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5. Number of units by which the minimum density is exceeded or the percent of housing units that have three or more bedrooms, to encourage families. 6. Number of available ADA accessible units that exceed the required standard. 7. Responsiveness to neighborhood character and safety in respect to height, mass, architectural detail, landscaping and open space, "Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CEPTED)." Applicants must respond in writing as to how each of the seven quality standards relate to the proposal. Since some of the standards may not apply (such as adjacent historic structures) the applicants must demonstrate how their proposal will meet at least four of the seven quality standards. The council will consider these responses when determining whether to grant the exemption. Option 1 a: Testimony at the public hearing suggested adding two additional standards to the list that applicants would need to address. The testimony requested that these be included and applicants then must meet five of nine standards. 8. Designed for home ownership. 9. Solicitation of comments from the relevant neighborhood association. (Staff and the city attorney recommend against the suggestion that neighborhood associations must approve the project. The council can consider recommendations from the neighborhood association, but it cannot delegate to the neighborhood association the governmental power to deny an application. Moreover, neighborhood associations do not always meet regularly and, in fact, historically some have a spotty history of being "active".) Option 2: (Fariation of Option 1) Replace the "Public Benefits" portion of the MUPTE application with new language in the preamble. In that preamble stress the importance City Council places on adding higher quality housing to the core area. The seven items in Option 1 will be listed as examples of features that add to that quality. Explain that when the council considers granting a MUPTE they will be interested in considering how the development addresses these or other examples of quality. Option 2a: Add to the preamble the two standards (number 8 and 9) in Option la. Option 3: Keep the "Public Benefits" portion of the current MUPTE application as is. (Attachment C) Option 4: Do not require additional standards that exceed what is already in the Eugene Code. STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION Quality Standards Staff advises that the new land use code includes multi-family housing standards that may be adequate to provide quality housing. Given the council's direction to staff related to quality standards, the draft ordinance that is provided (Attachment B) most closely aligns with Option 1. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040421\S040421B.doc