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Bruce Mulligan, , <br />3056 Hendricks Hill Drivesupported the amendments and staff <br />recommendations. As a former chair of the City Budget Citizen Committee and other boards and <br />committees, he wanted to see downtown work. He understood downtown’s problems and had not <br />seen them improve nor result in any significant changes that everyone wanted to see happen. The <br />Planning Commission had the power to make this very important decision. The 1.0 FAR did not <br />work. The adjustment review process needed to move forward. He encouraged the Planning <br />Commission to adopt the amendments and forward a recommendation for approval to the City <br />Council. <br /> <br />Patrick Costello <br />, 474 Brookside Drive, was a business lender with a local financial institution. He <br />had observed a lack of downtown development for number of years. He encouraged the Planning <br />Commission to seriously consider the amendments. The downtown area had seen mostly public <br />development in recent years, and there was room for substantial commercial development. <br />Builders were reluctant to build and lenders were reluctant to lend because of the perceived <br />difficulties in making a commercial project viable in the downtown area. The amendments would <br />go a long way in helping the commercial side see a more viable downtown development prospect <br />and lenders would be much more willing to finance those projects. He strongly encouraged the <br />Planning Commission to consider the amendments, noting they would be very positive for <br />development in the downtown area. <br /> <br />Ronald Janssen <br />, 350 Pearl Street, encouraged the Planning Commission to promote better student <br />housing and better transportation. The library provided a central point for people in downtown. <br />His primary concern other than housing was security. Student housing was a must. More money <br />coming downtown was a must. <br /> <br />Ross McConnell, <br /> 350 Pearl Street, submitted written testimony for inclusion in the record. He <br />offered suggestions for what could happen without spending money, including building student <br />housing at the former Sears site. The City had an excellent library and good transportation to UO. <br />The community had great intellectual facilities with the UO. He said students had money to spend <br />and it would be good to have students downtown. <br /> <br />Dan Montgomery, <br /> 66 Club Road, Suite 160, was a commercial real estate broker who supported <br />the proposed code amendments. He thanked Commissioners for taking up the issue. Although he <br />MINUTES—Eugene Planning Commission April 15, 2008 Page 6 <br /> <br />