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j . .. ~ r <br />, ` <br />j. • <br />Planning & <br />Development <br />Planning <br />M~~1~1 \ ~ V l~'i <br />Date: March 11, 1996 <br />To: Mayor Bascom and the City Council <br />From: Abe Farkas, Director <br />Planning and Development Department <br />City of Eugene <br />99 West 10th Avenue, Suite 240 <br />(541) 687-5481 <br />(541) 687-5572 FAX <br />Subject: TRANSFERRING PUBLIC WORKS DEPT.-OWNED SITES TO PLANNING AND <br />DEVELOPMENT DEPT. LANDBANKING PROGRAM <br />The Planning and Development Department has been actively seeking vacant parcels to put into the <br />Landbank Program for low-income housing. One effort has been the review of City-owned parcels to <br />determine if any are suitable for affordable housing. Two have been identified that are no longer <br />needed for the purpose for which they were originally purchased (i.e., fire stations, rights-of-way, <br />etc.). <br />The following two single family lots are being internally transferred from Public Works to Planning <br />and Development: <br />Garfield near 13th <br />Chase/Cross off Roosevelt <br />The sites will be available through the landbank program to non-profit developers and proposals will be <br />accepted on an ongoing basis. Proposed developments may include housing for low- and moderate- <br />income persons, housing for persons with disabilities, experimental or innovative housing or other <br />public purpose housing. <br />A third site was transferred from Public Safety to Planning and Development in 1992 and will also be <br />placed in the landbank program at this time. <br />28th and Polk--zoned for up to three units <br />NEDCO is already actively seeking to obtain the parcel at 13th and Garfield. Due to the short timeline <br />on their collaborative project with Valhall, using panelized construction techniques, it is expected that <br />the proposed property transfer will be forwarded to the City Council during the March recess. Once <br />notified of a pending transfer through the landbank program, the City Council has ten days to ask for <br />more information, after which the transaction may proceed. <br />For more information, contact Barbara Keller, 344-8052 or Linda Dawson, 687-5071. <br />