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Referring to Attachment D of the Agenda Item Summary (AIS), MUPTE boundary and Downtown Plan <br />area, City Manager Jon Ruiz clarified that the map shown on the attachment reflected the staff <br />recommendation for the Core area MUPTE boundaries. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy solicited council comments and questions. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz said she supported the MUPTE as a tool to encourage development where it was needed. <br />However, she no longer supported the use of the MUPTE in the vicinity of the University of Oregon (UO) <br />campus because she believed the area was saturated with multi-use development and it was time to <br />change its appearance. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz indicated she did not want to preclude the use of the MUPTE for projects already in process. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz determined from City Manager Ruiz that any extension of the MUPTE to the Trainsong <br />neighborhood or any other new area would require a separate council discussion and action. Action on <br />the staff recommendation did not presuppose an outcome for other areas. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mayor Piercy, Ms. Laurence did not think that a developer making <br />application for the MUPTE now would be able to secure approval by the end of 2011. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reminded the council that it was scheduled to consider a MUPTE application for Alder Park <br />th <br />Apartments at 17 Avenue and Alder Street on July 25. <br /> <br />thth <br />Ms. Taylor indicated a preference for 11 Avenue rather than 13 Avenue as a boundary for the Core area <br />but said she could support the staff recommendation. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor questioned the concept that developers could not build projects without the MUPTE. She <br />asked what the City would have realized in tax revenues from the houses demolished to make way for <br />new multi-family developments that received the MUPTE. Ms. Laurence did not know. Ms. Taylor <br />thought that was a factor to consider. She also wanted information on the taxes paid by developments <br />after the ten-year exemption expired, and asked if such developments received further exemptions <br />because of depreciation. Ms. Laurence said she would follow-up. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka shared Ms. Taylor’s interest in quantifying the assessed value of the improvement that was <br />demolished to make way for a new development. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka believed that MUPTE was necessary in the Downtown Plan area but he did not feel it was <br />needed any longer in the West University Neighborhood (WUN). The number of units outside the <br />MUPTE boundary that had been constructed in that area far outstripped the number of units built inside <br />the MUPTE boundary. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka indicated support for modifying the staff recommendation by adding the Trainsong <br />neighborhood to the Transit Oriented Area. He suggested that discussion of other transit corridors could <br />happen later. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka suggested the City’s map of 20-minute neighborhoods be overlaid on the map shown on <br />Attachment D. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown said the council was hearing a mixed message about the MUPTE and mixed use in downtown. <br />The council had heard that the MUPTE encouraged mixed-use housing and commercial development <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 20, 2011 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />