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At the last minute, the City Attorney added language that completely watered down the workforce housing provision within the one current MUPTE area, i.e., downtown. So net/net ... Nada!

As far as the RP policy requirement. Staff was talking out of both sides of their mouths (and still are). On the one hand they claimed SW-SAZ allowed all kinds of new forms of housing (so-called "missing middle") but they also said nothing much would happen without MUPTE. Yet south Willamette cannot have MUPTE until there's a refinement plan. Surprise to all the folks who are fighting the Brown/Clark initiative. The CM tried to foist off the idiotic staff "Area Planning" as satisfying the MUPTE requirement, but the City Attorney said nope. So, again, net/net,, SW-SAZ was just a stupid exercise that would have done no good and much harm. 

I've posted (to you specifically) what the JWN has done to get a _practical_ approach to alternative housing forms in place, as well.

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