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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Homeless Camping <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2013 Agenda Item Number: 1 <br />Department: Public Works/Parks and Open Spaces Contact: Mark Schoening <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-4930 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />This item is in response to council direction to hold a work session to discuss a draft ordinance <br />that would establish a 120-day pilot program on homeless camping. The attached draft ordinance <br />incorporates three of the four options presented to the council at the April 24, 2013, work session. <br />The fourth option, use the council’s contingency funds to pay the conditional land use fee for the <br />micro-housing pilot project, may also be considered by the council. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City Council held a work session on homeless camping in parks and open spaces on April 24, <br />2013. The City Council was provided the following four options to consider: <br /> <br />(1) Eugene Code section 4.816(1) authorizes a business, religious institution or public entity to <br />allow up to three vehicles at a time to use its parking lot for camping/sleeping (subject to certain <br />requirements, including that the entity provide garbage disposal services, sanitary facilities and <br />storage for personal items). The council has expanded “vehicles” to include tents and Conestoga <br />huts. The council could direct the City Manager to bring back an ordinance to expand the number <br />of vehicles (tents and Conestoga huts) from three to five or six. <br /> <br />(2) The council could direct the City Manager to bring back an ordinance that would allow a <br />religious institution or other non-profit to permit dusk-to-dawn camping at its facility for up to <br />some number of campers (perhaps five) and to explore creating a network to allow individuals to <br />easily identify places where they could camp. <br /> <br />(3) The council could direct the City Manager to bring back an ordinance removing the sunset on <br />the Conestoga hut ordinance, or alternatively, extending the sunset for two years. <br /> <br />(4) The Opportunity Village group recently asked the City to waive the fee for the conditional use <br />permit application. The City has no authority to waive that fee. However, the council could choose <br />to use its contingency funds to pay that fee, which is approximately $7,500. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130520\S1305201.doc <br /> <br />