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.A. '. M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL July 11, 1977 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene. Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7:30 p.m. on July 11, 1977, in the Council Chambers with the following Council members present: Eric Haws, D. W. Hamel, Ray Bradley, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, Brian Obie, and Betty Smith. Tom Williams was absent. I. Public Hearings A. Downtown Development Proposal: Study of Retail Expansion Assistant Manager introduced Barry Elbasani of The ELS Design Group. Elbasani introduced Tom Mitchell of Barton-Aschman whose firm had prepared a traffic and parking analysis. and Keith Funk of Keyser Maraton, who had handled the economic analysis of the Downtown Retail Development Project. Mr. Elbasani explained several diagrams on the chamber wall. He said the shopping centerdiagrarnrnedwould reinforce investments already made downtown. He said the task of the design team had e been to develop a plan which would prove to a developer that a shopping center could be developed in downtown Eugene. He said the plan must also be of benefit to the City. He said the shopping center proposed would cover 550,000 square feet, and would include three department stores, new shops. entertainment facilities, and a new gallery all of which would be tied strongly into three of the six legs of the existing mall. He said the project would spur revitalization of the Bon Marche and other existing stores. In addition, the project would include a new hotel as part of a multi-use center. He said these public and privately financed facilities would tie in legs four and five of the mall, meaning there would be focuses on five of the six legs of the mall. He said the labor force east of downtown would have to go through the mall tying in the sixth leg. Mr. Mitchell explained the traffic and parking plan. He said the traffic plan included existing traffic and superimposed traffic which would be created by the new development. Streets could be , widened either by physical widening or by removal of on-street parking, with the latter being the cheapest method. The plan included widening of Sixth and Seventh Streets to four lanes from Coburg Road to Washington Street through physical widening; Eleventh and Thirteenth Avenues to three lanes by removal of on- street parking; and Oak between Eleventh and Thirteenth by removal of parking. He said street improvements were minimal because of a street system with good di stribution of traffic at . present. Parking garages were planned below Tenth between Olive 7/11/77--1 S'+~