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housing. He calculated that the City could provide $200 per month vouchers to 1,000 people for 10 years <br />with $24 million to lower the cost of apartments downtown. He noted that one of the big issues was that <br />more people were needed downtown. He believed that if the housing was built the number of people in the <br />downtown area would increase. <br /> <br />th <br />Drix <br />, 307½ 14 Avenue, said he was proud to be present for the hearing. He believed that Eugene was a <br />connected town. He likened the development project to kids needing to clean up their rooms. He averred <br />that the project created a beautiful opportunity. He specifically thought the “two holes” presented an <br />opportunity to build something better. He thought the City should tap into the many people of Eugene <br />because they were a real creative resource. He volunteered to help clean up the holes. <br /> <br />rd <br />Laura Byxbe <br />, 677 West 23 Avenue, believed the City was about to commit a lot of public money that <br />would be borrowed. She acknowledged that the City was expecting future revenues to pay the debt. She <br />believed the project could be done for less. She suggested that local architects be invited to submit <br />proposals for smaller pieces of the project. She felt local businesses could relocate from existing locations <br />into the redeveloped parts of the project. She did not think it was a good idea to let an out of town developer <br />build an “instant downtown.” <br /> <br />Greg Bryant <br />, 2173 Alder Street, explained that he ran a non-profit dance center downtown, the Tango <br />Center, at 194 West Broadway. He said they had worked hard to develop the Tango Center and had <br />invested a lot of money. He averred that the Tango Center managed to create “an exciting place after 8 <br />p.m.” He invited people to come down and check it out. He felt that putting more money into an urban <br />renewal district was not a good idea. He asserted that “the more power [one has] the more destruction [one <br />is] capable of.” He alleged that people who were a threat to people “with lots of money and plans and <br />fantasies” without a broad interface with the people they would affect typically disagreed with their own <br />empowerment. He believed this was why “colonialization was such a popular mechanism.” He felt any <br />study of urban renewal literature would primarily be a “study of human rights violations.” He believed that <br />urban renewal had been a “major tool” for such violations over the past 50 years. He urged the council to <br />be careful when expanding and funding the urban renewal district. <br /> <br />Carolyn Kranzler <br />, 2660 Cresta De Ruta, supported the increase in the maximum indebtedness and the <br />extension of the termination date. She averred that the City had a tool and it should take “good advantage of <br />it.” She noted that she had been involved with the DIVA since its inception. She said it would be displaced <br />with the development but she was not afraid; she believed it would do better in a new place. She did not <br />think the buildings being considered for the project were worth saving. <br /> <br />Lloyd Holtcamp <br />, 24325 Vaughn Road, Veneta, stated that he owned property at 2171 Madison Street. He <br />noted he was responding to the card he had received at the property. He believed that the amount of money <br />the amendment to the plan would allow to be spent on urban renewal was large enough that it should be <br />placed before the voters. He related that an urban renewal project in Lake Oswego had resulted in an <br />initiative petition to have anything over $2 million go before the voters. <br /> <br />Zachary Vishanoff <br />, Patterson Street, commended Councilor Bettman. He believed that she was adept at <br />recognizing a “sham process.” He opined that Eugene had a “sham process culture.” He said engaging the <br />public could be exciting and would lead to the creation of more popular spaces, such as parks in the <br />downtown area. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 16, 2007 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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