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<br /> WAY A PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AREA, TO BE PRESERVED ANO ADVANCEO ON, A COORDI- I
<br /> NATED BASIS THROUGH ALL FUTURE CITY ACTIONS - ZONING, ST~iET PLANNING, ,
<br /> TRAFFIC REGULATION, PARK,DEVELOPMENT, ETC. I
<br /> 2. THAT, THE CITY OF EUGENE AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY, ADO~T ASi-BUBLIC ,
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<br /> POLICY THE OEVELOPMENT OF LANOS EAST OF THE COURT HOUSE PROPERTY AS THE t
<br /> fUTURE SEAT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, AND THE ACQUISITION Of THE NECESSARY
<br /> LANDS BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I
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<br /> 3. THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE ESTABLISH JTS ELIGIBILITY FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL
<br /> PROJECT: W,I TH THE FEDERAL Hous,l NG & F I NANCE AGENCY I N ORDER THAT, THE'C ITY
<br /> MAY USE THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM, TO ACCOMPLISH THE ACQUISITION AND DE-, I
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<br /> VELOPMENT, Of A PUBLIC BUILDINGS SITE I F fURTHER STUDY. I NO I CATES THA T
<br /> \ SUCH A PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS Of THE CITY. I
<br /> I THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THREE SIMPLE REASONS: I e
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<br /> I i I. SOME PLAN IS NECESSARY
<br /> 2. A CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS ADVANTAGEOUS
<br /> 1 3. THIS ~ FOR A CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS PREFERABLE
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<br /> I SOME FLEXIBLE SCHEME, fOR THE fUTURE, IS AS NECESSARY IN PUBLIC BU~INESS
<br /> j AS IN PRIVATE - SOME SENSE OF DIRECTION, SOME GOAL" SOME PLACE TO BE TEN OR I
<br /> I TWeNTY YEARS HENCE~ WITHOUT COMMITTING ITSELf TO P~ECISE DETAILS WHICHCAN~
<br /> I NOT BE FORESEEN fOR THE INDEfiNITE FUTURE, THE CITY CAN AND. SHOULD ADOPT A
<br /> GENERAL SCHEME INTO WHICH PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS CAN BE HARMONIOUSLY FITTED.
<br /> A PLAN, IS NOT A DREAM. IT IS A NECESSITY. IT IS NOT A BLUEPRINT fOR PAR-
<br /> TICULAR BUILDINGS BUT MERELY A GUARANTEE, THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADVANTAGEOUS
<br /> PLACE fOR THEM IF AND WHEN NEEDED. EVERY CITY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING, AND fEW
<br /> 1 MORE RAPIDLY THAN EUGENE. IT IS EXTREMELY FL~ID~ A~ SHOWN IN A GENERATION'S
<br /> CHANGE EVEN AT THE HEART OF THE CITY. A PLAN IS MERELY A WAY OF CAPITALIZ-
<br /> ING ON SUCH FLUIDITY: -- A WAY OF, SEI,ZINGTHE OPPORTUNJTIES AS THEY ARISE.,
<br /> IT ALSO IS A WAY OF RELATING PUBLI.C BUILDINGS TO BUSINESS AND RES:lDE,NTIAL
<br /> AREAS WITHOUT CONFLICTING INTERESTS, CONFL I CT I NG f'UNC.T IONS AND CONFL I CT I NG
<br /> DESIGNS.
