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identified that the federal courthouse needed downtown parking. He asked that the council not “slap away <br />this opportunity.” He submitted his testimony in writing. <br /> <br />th <br />Rick Wright <br />, 25 West 25 Avenue, chief executive officer for the PC Market of Choice stores, averred that <br />a parking garage in partnership with a commercial project was a subsidy. He thought the real debate should <br />focus on who would win and who would lose. He opined that the only winners would be Whole Foods <br />Grocery and landlords and the whole community stood to lose something. He stressed that the city of <br />Eugene had a unique blend of locally owned grocery stores supported by an infrastructure of farmers, <br />manufacturers and suppliers. He felt Eugene offered one of the most sustainable food industries in the <br />country. He predicted that Whole Foods Grocery would do as much business as the combined business of <br />nine existing businesses. He felt this would significantly affect the sales of local businesses and the sales of <br />local growers as well. <br /> <br />Ginevra Ralph <br />, 2187 University Street, spoke on behalf of the Shedd Institute for the Arts. She urged the <br />th <br />council to move forward with a parking structure at 8 Avenue and High Street, including foregoing an open <br />bid process in this case. She said the City identified the need for additional structured parking on East <br />Broadway for eight years. She asserted that current parking was already seriously inadequate for existing <br />civic and commercial activity. She noted that the Shedd Institute currently served 700 students and <br />approximately 200 ticket buyers, staff, and faculty each week during daytime hours. She said this was in <br />addition to several thousand each month who attended evening concerts and public events. She stated that <br />the business hour users were served with 36 parking spaces in their lot. She underscored that the Shedd <br />Institute did not support providing a subsidy to businesses and disagreed with the assertion that the proposed <br />parking garage was such a subsidy, as the Whole Foods Grocery would provide its own parking. She <br />believed it was within the City’s role to provide adequate infrastructure parking in the downtown core and <br />that this would support the revitalization of the area. She opined that the alternative was urban sprawl, <br />shopping malls with acres of surface parking. <br /> <br />Dwight Collins <br />, 1600 Orchard Street, thanked the council for giving the public the opportunity to share its <br />vision of the downtown area and how public monies should be spent on achieving that vision. He stated that <br />he had owned Newman’s Fish Market for over 27 years, a business that was started in Eugene more than <br />115 years earlier. He joined many other small grocery businesses in their opposition to the use of public <br />money for the public garage, which he considered to be a subsidy to a competitor. He thought there were <br />already enough grocery stores in the downtown area. He said the free enterprise system invited growth and <br />competition, but this growth should not be subsidized. He asserted that Whole Foods must not be meeting <br />its parking goal given that the business made the parking structure a deal-breaker. He remarked that all <br />businesses faced parking issues and no other business would ask the City to provide more spaces. He did <br />not believe this was an appropriate use of public money. He said the council should show there was a great <br />need for the parking structure and this was a good use of $8 million in public money. <br /> <br />Michael Roberts <br />, 1919 Myers Road, said he owned a business in the downtown area. He supported the <br />building of the parking garage because the community had long-planned to build it. He declared that the <br />community must support compact urban growth and not sprawl. He felt construction of the garage would <br />foster many more projects in the downtown area. He asserted that every condominium or apartment built <br />downtown meant one less home outside the urban growth boundary (UGB). <br /> <br />Mr. Roberts said the “team-based delivery system” that was proposed on this construction project was <br />currently the leading method of building projects throughout the world. He stated that his company <br />currently delivered 80 percent of its projects on a team-based approach as opposed to a low-bid process. He <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council -- March 13, 2006 Page 12 <br /> City Council Meeting <br /> <br />
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