Item 7: Resolution to Amend Low-Income Subsidy Program for Crest Drive Assessments

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Adoption of Resolution 5029 Amending Resolution No. 4281 Providing an Additional Way for Property Owners Subject to a Crest Drive Area Street Improvement Project Assessment to Qualify for the Street Subsidy Program Meeting Date: April 25, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 7 Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Kathryn Brotherton www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5010 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is scheduled to review an amendment to Resolution No. 4281 that will allow property owners subject to a Crest Drive Area Street Improvement Project assessment to qualify for the Street Subsidy Program based on a 364-day extrapolation on the property owner(s)’s income on April 11, 2011. BACKGROUND On November 4, 1991, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 4281, a resolution adopting a Street Subsidy Program Council Policy Guide (“the Program”). Resolution No. 4281 sets forth the criteria that must be met for a property owner subject to a street assessment to participate in the Program, including the qualifications for low-moderate income persons. In order for a property owner to qualify for the Program, the property owner(s)’s annual income must fall within one of the three categories set forth in section 6.1 of Resolution No. 4281. Property owners subject to an assessment for the Crest Drive Area Street Improvement Project that currently have very low to moderate incomes, but whose annual income in 2010 exceeded the income limits of Resolution No. 4281, were not eligible to participate in the Program On April 11, 2011, the Eugene City Council voted 6:2 to direct the City Manager to bring back to the council an amendment to Resolution No. 4281 that, for the Crest Drive assessments, would use as an additional qualifier for the Program a person’s income on April 11, 2011, to determine annual income, instead of using 2010 income. RELATED CITY POLICIES The current Street Subsidy Program, adopted by Resolution No. 4281, is Attachment B to this Agenda Item Summary. COUNCIL OPTIONS The City Council may consider the following options: 1.Adopt the resolution included as Attachment A. 2.Adopt the resolution with specific modifications as determined by the City Council. 3.Take no action with respect to the resolution. \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110425\S1104257.doc