9.16.2019 City Council Work Session Minutes

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o Councilor Zelenka - asked for clarification of the motion o Councilor Clark- said he wanted to incentivize the building of ADUs; would prefer action on the ordinance to happen at the same time council acts to incentivize ADUs. RESTATED MOTION (with friendly amendment): Move to direct the City Manager to comeback with a memo addressing a 10 -year property tax exemption for any additional property value attained from an ADU, an SDC discount or credit for ADUs, and other financial incentives identified by staff. o Councilor Taylor - requested clarification on whether the motion was to be voted upon that evening. o Councilor Zelenka - requested clarification on whether the City already had SDC credits for ADUs; sought confirmation that a tax exemption would only apply to the city of Eugene portion of the property taxes and which SDCs could be reduced. o Mayor Vinis - questioned whether there was time to prepare the research memo and also take action on the ADU regulations prior to the State's deadline. o Councilor Syrett - said she did not think the concurrent work on the ADU incentives and regulations was necessary and preferred the two conversations to happen sequentially. o Councilor Semple - said she was not supportive of a property tax exemption, but was willing to vote for the motion in order to move the entire topic of ADU incentives forward for staff to work on. VOTE: PASSED 6:2, Councilors Taylor and Zelenka opposed. MOTION: Councilor Yeh, seconded by Councilor Syrett, moved to direct the City Manager to revise the draft ordinance to eliminate the ADU standards for the AG, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and S -E zones that apply only to flag lots, making ADUs on flag lots in those zones subject to the same flag lot standards that apply on regular (non -flag lot) lots in the same zone. o Councilor Yeh -said she found special regulations for flag lots to be unreasonable. o Councilor Clark - noted the motion, if passed, would reverse the R-1 code amendments from 2014; planned to vote against the motion because he thought it would make the conversation about ADUs more complex, thereby further delaying the building of them. o Councilor Pryor - recalled that the 2014 code amendments had significant impact in the number of ADUs built; planned to vote for the motion because it would make ADUs more viable. o Councilor Syrett - said she voted against the code changes in 2014 because they were deliberately designed to restrict ADU development; thought loosening regulations would help to support families and homeowners to build more ADUs, though she did not expect it to be a high number. o Councilor Taylor - said she thought council should take care not to reverse previous decisions. MINUTES - Eugene City Council September 16, 2019 Page 3 Work Session