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should be to support the bill from an affordable housing standpoint. He asked councilors Bettman and Taylor to explain their recommendation to oppose the bill. Councilor Bettman averred that the bill leveraged a public good for something that was against the City’s legislative policy. She felt that the definition of affordable housing was very broad. She asserted that a person who made $3 million per year could be subsidized to buy a $1 million house. She alleged that the bill would force local jurisdictions to expedite the urban growth boundary (UGB) expansion process for affordable housing projects. She declared that the language in the bill was not good. Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson stated that the bill had one hearing and it did not appear that the bill “had legs.” She did not anticipate that it would go anywhere. She noted that “even” the Lane County Home Builders Association had problems with some of the language, though the association had come out in support of the bill. Roll call vote; the vote on the motion to support the recommendation of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to take a Priority 2 Oppose stance against SB 187 was a tie, 4:4; councilors Ortiz, Zelenka, Taylor and Bettman voting in favor and councilors Poling, Solomon, Pryor, and Clark voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted to support the recommen- dation and the motion passed. SB 335 Councilor Pryor explained that SB 335 would change the planning period for the buildable land supply inside the UGB. He noted that staff recommended that the City adopt a Priority 3 Monitor stance but the CCIGR had, by a 2:1 vote, supported changing the stance to a Priority 1 Oppose. Councilor Bettman supported the CCIGR recommendation to oppose the bill. Councilor Taylor said a Priority 1 Oppose would be in concert with previous council action. Councilor Solomon asked if there was any recent news on this bill. Ms. Wilson responded that the last hearing on the bill had been on February 15. She said there was a task force put into place to address the land use issues in Oregon, but no further public hearings were planned for this bill at present. Councilor Solomon indicated that she supported the bill and would oppose the recommendation of the CCIGR. In response to a question from Councilor Clark, Ms. Wilson stated that there were several groups of bills that were moving through the legislature at this time and land use was one group that was being addressed as a whole. She thought the group would be looked at in a “big picture” way, rather than as individual bills. Given that the bill had been through a hearing and had not been rescheduled for another hearing, she did not believe the bill was moving. Councilor Clark found it ironic that the City supported the latest in technology for building green buildings but it did not have the most current technology for land to put the buildings on or the technology for how to decide what the measurement of those lands were. MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 12, 2007 Page 9 Regular Meeting