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MINUTES – Eugene City Council Work Session October 9, 2019 Page 1 MINUTES Eugene City Council Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 October 9, 2019 12:00 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka (via phone), Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor, Greg Evans Mayor Vinis opened the October 9, 2019, work session of the Eugene City Council. 1.WORK SESSION: Parks and Recreation System Development Charge Methodology UpdatePublic Works Operations Manager Carolyn Burke, and Deborah Galardi of the Galardi-Rothstein Group presented to council about the Parks and Recreation System DevelopmentCharge Methodology. This work session was an opportunity for City Council to furtherdiscuss the draft methodology.Council Discussion: •Councilor Clark – Discussed appreciation for goals surrounding park system despiteconflicting community needs; discussed challenges of park SDCs, other permits andfees and the challenges of building housing with these fees in place; would like tosee a comparison of surrounding cities’ permits and fees for building. •Councilor Syrett - Asked staff to discuss how reimbursement fees work. •Councilor Pryor – Discussed “three legs of the stool”: the need for park SDCs,capacity of community to finance the need, and the timeline to accomplish the need;expressed appreciation for the work staff has done and the need for council to usethat information; expressed desire to address this SDC differently thantransportation. •Mayor Vinis – Asked how staff imagines this methodology phasing in over time;requested a list of SDC, permit, and other charges the city is already using fordevelopment, in addition to what is being considered now and to come; expresseddesire for more information to see the bigger picture of these SDCs fit in with otherfees. •Councilor Clark – Discussed nuances behind conversation; asked what total feescollected would be if council left current SDCs alone; discussed difficulty of buildingaffordable housing while increasing fees for building in Eugene. •Councilor Syrett – Expressed desire for more information from staff, public hearing,and comments from the public before coming to a conclusion; discussed previousquestion to staff about when the most recent SDC rate increases took place and whatthey were; appreciated nuance of conversation and anticipation of furtherconversation. ATTACHMENT E October 28, 2019, Meeting - Item 2A