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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Ordinance Suspending Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE) <br />Program <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 27, 2013 Agenda Item Number: A <br />Department: Planning & Development Staff Contacts: Denny Braud <br />www.eugene-or.gov Phone: 541-682-5536 <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />The council is asked to consider an ordinance suspending the Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption <br />(MUPTE) program. The suspension would provide time for the council to evaluate the program <br />and determine whether changes should be made. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The MUPTE program is enabled by state legislation and designed to encourage higher <br />density housing and redevelopment in the core of the city and along transit corridors. The <br />program provides a 10-year property tax exemption on qualified new multi-unit <br />housing investments that occur within a specific, targeted area, meet program <br />requirements, and are reviewed and approved by the City Council. During the exemption <br />period, property owners still pay taxes on the assessed value of the land and any commercial <br />portions of the project, except those commercial improvements deemed a public benefit and <br />included in the exemption. (The current MUPTE boundary map is included in Attachment B. <br />The MUPTE ordinance and administrative order used to review MUPTE applications are <br />included in Attachments C and D). <br /> <br />The following is a brief summary of recent council actions related to MUPTE: <br /> <br /> <br />2008 – The council adopted an ordinance amending the MUPTE boundary to include <br /> <br />the Trainsong area. <br /> <br />2008 – The council established the public benefit scoring system currently used for <br /> <br />evaluating applications. <br /> <br />2011 – The council adopted an ordinance extending the MUPTE program for 10 <br /> <br />additional years and amending the boundary to include only the Downtown Plan area <br />(Trainsong and West University areas were removed). The council also expressed an <br />interest in staff coming back to discuss other MUPTE areas such as Trainsong. <br /> <br />2011 – The council work session on Envision Eugene related to MUPTE. In response <br /> <br />to the discussion of Envision Eugene implementation and future areas that might be <br />S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130227\S130227A.doc <br /> <br />