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Eugene City Council
Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
October 150 2014
12:00 p.m.
Councilors Present: George Brown, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, George Poling, Mike Clark, Claire
Syrett, Chris Pryor
Councilors Absent: Greg Evans,
Councilor Pryor opened the October 15, 2014, City Council work session, noting that Mayor
Piercy was in Louisville, Kentucky at the Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship.
A. WORK SESSION: Multi -Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE)
Community Develop Manager Denny Braud and Business Loan Analyst Amanda Nobel Flannery
discussed general agreements on MUPTE revisions; walked through the revisions, criteria and
decision guide; and gave a recap of how decisions were made.
Council discussion:
• Public benefits are key; important to identify potential conflicts with neighborhoods.
• Elimination of 20% affordable housing is a bad idea; affordable housing needed now.
• Good effort to add value to the program; time to move forward.
• Effective way needed to ensure that local people - not necessarily local companies - are hired.
• Important to be very specific about fees and triggers to qualify for MUPTE.
MOTION AND VOTE: Councilor Syrett, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to direct the
City Manager to schedule a public hearing on an ordinance to modify MUPTE program
revisions consistent with the criteria included in Attachment A. PASSED 5:2, Councilors Brown
and Taylor opposed.
The meeting adjourned at 1:04 p.m.
Respectfully submittedL44
Chuck Crockett
Deputy City Recorder
MINUTES —Eugene City Council October 15, 2014 Page 1
Work Session