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<br />.A. <br />'. M I NUT E S <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br /> July 11, 1977 <br /> The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene. Oregon, was <br /> called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7:30 p.m. on July 11, 1977, <br /> in the Council Chambers with the following Council members present: Eric <br /> Haws, D. W. Hamel, Ray Bradley, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, <br /> and Betty Smith. Tom Williams was absent. <br /> I. Public Hearings <br /> A. Downtown Development Proposal: Study of Retail Expansion <br /> Assistant Manager introduced Barry Elbasani of The ELS Design <br /> Group. Elbasani introduced Tom Mitchell of Barton-Aschman whose <br /> firm had prepared a traffic and parking analysis. and Keith Funk <br /> of Keyser Maraton, who had handled the economic analysis of the <br /> Downtown Retail Development Project. <br /> Mr. Elbasani explained several diagrams on the chamber wall. <br /> He said the shopping centerdiagrarnrnedwould reinforce investments <br /> already made downtown. He said the task of the design team had <br />e been to develop a plan which would prove to a developer that a <br /> shopping center could be developed in downtown Eugene. He said <br /> the plan must also be of benefit to the City. He said the <br /> shopping center proposed would cover 550,000 square feet, and <br /> would include three department stores, new shops. entertainment <br /> facilities, and a new gallery all of which would be tied strongly <br /> into three of the six legs of the existing mall. He said the <br /> project would spur revitalization of the Bon Marche and other <br /> existing stores. In addition, the project would include a new <br /> hotel as part of a multi-use center. He said these public and <br /> privately financed facilities would tie in legs four and five of <br /> the mall, meaning there would be focuses on five of the six legs <br /> of the mall. He said the labor force east of downtown would have <br /> to go through the mall tying in the sixth leg. <br /> Mr. Mitchell explained the traffic and parking plan. He said the <br /> traffic plan included existing traffic and superimposed traffic <br /> which would be created by the new development. Streets could be <br /> , widened either by physical widening or by removal of on-street <br /> parking, with the latter being the cheapest method. The plan <br /> included widening of Sixth and Seventh Streets to four lanes <br /> from Coburg Road to Washington Street through physical widening; <br /> Eleventh and Thirteenth Avenues to three lanes by removal of on- <br /> street parking; and Oak between Eleventh and Thirteenth by <br /> removal of parking. He said street improvements were minimal <br /> because of a street system with good di stribution of traffic at <br />. present. Parking garages were planned below Tenth between Olive <br /> 7/11/77--1 <br /> S'+~ <br />