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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> August 11, 2004 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David <br /> Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Papd, Jennifer Solomon. <br /> <br />His Honor Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey recognized Mr. Poling. Mr. Poling indicated that following the work session on Housing <br />Standards, he would move to reconsider a motion the council passed on August 9. <br /> <br />A. Housing Standards <br /> <br />The council was joined by Planning and Development Director Tom Coyle, Building and Permit Services <br />Manager Marsha Miller, and Permit Review Manager Keli Osborn. Ms. Miller recalled the council's May <br />24 work session on housing standards, at which it provided further direction to staff to draft an ordinance <br />similar to that of Corvallis, Oregon and to secure feedback on the draft from the Housing Policy Board <br />(HPB) and Human Rights Commission staff. In addition, several questions were asked at the work session <br />and responses were provided in the council packet. <br /> <br />Ms. Miller reviewed the elements of the proposed ordinance that differed from the approach taken in <br />Corvallis, noting that Eugene proposed using its existing civil penalties for enforcement and to direct appeals <br />to a hearings official. The Corvallis ordinance referenced the State Landlord-Tenant Law, and Eugene staff <br />included the applicability section inside the ordinance itself. <br /> <br />Ms. Miller reported that the HPB reviewed the ordinance and voted 4:2 against moving forward with the <br />ordinance; the board recommended that, if the council chose to go ahead with the ordinance, low-income <br />housing should be exempted. A memorandum from HPB Chair John VanLandingham was included in the <br />council packet summarizing that discussion. Ms. Miller reported that Human Rights Commission staff also <br />reviewed the ordinance and had no objections. <br /> <br />Ms. Miller sought further direction from the council regarding potential exemptions and whether to move <br />forward with an ordinance for public hearing and budget proposals. She noted that the timing of such a <br />program was an issue. She said the Corvallis ordinance included a sunset provision and the council might <br />want to consider adding such a provision to the ordinance or establishing a review period. <br /> <br />Ms. Miller indicated that at a minimum, staff believed that two to three full-time equivalent (FTE) positions <br />were needed to operate the program. Staff recommended an initial program staff of two FTE, with an <br />evaluation of the need for more staff to follow. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 11, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />