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G. Towing e Mr. Miller asked whether the council would be receiving a review on the issue of auto towing actions which are contrary to ordinance provisions. He said he would like to look at incentives encouraging towing companies to comply with the regulations. Mr. Holmer said police were checking into the issue and were examining more effective penalties for violating the regulations. He added that contrary to reported statements, towing rates were not set by the City of Eugene. Mr. Holmer explained that he had been involved with the last revision of the ordinance about two years ago, and the ordinance allowed "reasonable charges" for towi ng. He said that provision might have to be tightened up, and he added that staff would provide more background. Mr. Gleason agreed to provide information to Mr. Miller and Mr. Holmer and, if necessary, to schedule the item for a future council meeting. II. UPDATE ON RIVERFRONT RESEARCH PARK Mayor Obie welcomed former Eugene mayor and chair of the Riverfront Research Park Commission R.A. Gus Keller. Mr. Keller thanked the Mayor and council for thei r work. He introduced an overview of the Riverfront Research Park. project, adding that he thought it was coming together nicely. Mr. Keller reported that the last forum had drawn about 180 people, who had raised appropriate issues such as cost, access, transportation, and traffic. He said he thought 90 percent of the issues had been addressed, and although not everyone had been satisfied, the great majority of citizens appeared to have e been pleased. Mr. Keller said he thought it had been a good idea to postpone the third forum, and he thought the project was ready to move forward. Cathy Briner of the Eugene Development Department distributed diagrams of critical paths in the Riverfront Research Park process, which she said would need to merge in the spring of 1988 for the projectls groundbreaking. Ms. Briner reported that the Riverfront Special Zoning District had been upheld by the Land Use Board of Appeals, and the City was preparing to submit a master site plan to the Hearings Official for a conditional use permit. She said the first path, approval of the Master Site Plan, would include fine- tuning by staff and review by the Design Advisory Committee and the Riverfront Research Park Commission, which then would make recommendations to the City Council and to the University of Oregon president. Once the Master Site Plan was approved by the City Council and the University president, it could be submitted to the Hearings Official for a conditional use permit, which she added was scheduled for late January 1988. Ms. Briner said the second path, preliminary engineering and infrastructure design work, was being done by City and State staffs and would continue through the fall, with construction drawings to be completed about the same time as the Hearings Official IS decision. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 14, 1987 Page 3