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r' M I NUT E S . Eugene City Council/Downtown Commission DinnerlWork Session Eugene Conference Center, Wilder Room February 11,1985 5 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Emily Schue, Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Debra Ehrman, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeffrey Miller. DOWNTOWN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Michael Schwartz, Stephanie Pearl, Anne Bennett, Mary Young, Roger Neustadter, James McCoy (5:35-7:15), A. Dean Owens (6:00-7:15), Thomas H. Schott (5:55-7:15). The meeting of the Eugene City Council and the Eugene Downtown Commission was called to order by the Honorable Brian B. Obie. He said some Downtown Com- missioners had not arrived yet because they had been told the meeting was scheduled for 6 p.m. e I. PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 10TH TO 11 TH AVENUES City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Pat Lynch of the Develop- ment Department reviewed the proposed time schedule for the opening of Wil- lamette Street from lOth to 11th avenues. He said the opening was approved when the council adopted the Downtown Plan. A staff task force is developing the design and will present a proposal to the Downtown Commission in late February. The proposal will be referred to other affected groups and con- struction is expected to begin in the summer. - Answering questions from Councilor Ehrman, Mr. Lynch said the City will advertise and contract for the removal of the cover. It is expected to take only a few days to actually remove. Ms. Ehrman pointed out the design of the Park Willamette building was changed after council approval. Responding to a question from Councilor Rutan, Mr. Lynch said the project which will convert Willamette Street from 11th to 20th avenues to two-way traffic is separate from the opening of Willamette Street from 10th to 11th avenues in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The conversion project is scheduled to be done in three years. The council could move the conversion project ahead. Tax increment funds cannot be used for the conversion pro- ject. Answering a question from Mr. Holmer, Mr. Lynch said the conversion could cost between $10,000 for a temporary change to $100,00 for permanent improvements. /' /" ~ MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session February 11, /' 1985 ./~, page'/~/ ,/ /"/ },;-