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r134 e 9/14/64, I 1 7. Downtown Study Committee - Mr. Ray Hawk, chairman of the. Mayors Down- . town Study Committee, gave a report on the proposal for the establishment of a parking district.and the proposed,inethod of assessment: to finance the' district. A small City map was passed to members of the: Council showing the area encompassed by the district with the layout of the pro- posed' parking lots. Comments on' the district were made by the Planning Consultant and Mr. S. J. Kilpatrick, a member of the Committee, and others. Mr. Hawk then recommended that the Council adopt the proposed plan and implement its establishment of the district.- Mr. Christensen moved seconded by Dr. Purdy to adopt the proposed plan and proceed with the parking district project. Motion carried." Mrs. Lauris moved secohded by Mr. Chatt to approve Item 7 of, the Committee report. e Councilman Hawk was asked to brief the audience on the committee's work and the pro- posals presented to: the Council, and the recommendations on the method for financing the proposed parking district were also explained. -On call for: disctlssion, several members of the audience spoke, among them Messrs. Jac,k Foster, Howard Buford, Lewis Hoffman, John Luvaas, Robert Ferguson, Paul Lansdowne, S. J. Kilpatrick,' Archie Weinstein, and Dr. Shepard. Dr. Shepard, spe~king a~a representative of the Medical I Center Building, stated the Center has two separate parking lots which they are using as parking for their patients coming to the Medical:Center.and v~lidating tickets' from these particular parking lots. Dr. Shepard also indicated that the Study Committee had con~acted the Medical Center: group early inthe discussi0n of.the: proposed parking district, but they understood now that the second lot which h~d not previously been discussed was being considered. in the parking district: for a parking ~tructure. Mr. Max Wright, manager of the Medical Center, stated he felt there should be some clari- ficatio~ of the proposed method of assessing already: established parking facilities for the: public and: asked for. a more detailed' explanation of the committee recommenda- tion on this point. , Mr. Orchard of Orchard Auto Parts stated that his firm had provided ample parking space for their customers'for. the foreseeable-future, but that patrons of the post- office and other businesses close to his paFking area were using' the arm while con- ducting their business e1sewhere. Mr. Orchard also stated that he fat that a more equitable means of assessing those businesses which have provided ample parking space should be worked out in the parking district proposal. Mr. Paul Lansdowne of the Eugene Hotel stated that he felt that to charge for all the floor area of the upper: residential floors of the Hottel would be out of line.with-the charges to other businesses. Mr. Lansdowne stated that the upper floors of the Hotel should be considered in the same category with residences, even if they were just overnight, r.esidences. Mr. Lansdowne also stated that the Hotel is now. providing par~ing space:for its guests and also some hourly and monthly charge public parking. I : The City Manager read a letter from the Oregon Bank, Mr. Robert Ferguson, manager, which letter stated that the Oregon Bank had used approximately two-thirds of their total land area for parking purposes. -This parking was for,their own employes 'and customers and approximately some 30-odd spaces were rented to merchants and employes of other business establishments. The Oregon Bank stated they'felt they had provided more than their share of public parking, and that itwould:be very inequitable to be charged for:other off-s~reet parking in addition to:providing more t'~an:ample parking e for their o~n business. . , : Mr. Archie Weinstein said he felt that the City:Council should utilize the existing ordinance which would allow a parking district to be set up under a specified portion of the Oregon statute and recommended that the C6uncil:consider:several small ~rking districts instead of trying to combine the whole area into:one large parking assess- ment district. . . . ' Mrs. Lauris moved seconded by Mr. Swanson to amend the wording or the original motion to state the CounciL would adopt the 'proposed plan "in-principle". Motion can,ied. A vote was taken on the original motion:as amended (to adopt-the proposed plan and proceed with the organization of the parking district, in prinCiple). =Ro11ca11 vote. All councilmen:present voting aye, motion carried. : I Items on September 10, 1964 agenda not considered at that time: 1. Voter Registration Booth ,- The:nori.partisan voter registration committee ~ had indicated they were placing a mobi1e unit for voter 'registration at ,the, corner of Willamette and Broadway. 9/14/64 - 11 e ~