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-- --- . More than 10,000 visitors to the community are expected. Ms. Kousky added that over $500,000 has been paid to local motels and hotels for rooms booked through the organization1s office. She expressed appreciation for the council1s support, particularly that of Mr. Rutan. Opening ceremonies are scheduled July 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Hayward Field and councilors were encouraged to attend. Admission is free for spectators except July 30 and August 5 when there will be a $2 charge for adults and a $1 charge for children. Answering a question from Mr. Green, Mr. Jordan said the event would receive national media coverage but not national cable television coverage. Mayor Miller commended the efforts of the organizing committee. Mr. Gleason thanked Ms. Kousky and Mr. Jordan for working to minimize the event's impact on City operations. III. LINCOLN SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Jan Bohman, Planning and Development Department, gave the staff report. She said that three proposals were received for redevelopment of the Lincoln School Building, but one was withdrawn prior to interviews. The remaining proposals were rated on the basis of the following four criteria: 1) compatibility with a rehabilitation meeting historic requirements; 2) demonstrated ability to complete the project; 3) redevelopment concept and the degree to which it addresses the e project goals of historic rehabilitation, community access, and housing; and 4) financial capability of the developer and the feasibility of the projectls financial plan. The proposal submitted by the Friends of Lincoln School for developing the building as a multicultural community center including a nonprofit child-care center; teen activity center; classroom and office space for Headstart; office space for nonprofit and social service organizations; an open gym for sports, performing arts, and events; and public meeting rooms and cafeteria received a score of 65. The other proposal, from Lorig Associates, Inc., of Seattle for conversion of the building to 55-65 studio and one-bedroom market-rate apartments, received a score of 79. Ms. Bohman reviewed the relative strengths and weaknesses of each proposal. Both uses would require rezoning to R-2. The community center would require conditional use and the apartments would be outright use. The Westside Plan includes several applicable policies: one is that the City and the neighborhood will work to retain the school in public ownership and another is that if rezoning occurs, nonresidential uses are to be discouraged. Regarding parking, the Lorig proposal includes 1.5 spaces per unit and the Friends' proposes 40 spaces excluding the opening of the gymnasium. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 19, 1989 Page 3