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The City Council passed the following motion modifying the second option: “Direct the City Manager to bring back an ordinance that would allow people to sleep undisturbed and camp overnight from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on vacant City of Eugene-owned lands, but not including improved park land or sensitive environment open spaces, with staff to bring back a specific list of allowable sites, and on religious institution, non-profit organization, commercial and industrial properties if they allow it. This shall be a pilot program for 120 days and the council shall then review the pilot program and assess whether or not to continue the ordinance.” The attached draft ordinance incorporates the first three options. The draft ordinance is annotated with comments that explain the ordinance’s provisions and how the provisions address the three options. This past fall, at the direction of the council, City staff conducted an analysis of City-owned properties for a pilot project of small scale, temporary housing for the homeless. The criteria established by the council included: at least one acre in size, within ¼ mile of transit service, and exclude parks. A list of 16 sites was presented to the council at a work session on October 31, 2012. One of the sites, the existing City Hall was excluded from future consideration. One of the sites, the Courthouse Triangle, has since been sold to a private developer, and one site, 129 North Garfield was selected for the pilot project The remaining 13 sites were combined with a list of undeveloped parks and are shown on the attached maps and site list. RELATED CITY POLICIES Eugene Code 4.815 Prohibited Camping and Eugene Code 4.816 Permitted Camping. COUNCIL OPTIONS The Council options include: 1.Direct the City Manager to schedule a public hearing on the draft ordinance and the list of potential sites for the pilot program. 2.Use the council’s contingency funds to pay the conditional land use fee for the micro- housing pilot project, which is approximately $7,500. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends the City Council take the following actions: Direct the City Manager to schedule a public hearing on the draft ordinance and the list of potential sites for the pilot program. The City Manager has no recommendation as to the use of the council’s contingency funds to pay the conditional land use fee for the micro-housing pilot project, which is approximately $7,500. S:\CMO\2013 Council Agendas\M130520\S1305201.doc