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the HOME units assisted by City of Eugene HOME funding (program wide) must be available to households at 60% of median income or less. This is known as “high HOME”. The economics of housing development are so challenging that achieving rents that are affordable to a household at 50% of median income is virtually impossible without a series of significant subsidies. Housing at 60% of median is only slightly more feasible. That is the basis for staff recommending 60% of median to earn points. It is a difficult, but possibly an obtainable standard. Household size 60% of median income Median income 1 $23,300 $38.750 2 $26,600 $44,375 3 $30,000 $49,937 4 $33,300 $55,500 5 $38,000 $59,937 8) Parking- The code regulates parking for a good reason, but what the code tries to limit, this provision gives back with cash incentive. This makes the city look ridiculous, paying developers to undermine the intent of the city's own code. Response: Generally, including the West University Neighborhood, the code provides minimum parking requirements related to housing but not a maximum. There are two instances in the code that place a maximum on parking. One is in C3 zoning, downtown, where there is a 20 space surface lot maximum. The other is described in Section 9.6410 (2) of the Code. It only places a maximum of 125% of the minimum for non-residential uses. This proposal for receiving points as part of the MUPTE evaluation only applies to the West University Neighborhood. In West University current residents are concerned about new housing with numerous bedrooms per unit that will not provide adequate parking to meet the actual need. This results in a negative impact on the neighborhood. That is why this element was included for consideration. On Page 25 Scoring sheet- you sometimes use the term Multi family housing interchangeably with Multi unit housing. Please edit the materials, including the ord., to say Multi unit, because student housing is not usually multi family so the multi unit is more accurate and applicable. Response: This change has been made and the term multi-family has been eliminated. The table Under "green bldg features" gives 100 points for "LEED certification" but the criteria does not require it (it will if my motion passes) so this is inconsistent with the text under MUPTE objective criteria-#2. Response: LEED certification only takes place once a project is completed. Therefore it is only feasible to review the plan to attain LEED certification. The terminology on the scoring sheet is short hand for the more detailed descriptions. Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M081022\S081022B.docm