Agenda Item 4 - UGB Rulemaking <br />December 3-4, 2015 - LCDC Meeting <br />Page 50 of 56 <br />amendments to a city's development code, some of the measures would require city participation <br />in state-authorized tax exemption programs, or city reductions or waivers of systems <br />development charges. With a wide range of available measures to choose from, the department is <br />confident that cities would be able to find one or more among them that are compatible with a <br />city's planning vision. <br />Section (4) fleshes out the alternative performance housing standard for cities with UGB <br />populations greater than 10,000. To implement the first part of the alternative performance <br />standard, requirement for specific development code provisions promoting housing choice and <br />affordability, the department recommends that cities show they have adopted eight specific <br />measures from among the 29 listed in Table 8. <br />For the second half of the alternative performance standard, the current language requires a city <br />to demonstrate that it has exceeded median rates of redevelopment and infill for either the entire <br />state or, for cities in the Willamette Valley, those cities. UO was unable to determine median <br />rates of redevelopment and infill for cities because Oregon cities generally do not collect this <br />data. In the absence of data, the department recommends a specific numerical target for an infill <br />and redevelopment rate that is clearly above the median for Oregon cities - the recommendation <br />is to adopt the upper end of the redevelopment and mixed use residential development range set <br />forth in OAR 660-038-0030(6) as the target. <br />0200: Serviceability (Page 32) <br />General: This rule implements the provisions of ORS 197A that require a city proposing to <br />expand a UGB using the simplified process to demonstrate that the UGB provides sufficient <br />serviceable lands. The purpose of this provision is to ensure that, as an integral part of the UGB <br />evaluation and amendment process, cities (and other service providers, as needed) will plan for <br />the delivery of urban services to all lands within the UGB. This planning includes the <br />identification of service capacity needed to accommodate planned urban development, and <br />documentation of the financing mechanisms that will be employed to provide such capacity. <br />Specifically, the statute requires a city to demonstrate that at least a seven year supply of land is <br />serviceable, and that the remainder of the required 14-year supply can be serviceable within the <br />planning period. As previously described in the section of the report on definitions, the statute <br />defines "serviceable" as a function of adequate service capacity, and the financing required to <br />provide such capacity. <br />A detailed discussion of the draft rule provisions for serviceability can be found on page 37 of <br />the September staff report to LCDC (see Attachment N). <br />Previous comments related to serviceability have been primarily directed to issues regarding the <br />required showing of "committed financing." Specifically, questions were raised concerning the <br />level of certainty to be established for proposed infrastructure financing mechanisms. Some <br />commenters suggested, for example, that standards or thresholds for this showing should <br />