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Mr. Braud, responding to a question from Ms. Ortiz, noted that the limits to the expansions described under <br />the urban renewal plan amendment proposal had not yet been finalized and further noted that those limits <br />would be subject to Council approval. <br />Ms. Muir, responding to a question from Ms. Muir, noted that any expansions to the urban renewal plan <br />amendment as described under the proposal would ultimately need to go before the voters. <br />Ms. Ortiz asked for further details regarding the potential Veterans Administration hospital in the <br />downtown. Ms. Muir responded that there would most likely need to be an RFP submitted for the project <br />to proceed. <br />Ms. Ortiz recognized that one of the main challenges in the implementation of the downtown VA hospital <br />project was the costs associated with the VA's move from their current medical office building and hoped <br />that the City of Eugene might find a way to support the VA's efforts in that regard. <br />Ms. Muir noted that the site for the potential VA hospital was outside the current urban renewal district <br />boundaries and the proposal for the urban renewal plan amendment provided for a discussion of expansion <br />of the boundary to accommodate the VA hospital. <br />Planning & Development Principal Planner Steven Nystrom, responding to a question from Mr. Brown <br />regarding the land use code amendments proposal , noted that while an exhaustive study of stalled projects <br />had not been conducted there were approximately 100 projects pending completion with 60 of those within <br />one year of expiring. He noted that any projects whose permits expired would incur huge costs to both the <br />developers and the City as the projects would basically need to start over from the beginning. <br />Financial Analysis Manager Sue Cutsogeorge, responding to a question from Mr. Brown regarding the <br />division of tax impact on overlapping tax jurisdictions as they pertained to the bonded debt division School <br />District 4J, explained how urban renewal could be used to pay down bonded debt. She noted that allowing <br />the urban renewal to expire would not allow bonded debts to be paid off sooner, but would only affect the <br />amount of taxes paid by the citizens of Eugene.; <br />Planning & Development Grants Manager Stephanie Jennings, responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, <br />noted that the homelessness/housing assistance and business development funding assistance that had been <br />acted on by the Council on May 11 and May 26, respectively, had been funded with federal ARRA <br />stimulus funding assistance, while the funding for the housing rehabilitation acted on by the Council on <br />April 27 had come from the regular federal CDBG funding allocation. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked for clarification on how the proposal for the sale of surplus City property would relate <br />to a previous budget committee motion. Ms. Medary responded that the proposal being discussed had <br />originated before the budget committee's discussions and subsequent motion regarding the matter and that <br />the disposition from any sale of surplus property would be discussed in much greater detail in subsequent <br />Council meetings. <br />Ms. Muir, responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, commented that the economic development expected <br />to be prompted by the sale of surplus property could come in a variety of ways including the jobs created <br />and the value of services provided by the development of the property. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 27, 2009 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />