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o Councilor Zelenka - asked staff which specific standards for flag lots the motion <br />would impact; asked what council's ability was to restrict lot size standards <br />under HB2001. <br />o Councilor Semple - asked how many flag lots would be impacted by the motion; <br />asked how density would be calculated with ADUs; thought that flag lots should <br />be treated differently. <br />o Councilor Clark - wanted to protect the property values and land rights of R-1 <br />homeowners with the 2014 code amendments; noted there seemed to be <br />differences of opinion on what livability means to different people. <br />MOTION and VOTE: Councilor Evans, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved <br />to table the motion on flag lots. PASSED 5:3, Councilors Yeh, Syrett and Pryor <br />opposed. <br />o Councilor Syrett - noted there was a previous successful effort in 2014 to limit <br />how many people could live in a neighborhood; thought reducing regulations <br />and making ADUs more affordable could increase the numbers of them, but still <br />thought the numbers would be few. <br />o Councilor Taylor - said people chose their neighborhoods because they were <br />less dense. <br />o Councilor Clark - clarified that his concerns were about what percentage of the <br />neighborhood is homeowners as opposed to renters; said more renters could <br />result in a different neighborhood character. <br />o Councilor Yeh - thought the land use code was not the place to address <br />undesirable behaviors and that the City should not presume that renters were <br />bad neighbors; thought council had talked about the topic for a long time and, <br />while they had not reached consensus, they needed to make a decision. <br />o Councilor Pryor - questioned whether there was a mutually exclusive choice <br />between density and livability; felt the community needed to have a <br />conversation about what livability means in the 21s' century compared to what it <br />meant in the 20th century; said council needed to confront the rate of growth it <br />now faces. <br />o Councilor Zelenka - noted that the impact of the ordinance may vary by <br />neighborhood; asked staff whether there was a way to have different rules for <br />different parts of the city. <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />R to OOma <br />Beth Forrest <br />City Recorder <br />(Recorded by Cas Casados) <br />Link to the webcast of this City Council meeting. <br />MINUTES - Eugene City Council September 16, 2019 Page 4 <br />Work Session <br />