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e e e and recommendations regarding the railroad in a memorandum (dated March 13, 1989) to the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (PARCS) Department. Mr. Holmer asked for a report on how these issues will be resolved before the conditional use permit hearing. Mr. Gleason said these issues will be covered in the contract with the developer. This contract will be forwarded to the council for its review before it is signed. Ms. Schue said members of the Joint Parks Committee are split 4:3 in favor of allowing the railroad, with the caveat that the railroad company meet all the requirements (including those issues raised by the City Attorney's Office). C. Mayor/Council Compensation Mayor Miller circulated a memo concerning mayor/council compensation. He asked councilors to relay any concerns they might have about the memorandum to him within the week. Mayor Miller indicated that if no concerns are raised, he would begin making appointments to the review committee. III. URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT--11TH AND WILLAMETTE STREET Bob Hibschman, Planning, Development, and Building staff, introduced the item. Wendy St. Laurent, Development Director for St. Laurent Development Company, gave an overview of the project. The proposed project will be a mixed-use development on a site owned by the Eugene Renewal Agency at 11th and Willamette Street. The project will include retail, office, parking, and two floors of housing. Ms. St. Laurent said this site is on a prime corner and is at a major entrance to downtown. In addition, the City has identified downtown housing as a primary goal. Ms. St. Laurent felt this project would address both the goal of creating a more vital downtown and the need for more housing. She felt the project would also help link the University of Oregon to the Downtown Mall. Ms. St. Laurent said the ground level of the project will be occupied by retail, the next two floors would be reserved for office space, and the upper two levels would contain two-story townhouses. She said the project would be transitional in scale between the residential character of the university neighborhood and the more urban character of the mall. To promote this transition, the building will be developed in a series of setbacks with each floor being set back slightly from the one previous to it. Ms. St. Laurent said there will be approximately 14,000 square feet of retail space, 25,000 to 30,000 square feet of office space, and 25 apartment units. Underneath the structure, approximately 70 parking spaces will be developed in a single level. Ms. St. Laurent said although the site is in a parking-exempt zone, the company felt it was important to provide some parking since the development would eliminate a current surface parking lot. Ms. St. Laurent said rent for the townhouses will range from $.65 to $.70 per square foot. She said while this is on the high end of the market now, by the time the units are developed rental rates may reach this level. MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session and Meeting April 19, 1989 Page 6