<br />LAW OFFICE OF BILL KLOOS PC <br />OREGON LAND USE LAW <br />TH <br />375 W. 4AVENUE, SUITE 204 BILL KLOOS <br />EUGENE, OR 97401 BILLKLOOS@LANDUSEOREGON.COM <br />TEL: 541.343.8596 <br />WEB: WWW.LANDUSEOREGON.COM <br /> <br />June 27, 2017 <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />c/o Terri Harding <br />th <br />99 W. 10 Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br />Lane County Board of Commissioners <br />c/o Lydia McKinney <br />th <br />125 E. 8 Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br />Re: Envision Eugene Adoption Hearing <br /> Comments of Home Builders Association of Lane County (HBA) <br /> <br />Councilors and Commissioners: <br /> <br />Please accept this letter, along with the accompanying Summary Table of Issue and supporting <br />exhibits, on behalf of the HBA. <br /> <br />The HBA has been involved in this process from the beginning. The issues raised here have <br />been discussed with the city in letters, emails, reports and meetings multiple times since 2008. <br /> <br />affordable is good for Eugene citizens and good for HBA members. <br /> <br />The bulk of the issues discussed here point to details of the zoning code that need to be fixed in <br />new zoning code that was adopted in 2001. HBA members have been developing housing under <br />the code for all that time, so the HBA knows what parts of the code need fixing. <br /> <br />If every change requested by the HBA here were to be made by the City, it would help with <br />affordable. With respect to housing, Envision Eugene proposes to continue with the same urban <br />growth boundary, the same comprehensive plan, and the same zoning code. Nothing of <br />substance is getting fixed. There are no changes being made that are demonstrably intended to <br />make the code more friendly to developing affordable housing. <br /> <br />The adoption and appeal process gives the HBA the opportunity to point out where the city <br />program does not comply with state law. The state standards at issue here are found in ORS <br />197.296, Goal 10, the Goal 10 Rule, and the Needed Housing statute. To summarize the issues <br />most generally, the HBA would say: <br /> <br /> <br />