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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Adoption of a Resolution Approving a Multiple-Unit Property Tax <br />th <br />Exemption for Residential Property Located at 740 East 13 Avenue (First <br />LEED, LLC) <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 8, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 6 <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Richie Weinman <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5533 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The City Council is asked to approve or deny a Multiple-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE) for <br />th <br />First LEED LLC (The Danville) located at 740 East 13 Avenue. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />In 1975, the Oregon legislature adopted the enabling statutes for the MUPTE and Transit Oriented <br />District Tax Exemption program. Since that time both the state statutes and Eugene’s implementation <br />ordinance have been amended. The City Council amended Eugene’s code provisions and boundary in <br />November 2008. To assist both staff and the City Council in evaluating a MUPTE application, those <br />code amendments included (a) adoption of approval criteria and (b) a direction to the City Manager to <br />adopt a public benefit scoring system (discussed below). <br /> <br />This proposed 35-unit project is on a site that is zoned C-2. There is currently a building on the site that <br />was most recently owned and used by PeaceHealth as their billing office. The site is 10,720 square feet, <br />or less than ¼ acre. This building is not a city landmark nor on the National Historic Register. <br /> <br />Public Comments <br />A display advertisement was published in The Register-Guard on November 28, 2009, soliciting <br />comments for 30 days. The period ended on December 29, 2009. Written comments were received from <br />the West University Neighborhood and the University Small Business Association (Attachment D). <br /> <br />Public Benefits <br />As noted above, the City Council adopted criteria for review of MUPTE applications, including a <br />requirement to consider the public benefits to be provided by the development. The council directed the <br />City Manager to adopt a public benefit scoring system, which the City Manager did as part of the <br />Standards and Guidelines. As part of that administrative process, the City Manager determined that <br />unless a proposed development received at least one hundred points, the City Manager would <br />recommend that the council deny a MUPTE application. <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100208\S1002086.doc <br /> <br />