<br /> A CONSOL IDATED PLAN" FOR A PUBL I C DE.VELOPMEN,T AREA I NSTEA 0 OF SEPARATE
<br /> PROJECTS SCATTERED OVER THE CITY, I,S, CHEAPER :1 N THE, LONG RUN, MORE EFF I C lENT,
<br /> I MORE CONVENIENT, AND MORE' COND,UCIVE TO IN,TERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERAT,IO,N. CITY:
<br /> I PLANNERS, ,pOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS, ANO ARCH I TECTS AGRE,E ON THESE ADVANTAGES.: PRO-::. ,
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<br /> I GRESSIVE CITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, HAVE FOLLOwED THJS SCHEME, SUCCESSFULLY, AL~
<br /> j THOUGH, MOST ARE SERIOUSLY HANDICAPPED BY HAVING WA,ITED TOO. LONG FOR SUITABLE
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<br /> 1 SITES. WHAT EUGENE PROPOSES WO~LD BE THE ENVY OF MOST CITIE~, AS ILLUSTRATED,
<br /> I BY THE WIDE PUBLICITY THE LOCAL PROPOSAL HAS ALREADY GAINED. UNLIKE SCATTERED
<br /> DEVELOPMENT, THE CONSOL 10ATED PLAN ,WOUL,D MAKE A .TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE LAYOUT:
<br /> I OF THE ENTIRE CITY, GIVING IT AO I ST I NCT I VE AND ENV I ABLE CHARACTER, ,TO SA YNOTH-
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<br /> I I NG. OF .THE BEAUTY I NC I DENTALL Y ADDE,D. ., THE CONSOL IDA,TED PLAN IS HIGHLY ADVAN- I
<br /> TAGEOUS ALSO BECAUSE IT CAN BE DONE IN STAGES. IT .1 S ,NOT A SER I ESOr ONE-SHO,T
<br /> AffAIRS, EACH HASTILY DESIGNED TO MEET AN EMERGENCY; I NST,EAD, IT IS AN I.NTE.-
<br /> GRATED LONG-RANGE: SCHEME ACCOMMODAT I NG BOTH EMERGENC I ES' AND fUT.URE DES I RES.
<br /> IT CAN TAKE CARE O,f THE, CITY, COUNTY,: STATE OR FEDERAL BUI,LDINGS ,NEEDED TO-.
<br /> MORROW, YET NEITHER I RREVO,CAB,L Y EXCL.UDE ,THE UNfORESEEN NEED Of, TEN Y,EAR,S 'HENCE:
<br /> NOR THE "FINE If ,WE CAN AFfORD IT" DEVELOPM,ENT WHICH MAY NOT BECOME A REAL,ITY ,
<br /> FOR 50 YEARS.
<br /> I THE SITE EAST OF THE COUNTY CQURT HOUSE, WHILE NOT IDEAL IN ALL RESPE.CTS, e
<br /> IS GENERALLY PREFERABLE TO OTHER PROPOSED ~ITES ~XCEPTI~, COST ,Of LAND ACQUI~I-
<br /> TION, WHICH IS OfFSET BY NUMEROUS NON-fiNANCIAL ADVANTAGES AND BY THE FACT
<br /> THAT NO ALTERNATIVE'AffORDS ANY REASONABLE PROSPECT OF: COMBINED CITY, COUNTY,
<br /> STATE AND fEDERAL SUPPORT.
<br /> THE SITE IS ALMOST IDEAL IN, THAT IT L,IES ADJACENT ~O THE ~USINESS AREA,
<br /> WITHOUT BISECTING IT, YET REPRESENTS ENOUGH BLIGHTING AND OBSOLESENCE TO CALL
<br /> fOR REDEVELOPMENT. To BE ADJACENT TO BUSINESS, YET TQ OCCUPY SPACE BUSINESS
<br /> I IS GRADUALLY SURRENDERING, IS A HAPPY COMBINATION. THE LOCATION ,IS OTHERWISE
<br />I DESIRABLE BECAUSE Of ITS PROXIMITY TO THE FERRY STREET BRIOGE:-AND ITS ACCESSI-
<br /> i B I L I TY TO THE RAP I OL Y DEVELOP I NG AREAS NORTH A NO WEST, Of :THE CITY. : IT LIES',
<br /> AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE Of .EUGENE FROM WI LLAKENZ I E ,SPR I,NGf I ELD AND THE AC,CESS
<br /> ROUTES TO THE PROPOSED NEW NORTH-SOUTH PAClfLC FREEWAY. tT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
<br /> Of, AND TIES DIRECTLY INTO, THE OVERALL PLANNING fQR BETTER,TRAfFLC CIRC~LATI,ON.
<br /> THE SAME OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSEL.f WITH RE,SPECT ,TO EAST~WE~T TRAFfiC,. F-OR. I
<br /> WHICH PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDER WAY fOR SUBSTANTIAL DIVERSION TO A CUT-OfF SOUTH
<br /> Of THE BUTTE AND NORTH OF THE RA I LROAD, THUS ANSWER I NG ,THE VAL I 0 ARGUMENT THAT
<br />I THROUGH TRAffl C PREfERABLY SHOULD NOT B I SECT THE PUBL I C DEVELOPMENT AREA. THE
<br /> PLAN CAN ALSO AID IN ALLEVIATING THE OOWNTOWN PARKING SITUATION.
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