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Development Department documentation of Earth Advantage certification no more than 18 months after receiving a Certificate of Occupancy.) ·Mixed Income. No housing units are dedicated to controlled income and affordable rental housing. ·Homeownership. No units are designated for home ownership. ·Accessibility. No units will be ADA accessible. ·Historic Sensitivity. There are no adjacent historic structures. ·Location. Project is not located in the downtown core area. ·Parking. Twelve parking spaces will be provided for the project. The minimum number of parking spaces required by the Eugene Code for this project as of the date of this Report and Recommendation is six. ·Points Awarded. Based upon the public benefit criteria scoring system in the Standards & Guidelines, the applicant has been awarded 65 public benefit points. 2.6 E.C. 2.945(6)(h)2. lists certain public benefits, in addition to those specified in the Standards and Guidelines, that the City may consider in evaluating MUPTE applications. That list of benefits includes open space. The applicant has made the choice to include fewer apartment units in the project than the maximum number allowed by Code in order to preserve open space on the site. 2.7 No historic structure or potential historic structure has been demolished or removed from the property with the two years immediately preceding the date of the application for this project. The vacant rental house currently on the site will be sold and moved to another location. 2.8 Of the public benefits included in this project, the density of the project, green features including the use of quality materials, and the number of parking spaces are the public benefits that will extend beyond the period of the tax exemption. 2.8 The applicant has demonstrated that the project as proposed could not be built but for the benefit of the tax exemption. 2.9 The applicant has solicited comments from the West University Neighbors. By letter dated July 7, 2009, the neighborhood association advised that it unanimously supported The Sequoia project. 2.10 The project will not be used as transient accommodations. 3. A display ad soliciting recommendations or comments from the public regarding this project was published in the Register-Guard on August 23, 2009. The period for comment expired on September 30, 2009. No comments were received in response to the ad. Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M091109\S0911093-and att'sABCFG.doc