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the recommendations and if a proposal did not comply with a recommendation, the agency director must <br />provide an explanation and the council had the authority to reject the proposal. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon asked how Mr. Zelenka had determined the need for at least 300 residential and hotel units. <br />Mr. Zelenka said that clarified the need for a significant number of residential and hotel units in downtown <br />by establishing a threshold. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon asked if Mr. Zelenka would consider establishing the LEED bronze criteria as the minimum <br />for buildings instead of the silver criteria. Mr. Zelenka replied that was a WBAC recommendation and <br />consistent with City standards. <br /> <br />Mr. Solomon asked for staff comments on the revised recommendations. Mr. Braud replied that it was <br />unlikely a developer would be able to meet all 23 recommendations but every effort would be made to meet <br />as many as possible. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling thanked Mr. Zelenka for his revisions. He said the recommendations were another building <br />block in the revitalization of downtown and West Broadway. He said a great deal of work had gone into <br />establishing a process that assured the public's wishes for downtown development were reflected and the <br />final decision would rest with the council. He felt it would be ludicrous for the council to turn its back on <br />what the people had requested. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark agreed that the amendments gave the developer further clarity on community expectations of the <br />partnership. He was pleased with the amount of community consensus and thoughtful consideration that the <br />process brought to the City's partnership with developers. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka reiterated that his intent was to clarify and strengthen the recommendations. He recognized that <br />the WBAC was respectful of the council's authority and did not attempt to tell the council what to do. He <br />noted that the initial investment of funds was $25 million; the $40 million was available over the next 20 <br />years of urban renewal; the investment of $25 million would leverage up to $200 million on private <br />investment. He said it was unfortunate that the election would occur before there were concrete proposals to <br />discuss. He said the recommendations would be used as a matrix to evaluate proposals for downtown <br />development criteria. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 24, 2007 Page 9 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />