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Eugene City Council
Harris Hall, 125 East 8 th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
June 13, 2018
12:00 p.m.
Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Claire
Syrett, Chris Pyror
Councilors Absent: Greg Evans
Mayor Vinis opened the June 13, 2018, Work Session of the Eugene City Council.
1. WORK SESSION: Demographic Data Collection Practices Update
City Manager's Office Division Manager Becky DeWitt and Human Rights and Neighborhood
Involvement Office Manager Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen presented to Council on
current data collection practices throughout the City.
Council Discussion
• Questions asked about how and why information about associations are gathered and how
information is kept secure.
• Information requested about pertinent state laws that apply to the hate and bias reporting.
• Request made to the City Manager to add to the prohibition around City employees
collecting any information regarding immigration status other than what is needed to
comply with federal or state law.
• May be helpful to do analysis on unintentionally collected data or any unnecessary data the
City may be keeping.
• Important to consider next steps in order to build on the Protections for Individuals
Ordinance.
2. WORK SESSION: Modifications to the Transportation System Development Charge
Methodology
Engineering Data Services Manager Dan Kaler, Associate Planner Eric Brown, and consultant
Deb Galardi with the Galardi Rothstein Group discussed reasons for the Transportation SOC
Update, Methodology and Fee Calculation, Rate Comparisons, and Envision Eugene Incentives.
Council Discussion
• Questions asked about how new code provisions related to ADUs affect the SDC incentives
for ADUs.
• Questions asked about the breakdowns of SOC expenditures; reimbursement fees,
improvement fees, TSDC and credit.
• Concerns expressed that capacity-increasing projects address alternatives to automobiles
and few SDC projects are for increased capacity for automobiles and auto congestion.
• Information requested about why road use is calculated at peak time of day and how the
transportation management demand bonus is calculated.
• Questions asked about qualifications for affordable housing projects that qual i fy for SOC
waive r .
• Concern exp r essed that wi t hout a n increase in transportation SDCs , the City wou ld h ave to
pursue alterna tives to fu n ding some TSP project s.
• Concerns exp r essed about in centivizin g r eductions and not collecting full SOC revenue.
• Consider possibility that increasing SDCs will make b uilding housing less affordab le in the
midd le of a housing crisis.
• Even with an increase in SOC methodology, the City wou ld still have a lower rate compared
to other entities.
• Questions asked about making pot ential c hanges to the proposed SOC methodo logy or
proposed in centives.
• Request made for examples of h ow the Transportation Demand Management System works .
MOTION AND VOTE: Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Counci lor Clark, moved to
exte nded eight minutes. PASSED 7:0
Council Discussion
• Th e proposed Transportation SOC increase may not affect th e housing crisis, but the City
needs to decide where the tradeoffs should occur and balance what it's willing to give and
get in return.
• I nstead of incentiviz ing AD Us speci fica ll y, consider incentivizing s mall development under a
certain square footage.
• Con cerns raised about increasing SDCs before a housing package is adopted.
• Qu estions asked about the differen ce in SDCs when new development is created and new
roads are needed vs. where roads already ex ist.
• Consider the impact on the a lready approved Transportation System Plan projects if t h e
Transportation SDCs we r e not raised .
Th e meeting adjourned at 1:42 p .m.
Respect fully submitted,
Elena Domingo
Deputy City Recorder