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<br /> <br />EURA <br />UGENE RBAN ENEWAL GENCY <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: West Broadway Project <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: December 10, 2007 Agenda Item Number: C <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Denny Braud <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5536 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />At the November 27 Urban Renewal Agency (URA) workshop, the URA board discussed potential next <br />steps for the West Broadway redevelopment area. The URA board is asked to take action on a preferred <br />next step for West Broadway. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On November 27, staff presented seven options for West Broadway that captured a variety of <br />possibilities. The following motion was presented by Councilor Bettman for consideration and was <br />ultimately tabled: <br /> <br />I move to direct the city manager/agency director to bring back to the Council/URA for <br />consideration at the 12/10/07 work session a proposal(s) that is consistent with provisions of <br />Option 2 offered by staff/ERAC at the April 25, 2007 council work session as follows; Option 2 <br />engages Beam to proceed with "renovation of the Centre Court building and the Washburne <br />building and a yet-to-be-defined level of new construction on the adjacent vacant land." (The <br />adjacent vacant land being the Aster Pit.) And; includes that the council/URA "would also <br />continue to move forward with the TK Partners project as previously selected on the 10th and <br />Charnelton Request for Proposals process." (Consisting of 106 "homes" on the Sears pit site.) <br />This motion assumes a proposal(s) coming back to council will define the use and intensity for <br />the Aster Pit development; and maintain Beam and Kemper as separate entities. <br /> <br />At the workshop, the URA board and representatives from Beam Development (Brad Malsin and Pete <br />Eggspueler) and KWG Development Partners (Tom Kemper) discussed various strategies for moving <br />forward with the redevelopment of West Broadway. The following is a brief summary of some of the <br />highlights from the discussion: <br /> <br />Developer Feedback: <br />? <br /> <br />Beam indicated that they are still interested in their proposed project for the Centre Court <br />building and hole and the Washburne Building. <br />? <br /> <br />Tom Kemper expressed concerns about the feasibility of the previously accepted TK Partners <br />th <br />housing proposal for the 10 and Charnelton site, but indicated a willingness to discuss the <br />possibility of moving forward on a delayed timeline. <br /> F:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M071210\S071210C.doc <br /> <br />