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Ms. Berrian said that the City Charter requirement of public notice precluded action on the item on that evening as the third and final notice would be running this week. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Seeing no one wishing to speak he closed the public hearing and called questions from the council regarding the issue. There were no requests to speak. IV. PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 7.010, 7.705, 7.715, 7.720, 7.725 AND 7.740 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971 City Manager Jim Johnson noted that the title should have made mention that these revisions are necessary to allow for proposed amendments to methodology for the existing systems development charges. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Eric Hall, 304 Waite Street, addressed the elimination of language in section 7.725. He raised a concern that elimination of the language would thwart the efforts of policy 14 in the Growth Management Study. As an example, he cited a building at 11th Avenue and Jefferson Street, he said that the systems development charges had been calculated at $10,000 for $25,000 to $35,000 worth of improvements. He said that the owner would have been better off to demolish the existing building and build a new structure. David Hinkley, 1308 Jefferson Street, also addressed the language in section 7.725 regarding exemptions for Iow-income housing. He spoke against the exemptions saying that, while he supported public subsidy of Iow-income housing, the methodology used was not the way to do it. He suggested paying systems development charges for Iow-income housing from the general fund to eliminate shortages in the SDC fund. As an alternative to that idea he suggested placing "lOU's" in the SDC fund to be paid by the general fund. Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing and called for questions from the council. Councilor Lee questioned City Manager Johnson regarding the use of general funds to compensate for the SDC waivers for Iow-income housing. He suggested an allowance in the general fund that would cover anticipated SDC gaps. Councilor Kelly asked Les Lyle to address Mr. Hall's concerns regarding section 7.725 and whether passage would go against goal 14. Mr. Lyle said that he did not believe that would be the case. He said that the language that was proposed to come out of the code would go into the administrative rules that the City Manager would be adopting verbatim. He said that the owners Mr. Hall was referring to could go through the appeals process to request the SDCs be adjusted. Councilor Kelly asked about the public notification and input process was for the administrative rules. Mr. Lyle said that staff was required to notify interested parties 45 days in advance of the proceeding to make the changes. He added that 30 days prior to the proposed changes being MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 9, 1999 Page 4 7:30 p.m.