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action at the present meeting. There was none. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4864, an ordinance concerning criminal trespass and interference with a firefighter. Councilor Pap~ thanked Mr. Rogers and Mr. Laue for speaking to the issue. He also commended Mr. Laue for his service to the community both on the council and now on the Police Commission. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4861, an ordinance concerning state traffic laws. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. 5. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Concerning Multiple-Unit Housing and Amending Section 2.945 of the Eugene Code, 1971 Mr. Taylor called Richie Weinman, Urban Services Manager for the Planning and Development Depart- ment, to the podium to speak to the issue. Mr. Weinman explained that the Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE) was a ten-year property tax exemption for housing, new construction of five units or more designed to encourage development in the urban core. The proposal before the council sought to expand the boundary for MUPTE. He opined that without help to "level the playing field" and provide assistance, it was unlikely the City would see new multi-family housing developed in the downtown area. He said, after ten years, the City would see substantial benefit from developments built with the MUPTE incentive. Councilor Kelly noted that, on the second page of the ordinance, the section that had required that a development meet "at least four of" the design features listed in subsection (2) was not in the present draft. He stated that, for action, he thought it should be included. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Deborah Healey, 360 East 15th Avenue, reported that the executive committee of the West University Neighbors (WUN), of which she was a member, had met twice to discuss the issue. She related that the WUN did support actions that would improve housing standards in the neighborhood. She submitted two additions to the seven quality standards mentioned in option one, proposed by the WUN, as follows: 1) Approval by the appropriate neighborhood association would be required; 2) That the proposed development should be designed for home ownership. She stated that the WUN wanted to be part of the MUPTE process. She added that, should the two additions be included, the WUN would advocate for requiring that five of nine of the design features be met rather than four of seven of them. Mark Steven Baker, 360 East 15th Avenue, noted that he was a community member appointed to the joint MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 9, 2004 Page 7 Regular Meeting