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work with neighbors dealing with the impacts to find solutions that work for everyone with as <br />little additional regulation as possible. <br />Councilor Pyror - said what's lacking the most in the conversation is clarity because the council is <br />trying to approach the short-term rental issue as a simple problem that needs a solution; noted <br />that if there is a problem, it's a more complicated variable than initially thought; said the council <br />lacks information such as how many houses are currently being rented in this manner; <br />encouraged council to slow down long enough to evaluate the scope of the problem rather than <br />creating new problems by trying to solve the issue without having all of the information needed; <br />said there are tools to deal with nuisance situations - other mechanisms that don't require a ban <br />or over -regulation; supported regulations that respond to due diligence, but the level should be <br />based on facts. <br />Councilor Evans - said he would support Councilor Syrett's motion because the council needs to <br />slow down and gather more data, including if there's trend towards abuse of the situation by <br />short-term rental owners these rentals, statistics on local vs non -local property owners, and <br />the experiences of other communities; warned against shaping regulations on research the <br />council don't have; shared anecdotal information about a friend who is operating a short-term <br />rental as a secondary and needed source of income and is concerned that the City will <br />overregulate. <br />Councilor Taylor - said there is plenty of information available because there are 32 cities in <br />Oregon that already have regulations; suggested reading an article in the New Yorker about <br />Barcelona, Spain being overrun by short-term rentals; said the government's role is to control <br />natural impulses that cause issues and that people don't have the right to make money at the <br />expense of their neighbors; said the City is not banning short-term rentals if it allows people use <br />their own homes with owner occupancy requirements; expressed concern that this is an urgent <br />matter that should not be delayed for a committee. <br />Councilor Clark - disagreed with Councilor Taylor and said, while he doesn't yet have clear <br />direction about what information he'd like back to address this, he would like to find a way to <br />incentivize, given that more triplexes and duplexes will be built as a result of HB 2 00 1; should <br />consider whether to encourage or discourage the creation of more small units that are intended <br />to be short-term rentals; supported having more time to think and talk through the nexus <br />between this issue and ADU conversations. <br />Councilor Zelenka - said he would like to know how many short-term rental units there are in <br />Eugene because if there really are 7,000, then that is significantly impacting the affordable <br />housing market; asked about the distance between short-term rentals, noting that is key in <br />expectations about neighborhood livability and people's right to earn supplemental income, and <br />when those two rights clash, that's when the City Council steps in; said there are many things <br />regulated in neighborhoods, such as allowable home businesses in homes and the social host <br />ordinance may be a model that could be applied in this situation; agreed that regulation <br />shouldn't happen without some data, but not having all the data shouldn't prevent regulation of <br />conditions or behaviors that are detrimental. <br />Mayor Vinis - said what has been powerful about this conversation is that the people who <br />testified at the public forum on Monday provided a very different perspective from the input <br />council already received -one that called attention to the needed income -generating aspect of <br />short-term rentals. <br />Councilor Syrett - appreciated the public comment from the individuals who are successful <br />short- term rental hosts; supported learning more about the implications of the draft ordinance, <br />noting that a deeper discussion that includes all sides of the issue will result in a better <br />ordinance. <br />MINUTES - Eugene City Council December 11, 2019 Page 2 <br />Work Session <br />