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<br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />Future redevelopment of the West Broadway Redevelopment Area is consistent with the policies and <br />implementation strategies included in the Downtown Plan, including: <br /> <br /> <br />·Downtown development shall support the urban qualities of density, vitality, livability and <br />diversity to create a downtown, urban environment. <br /> <br />·Actively pursue public/private development opportunities to achieve the vision for an active, <br />vital, growing downtown. <br /> <br />·Use downtown development tools and incentives to encourage development that provides <br />character and density downtown. <br /> <br />·Promote multi-story, mixed-use structures downtown through financial incentives or code <br />amendments. <br /> <br />·Stimulate multi-unit housing in the downtown core and on the edges of downtown for a variety <br />of income levels and ownership opportunities. <br /> <br />·Provide and promote development and community events that reinforce downtown’s role as the <br />cultural center for the city and region. <br /> <br />·Reinforce the creative, distinctive culture of downtown as the arts and entertainment center of <br />the city. <br /> <br />In addition, the future development of the West Broadway Redevelopment Area is responsive to the <br />following Growth Management policies: <br /> <br />Policy 1: Support the existing Eugene Urban Growth Boundary by taking actions to <br />increase density and use existing vacant and under-used land within the boundary <br />more efficiently. <br />Policy 2: Encourage in-fill, mixed-use, redevelopment, and higher density <br />development. <br />Policy 3: Encourage a mix of business and residential uses downtown using incentives and <br />zoning. <br />Policy 10: Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and <br />implementation of nodal development concepts. <br />Policy 14: Development shall be required to pay the full cost of extending infrastructure and <br />services, except that the City will examine ways to subsidize the costs of <br />providing infrastructure or offer other incentives that support higher-density infill, <br />mixed use, and redevelopment. <br /> <br /> – <br />This item is also related to one of the 2007-2008 Council Goals: Downtown InitiativeFacilitate <br />significant revitalization of downtown core. <br /> <br /> <br />AGENCY OPTIONS <br /> <br />1. Authorize the Agency Director to terminate the purchase option on the Roberts property. <br />2. Do not approve the termination request. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080714\S0807144.doc <br /> <br />