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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Capstone Collegiate Communities <br />Student Housing Development Proposal <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: April 25, 2012 Agenda Item: B <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nan Laurence <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5340 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The work session will be an opportunity to discuss the proposal by Capstone Collegiate <br />Communities (Capstone) to build student housing on the former PeaceHealth clinic site and <br />consider the public testimony received on April 23 regarding the applications for the right-of-way <br />vacation and the Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE). <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />On March 12, the council held a work session to discuss the proposal received from Capstone <br />regarding the student housing development and the planned public engagement opportunities. On <br />April 9, the council reviewed the project and the public comments received to-date. <br /> <br />On April 23, the council held public hearings for both the right-of-way vacation and the MUPTE. A <br />total of 56 people spoke, seven on the right-of-way vacation, and 49 on the MUPTE. A request was <br />made to hold the record open for the right-of-way vacation. As a result, the record will be held open <br />until 5 p.m., April 30, followed by a seven-day rebuttal period until 5 p.m., May 7. The applicant is <br />entitled to a seven-day final argument period until May 14, which they may waive to enable action <br />at the work session scheduled for May 9. <br /> <br />A request was also made to hold the MUPTE record open. Since this is a fiscal decision, not <br />subject to the land use hearing and record requirements that the City is applying to the proposed <br />vacation, there is no formal “closure” of the record; there is no need to declare the record will be <br />kept open. Public testimony may be accepted and considered until the council chooses to act on this <br />issue. <br /> <br />Questions and Answers <br />At the work session on April 9, Mayor Piercy and the City Councilors asked a number of questions <br />about the Capstone proposal. Attachment K of the agenda item summary (AIS) for the MUPTE <br />public hearing on April 23, addresses those questions and provides responses based on the <br />information available at this time. <br /> <br /> <br /> S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120425\S120425B.doc <br /> <br />