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Ethan, the committee’s IGR manager, presented the draft letter and said it describes White Bird Clinic’s role in outreach to people experiencing homelessness and in coordinating primary medical care, dental services, mental‑health and substance‑use services in partnership with Lane County. He noted the letter was prepared for Mayor Knudson’s signature and aligns with existing council policy supporting coordinated local health responses.

Mayor Knudson said she was comfortable amplifying the values and actions cited in the letter. “I have always appreciated working with staff to develop our letters of support for organizations and work happening in this community,” she said.

Councilor Evans made the motion to approve the letter and later asked whether committee members were satisfied with the clinic’s fiscal administration given public reporting of operational challenges. “I don’t have a particular problem with supporting a letter going out…except that I’m having some real heartburn over the stability of White Bird and their ability to deliver on what they say they can deliver on,” Evans said. Other members said they lacked sufficient inside information to judge White Bird’s current finances and noted that competitive grant applications typically include the financial documentation evaluators require.

Ethan confirmed that the process for letters of support follows committee resolution guidance and said staff will route the approved draft for the mayor’s signature. The motion to approve was seconded; the committee chair called for voices and the vote passed unanimously.

Ending: The letter will be sent with the mayor’s signature as a committee‑approved letter of support. Committee members asked staff to note the difference between a letter of support and any direct funding request; several members requested that staff flag future requests for direct city funding for additional committee review before committing the city.

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Committee Chair Randy Groves opened the discussion, saying the draft priorities draw on input from city council meetings, local legislative delegates and city staff. “This is a starting point,” Ethan (IGR manager) said, noting the document will be refined before being presented to full council.

The committee singled out two funding items it wants actively defended at the state level. City staff said House Bill 3644 (2025) included a $204,000,000 allocation to the Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) statewide shelter program; members expressed concern that the new program could be on the list of reductions as the state faces biennial budget pressure. “We just want to have that on our radar and be able to advocate that the full allocation… stays within OHCS and continues to be dedicated towards the statewide shelter,” Ethan said.

Staff also asked the committee to protect a $6,000,000 award tied to House Bill 5031 (lottery bond bill) that is intended to fund a wastewater collection system for the Clear Lake Road industrial site. Ethan described that the 2027 sale of lottery bonds is driven by revenue forecasts and that diminished lottery revenues could reduce the bond sale and the funding available to previously announced projects.

Several committee members urged flexibility in how the priorities are presented. “It was my understanding that these are not in order of priority,” Councilor Yeh said; Councilor Evans and others said they favored removing numeric ordering and presenting the items as a nondirectional list so staff can use the package in negotiations. Ethan said removing numbers and converting to bullets would allow staff to advocate without implying strict rank order, but that council guidance will be needed if legislators press staff to pick a single top priority.

Other items discussed included:
- Support for state and federal financial backing for Eugene Airport expansion, described by staff as a multi‑year capital project that will require ongoing advocacy; Councilor Evans and other members said airport funding is important for local economic development.
- Support for renewed efforts to increase protections for public officials. Committee materials reference Senate Bill 473 (2025), which passed the Senate but stalled in the House after major revisions; staff said they are working with a coalition of legislators to find a vehicle to advance protections in the next session.
- Support for increased state investment in behavioral‑health systems, coordinated with Lane County; members stressed the city’s interest in maintaining funding levels for programs that help reduce downstream costs to municipal services.
- Continued engagement with a state task force on property‑tax structure created by House Bill 2321 (2025) and related work to address long‑term local revenue constraints.

Mayor Knudson urged coordination with Lane County on shelter and behavioral health advocacy, saying a united approach strengthens the region’s case. Several committee members said they want an updated policy document explaining priorities and asked staff to return with a revised, bulletized set of priorities.

The IGR committee planned to return a refined priorities document to the committee in November and to bring final recommendations to full city council in mid‑January, ahead of the February short legislative session.

Ending: The discussion closed with staff assigned to convert numbered priorities into a bulleted package staff can use in legislative outreach and to follow up with the committee on scheduling a November meeting to agree on a final priorities packet for council review.

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Ethan (IGR manager) presented a project statement and timeline that calls for staff to work with the city recorder and assistant city attorney to catalog incongruencies between Resolution 4908 and Resolution 5387, identify process improvements, and bring draft language to the IGR committee for review. The project is scheduled to run from October 2025 through April 2026, with the aim of presenting final draft proposals to full council in late spring 2026.

Ethan said the review will use a color‑coded approach (minor edits, moderate changes and substantive changes) to give council a clear and digestible menu of proposed revisions. The IGR manager said the work will proceed concurrently with legislative season duties in January–March, and staff will return with proposed updates in November and December for committee consideration.

Ending: Committee members signaled general support for the administrative update project and asked staff to schedule a November meeting with sufficient time to review the policy revisions in detail before a December adoption milestone and a January council work session.

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Will Doughty, Eugene’s community development director, told the Intergovernmental Relations Committee that state law currently allows some tax exemptions tied to transit‑oriented development and to income‑qualified projects when the city enters an agreement with the state, but he said existing language tends to favor exemptions for existing uses and state‑level agreements. “We think there’s an opportunity…to create a moderate‑income exemption program that would, by being clear that this could apply to new housing and by clarifying the agreement path, give cities a clear yes to move forward,” Doughty said.

Staff said the city needs tools to meet an Oregon housing needs assessment that identifies thousands of moderate‑income units needed over the next 20 years. The proposed change would allow a local program to offer a 10‑year tax exemption for new developments that commit to rents or tenant income limits targeted at moderate incomes (generally described in committee materials as roughly 60%–120% of area median income, depending on property). Doughty described the local program as functionally similar to existing programs (such as MUFTI and LRPTE) but calibrated to workforce housing levels.

Committee members asked technical questions about eligibility and mechanics. Councilor Yeh asked whether the proposal was simply an expansion of an existing MUFTI program; Doughty answered that the statutory route would be similar but the local tool would be closer in function to LRPTE‑style exemptions — shorter than the 20‑year LRPTE exemptions typically used for deep‑affordability projects, but targeted to incomes above the low‑income band.

Staff said the planning division will present the concept to the Planning Commission on Oct. 28 and expects to bring the item to a City Council work session on Nov. 12 as part of the Urban Growth Strategy discussion. Ethan, the IGR manager, said staff may pursue a legislative vehicle in the short session in February if a sponsor is available; if enacted, the statute could take effect either quickly via an emergency clause or by the July 1 fiscal effective date, which would broaden the city’s policy tools sooner.

Ending: Committee members generally signaled support for continued exploration and directed staff to continue due diligence, present details to planning and council and seek a legislative sponsor if the timeline and council direction align.

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