Item 2D: Resolution on Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption for City View Street

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ATTACHMENT C RESOLUTION NO. _____ A RESOLUTION DENYING A LOW-INCOME RENTAL HOUSING PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1535-1563 CITY VIEW STREET, EUGENE, OREGON. (ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF LANE COUNTY, INC. / APPLICANT.) The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Stellar Apartments Limited Partnership (with St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. as general partner) is the owner of real property located at 1535-1563 City View Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97402 (Assessor’s Map 17-04-36-33; Tax Lot No. 201; Assessor’s Property Account Number 0483857). St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. (general partner and “the applicant”), located at P.O. Box 24608, Eugene, Oregon, 97402 has submitted an application pursuant to Subsection 2.939(2) of the Eugene Code, 1971, for an exemption from ad valorem taxes under the City's Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption Program (Sections 2.937 to 2.940 of the Eugene Code, 1971). B. The tax exemption is being sought for the project, which will include 54 residential units and common areas (community center & garden, children’s play area, and bike parking) that are being constructed on the property and for the parcel of land, all of which will be used for low-income housing. Construction is expected to be completed by July 31, 2013. C. The Community Development Manager of the Planning and Development Department, as designee of the City Manager, has prepared a Report and Recommendation, which is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A, recommending that the application be approved and the exemption granted. In making that recommendation, the Community Development Manager found that the applicant submitted all materials, documents and fees required by the application and Section 2.938(1) of the Eugene Code, 1971, and is in compliance with the policies set forth in the Standards and Guidelines adopted by Resolution No. 5028. In addition, as described more fully in Exhibit A, the applicant has complied with the criteria for approval provided in Section 2.939(2) of the Eugene Code, 1971. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding the findings in the Community Development Manager’s Report and Recommendation, the City Council denies the application of St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. for an ad valorem property tax exemption under the City's Low-Income Rental Housing Property Tax Exemption Program for the property located at 1535-1563 City View Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97401 (Assessor’s Map 17-04-36-33; Tax Lot No. 201; Assessor’s Property Account Number 0483857), because the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the tax exemption is in the public interest. S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120723\S1207232D.doc