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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall September 10, 1990 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Emily Schue, Robert Bennett, Ruth Bascom, Shawn Boles, Roger Rutan, Freeman Holmer, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green. The meeting of September 10, 1990, of the Eugene City Council, acting as the Urban Renewal Agency, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. 1. URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY Abe Farkas, Development Director, reviewed the time lines of several major projects being conducted within the City. He noted that the Urban Renewal Agency has money within its reserve accounts which may be available to help fund these projects. Staff is requesting that the council indicate which of these projects have council priority to be used in determining allocation of the fund's limited financial resources. e Lew Bowers, Development Division Manager, briefly walked through the estimated time lines of the projects under consideration. Mr. Bowers provided the council with the following information: A. Li brary The architects are currently working on design options for the reuse of the Sears building as a new 100,000-square-foot library. The council is scheduled to review those design options at its September 12 meeting. Possible financing options will be reviewed on October 31. B. Mall Plaza and Redesign The design consultants are currently working with the 16 member citizen committee to prepare a design concept for community review. Fa 11 owi ng the committee recommendation, a more accurate estimate of the redesign costs for the plaza and mall will be available. C. Eighth and Willamette Submission of proposals is scheduled for October 1. A citizen committee will review those proposals and forward its finding to the Downtown Commission. The commission will hold a public hearing and submit a recommendation to the City Manager, who will in turn prepare a recommendation for the City Council. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 10, 1990 Page 1 Dinner/Work Session