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According to Day, there
have been significant delays
to the original start-up date
of the project due primarily
to a backlog of documents
that must be reviewed by
the Oregon Department
of Justice and the start to a
funding program known as
the LIFT (Local Innovation
and Fast Track) Housing
Program.
“We assumed that we
would be breaking ground
roughly six months after the
award, because that’s kind of
typical of housing projects
that are using some kind of
public subsidy,” said Day. “It
turns out we were optimis-
tic in that timeline and we
underestimated the amount
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of work that it would take
OHCS (Oregon Housing
and Community Services)
to stand up the program.”
The lot size is 1.73 acres or
73,359 square feet, with the
plot zoned as Multi-Family
Residential. The plan is to
locate 12 homes there, in-
cluding a mix of one-, two-
and three-bedroom units,
simultaneously.
The property will be
placed in a Land Trust,
which is a form of owner-
ship where the land is legal-
ly separated from the struc-
tures and held in trust by a
nonprofit, in this instance
NEDCO, and the buildings
are owned by individuals.
In 2018, Lane County de-
termined the value of the
property at $245,522 and
a similarly zoned property
sold in Florence recently for
$213,333 an acre.
The NEDCO develop-
ment is referred to as a
“cottage cluster,” which is
defined as a development
of smaller homes centered
around a common space.
The homes will all have
some individual space —
perhaps a patio or small
garden — and will share the
common areas.
The hope is the devel-
opment will eventually be
able to offer homes for sale
at prices that are below the
current median average, ac-
cording to Reiman.
“Erin did a quick study
of 86 homes that were sold
in Florence in the last six
months and the average
sale price was $230,000. So,
there is a just a really basic
disconnect between what
moderate income families
can afford and the homes
that are available for them
in the market, which is real-
ly driven by the cost of cre-
ating new housing,” Reiman
said.
The delay in starting the
Airport Road project was a
concern for Florence Mayor
Joe Henry, who voiced his
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desire at Monday’s meeting
for assurances that the delay
would not be repeated.
“I am absolutely in favor
of this project, but I think
this also touches on another
of our council goals, which
is communication and
trust,” Henry said. “A year-
and-a-half ago, we told our
community that this project
was going to happen and
last year we went out and re-
cruited buyers. I don’t know
what we told them when it
didn’t happen, but I do not
want to see that happen
again.”
Both representatives re-
iterated the hope that the
delay in starting the project
was nearing an end as the
grant application for fund-
ing the project had been
approved, assuring Henry
that it was merely a matter
of time until the money was
received.
There was one essential
element to the final approv-
al of the funding, according
to Reimann, and that was
for the city to sell the land in
question to NEDCO.
Henry than asked for a
motion to authorize City
Manager Erin Reynolds to
enter into a property sale
agreement with NEDCO
and Willamette Neighbor-
hood Housing Services for
the sale of 1424 Airport
Road. The motion was
then made, seconded and
approved unanimously by
the four councilors in atten-
dance.
In other business, coun-
cilors received a positive
quarterly financial report
from Administrative Ser-
vices Director Anne Baker
and approved an engineer-
ing proposal presented by
Public Works Director Mike
Miller from Civil West En-
gineering for water and
roadway improvements on
Ninth Street.
Reynolds also notified
the council during her city
manager’s report that city
offices at Florence City Hall,
250 Highway 101, would
now be open from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. daily and a new drop
box has been installed for
after-hours bill paying.
The next Florence City
Council meeting is sched-
uled for Monday, Sept. 16,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. For
more information, visit ci.
florence.or.us.
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