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subject of a quasi-judicial land use hearing if the properties contain multi-family housing, include sites for manufactured dwellings, or the owner of the property does not live on the property. Section 1 of the bill also requires the City to notify residents "similarly situated" to the residents described above when the City makes a limited land use decision. It is not clear from the language of the bill what "similarly situated" means. Recommend monitor. HB 3223 Relating to residential price controls. Relating Clause: Repeals prohibition against city, county or metropolitan service district imposing Title: requirement that effectively establishes sales price for housing unit, residential lot or residential parcel or limits availability of housing unit, residential lot or residential parcel to class or group of purchasers. COMMITTEE ON LAND USE Sponsored by: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3223.intro.pdf URL: ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Steve Nystrom Steve Nystrom PDD-ADM 4/3/2009 Pri 2 Yes YesIV. C Support Comments: HB 3223 would repeal the current statute that prohibits local governments from enacting inclusionary housing requirements. This bill would enable local governments to make policy decisions whether to impose requirements related to affordable housing. This tool has been available to local governments in many other states for decades. Support of this bill does not necessarily indicate an endorsement of inclusionary housing provisions. Rather it provides governments the ability to make those decisions individually. For these reasons, staff recommends the city support this bill. ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Richie Weinman PDD-DEV 4/3/2009 Pri 2 Support Comments: We should support this bill. It is really about local control. It would allow "inclusionary zoning". While the merits of inclusionary zoning can be debated, the result should be a local decision -- not one that is preempted by the the state. Steve Nystrom should be lead on this. HB 3248 Relating to railroad grade crossings. Relating Clause: Requires Department of Transportation to prioritize actions taken when altering, Title: relocating or eliminating railroad grade crossing. Requires department to provide written findings and cost and benefit analysis if department chooses to take certain actions over other actions. Representatives BAILEY, SCHAUFLER (at the request of City of Portland) Sponsored by: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3248.intro.pdf URL: ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Tom Larsen Tom Larsen PWM 4/7/2009 Pri 3 No No Support Comments: This bill set a priority among the four options available to the Oregon Department of Transportation when ruling on making changes to Railroad/highway crossings. To date the City has not had difficulty with ODOT decisions on RR crossings that would be considered contrary to the City's interest. Other Oregon citys have and their experiences have resulted in this bill. The priorities are logical and would appear to protect the city's interest in maintaining connectivity and overall safety of the travelling public. The bill also adds a requirement for ODOT to furnish cost/benefit analysis when making a ruling. At 6