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MINUTES – Eugene City Council January 21, 2020 Page 1 Public Hearing M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 January 21, 2020 7:30 p.m. Councilors Present: Mike Clark, Jennifer Yeh, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Emily Semple, Claire Syrett, Alan Zelenka, Greg Evans Mayor Vinis opened the January 21, 2020, public hearing of the Eugene City Council. 1.PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance and Resolutions Adopting Modifications to the Parks and Recreation System Development Charge Methodology Proposed Resolution Adopting the Parks and Recreation SDC Project Plan; Repealing Resolution No. 4863; and Providing an Effective Date. Proposed Resolution Adopting Amendments to the System Development Charge Methodologies (General Methodology and Appendices A and F) Originally Adopted by Resolution No. 4900; Replacing Appendix E to the System Development Charge Methodologies Originally Adopted by Resolution No. 4900; Repealing Resolution No. 4929; Providing a Phased SDC Increase; and Providing an Effective Date.City Manager Pro Tem Sarah Medary introduced the item and gave background about the PublicHearing topics.Testimony1.Ed McMahon – proposed that council wait two years before implementing new parks SDCs.2.Tiffany Edwards – said the Chamber is not in support of increasing parks SDCs at this time.3.Michael Gannon – spoke about using undeveloped park sites for the unhoused.4.John Barofsky – encouraged council to step back and think about balancing priorities.Discussion Councilor Clark – said that council learned from staff that the City can build fifty-one newpark projects without raising the current SDCs; said he would prefer not raising the SDCs atall, but that to meet in the middle he planned to make the motion to postpone raising theSDC for two years. Councilor Syrett – asked for staff to provide information at the work session about what theimpact would be on the project list if council were to postpone raising the SDCs for twoyears and if that would allow for modification of the phase-in strategy; asked about theadministrative fees collected with SDCs and what the plan be would be for that money if theSDCs were raised and more administrative money was coming in. Councilor Semple – said she loves parks and wants to move forward on the project list, butshe’s not sure that the time frame is essential; said she’s concerned that the City is notincentivizing housing and instead is increasing fees to build housing. Councilor Zelenka – said he’s interested in not disincentivizing low- and moderate-incomehousing; said he’d like to see if there could be a waiver or lower amount for houses under a ATTACHMENT B February 24, 2020, Meeting - Item 2ACC Agenda - Page 11