Item 5: Resolution Adopting Amended SDC Methodologies and Rates

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U.S. Census data used in Table 18 was obtained from the Census 2000, Summary File (SF) 3 - Sample Data, Tables H32 and H33 – which is available on the U.S. Census Bureau’s website. As this website notes, SF 3 is based on a 1-in-6 sample of the population that is weighted to represent the total population. This information is not available from the 2005 American Community Survey. The proposed methodology is consistent with household size data obtained though the 2000 Census. 3. Relationship of the SDC to the Parks Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Comprehensive Plan Comments were received which questioned the parks SDCs reliance on certain aspects of the PROS Comprehensive Plan, given a remand of that Plan by the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). The parks SDC does not rely on the PROS Comprehensive Plan but rather relies on the PROS Project and Priority Plan which was adopted separate from the PROS Comprehensive Plan. The use of the PROS Project and Priority Plan as a basis for the proposed parks SDC is consistent with statutory requirements and is not affected by the status of a LUBA remand of the PROS Comprehensive Plan. Concerns were expressed about the scale and potential impact on land supply of planned parks improvements within plans adopted by the City. These concerns regarding prior adoption of plans by the City are outside the control of the proposed SDC methodology. 4. Request related to transportation SDC credits for right-of-way dedication for a bicycle path. A written comment was submitted requesting waiver of future SDCs on a property whose owner, PeaceHealth, previously dedicated bicycle path right-of-way to the City. No changes to bike path or credit elements of the transportation SDC methodology are proposed at this time. An SDC credit may be available for a public improvement that the City would have otherwise constructed or acquired and funded with SDCs. Staff will work with PeaceHealth representatives to determine if the referenced dedication of right-of-way for the bicycle path would qualify for such a credit.