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ideas for river development and an incubator for light industry. She expressed e her pleasure with the work of the OTC. Ms. Schue said the OTC had performed a good job of examining the issues, but that she would reserve specific judgements until more feedback was obtained. She said she was interested in the plan for citizen involvement and the involvement of the downtown employees and consumers. Mr. Obie said he liked the approach for the development of the butte and river areas, but he was concerned with the integration of the commercial use in the Agripac area with the downtown. He said the downtown area was already spread out and he would rather support use of the Agripac area for research by the Uni vers ity. He thanked the OTC for their efforts toward parking for the ath- letic facility, commending their "making it work" attitude. Mr. Ball said he appreciated the time and effort of the OTC in developing the plan. Mr. Holmer urged the DTC to carefully consider the fiscal complexity of the downtown, adding that there was a need to simplify the financial burden. He said he would consider the recommendations of the OTC and expressed his desire to see the bottom line on the costs of the plan. Mayor Keller said the key issues before the DTC were the creation of housing in the downtown area and the sense of unrest in the downtown area. Mr. Schott said the DTC was not satisfied with the little input received from the public and said the OTC would widely distribute the plan to obtain addi- tional input. In response to a question by Mr. Neustadter, City Manager Micheal Gleason said he would explore the issue of removing from the plan the recommen- dation to open Willamette Street between 10th and 11th Avenues to expedite that particular project. EDO Director John Porter said it would involve an amendment to the plan since the plan was a fiscal document; therefore, removing the e recommendation from the plan would possibly be a legal issue. Mr. Barkman raised the issue of returning Willamette Street between 11th and 18th Avenues to two-way traffic. Ms. Anderson hoped the focus of the plan would be on what was possible, stating that she supported the opening of Willamette Street only to 10th Avenue. Mr. Obie said he supported Mayor Keller's comments on housing within the pl an. Mr. Schwartz, speaking on the athletic club, said the DTC hoped to keep the reaction time short in order to show the public that the City was acting to develop the downtown. The meeting was recessed at 7:05 and reconvened at 7:15 p.m. Mr. Schwartz departed the meeting at this time. III. 6TH/7TH WIDENING PROJECT City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item, stating that the widening project linked back to the 6th and 7th Avenues Extension, the key feature of the T-2000 Plan. He stressed that 6th and 7th avenues were not performing their functions as planned, stating that people avoided those streets by driving through the neighborhoods. He said that the Chambers Connector project, the Ferry Street Bridge, and Franklin Boulevard were dependent on 6th and 7th avenues. He said the project was an attempt to obtain funding from the State and to possibly link landscape plans from Fern Ridge and the Airport to the Ferry Street Bridge. He said there was a need to integrate the street vegetation to make a visual statement. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner Session December 12, 1983 Page 4