 16, 2007. The motion passed unanimously, 3:0. 4. Review Pending Legislation The committee first considered bills held over from the previous meeting. Mr. Weinman reviewed Senate Bill (SB) 38, indicating it was the City’s top priority in this area as it would increase the money available for low-income housing through increased filing fees on real estate filings and with lottery dollars. He anticipated it would raise about $58 million annually. Ms. Bettman requested information about the Oregon Land Infill System Fund. Mr. Weinman did not have any information. Ms. Bettman did not perceive the bill as dedicating the revenue to low-income housing. Mr. Weinman indicated that was his understanding of its intent. Referring to House Bill (HB) 2096, Mr. Weinman said the bill would allow the Oregon Housing Services Agency to use its funding to help manufactured home park tenants to form co-ops to buy the parks they live in as a hedge against the parks being closed. There was currently no State funding mechanism to assist tenants with financing. Ms. Bettman did not perceive the benefits as being confined to park residents alone. She asked if the bill would cost the City or State any money. Mr. Weinman said it would not cost the City any money. The bill would allow the State would to use its existing funding pools for an expanded purpose. There was no objection the staff recommendation to support the bill. Referring to SB 187, Mr. Weinman said the bill addressed the subjects of land supply and the urban growth boundary (UGB). He deferred to Planning Division staff, but indicated he had assigned the bill a status of Priority 2 so staff could continue to track it. The bill encouraged local governments to dedicate land to affordable housing and if a UGB expansion occurred, it encouraged the inclusion of affordable housing sites in that expansion. Land dedicated to affordable housing would be exempt from the 20-year buildable land supply requirement. He recommended that the City continue to monitor the bill. Ms. Bettman believed the bill leveraged “affordable housing,” defined as 30 percent of income, to justify expansion of the UGB. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the status of the bill to Priority 2, Oppose. The motion passed, 2:1; Mr. Pryor voting no. Mr. Weinman pointed out that the UGB was an enormous regulatory barrier to affordable housing. Ms. Bettman responded that a council majority did not support expanding the UGB and she did not think there was council support for creating loopholes for such an expansion, even for the cause of affordable housing. Referring to HB 2095, Mr. Weinman said that by statute, local housing authorities were only allowed to address very low-income housing issues, which limited their ability to compete for funding. A development MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental January 30, 2007 Page 2 Relations