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ment, but there was a proportionate increase on the cost. He urged early discussions about funding if the <br />full daylighting option was chosen and encouraged exploration of private sector funding. He said that <br />private sector funding would also have to come from beyond the courthouse district as the fair market value <br />of the remnant properties was far less than the project's cost. He said he was uncertain if an environmental <br />demonstration project was possible and if it was, it was not likely to result in more than a 50 percent match. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ complimented Mr. Hostick on his presentation. He agreed that the project needed to be %tream- <br />side" for it to work. He noted that the scope and scale of the San Antonio Riverwalk was significantly <br />larger than the Millrace and felt the Millrace should not be much below street level. He agreed with Mr. <br />Kelly's remarks about ~thinking big" and supported trying to make it a reality by finding the necessary <br />funding. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling concurred with Ms. Nathanson's comments about approaching the voters for funding when there <br />were higher priority projects such as a police station and city hall. He asked if full daylighting would reduce <br />buildable lands and if so, was any type of mitigation planned to replace the buildable land that was lost. <br />Mr. Coyle said it was estimated that approximately two acres would be lost for the entire Millrace and the <br />loss on the adjacent piece of property was approximately three-quarters of an acre. He said that was a <br />decision point that had not been discussed but would need to be resolved before the project could proceed. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey commended the council for a great vision, but said there were timing problems to be <br />considered. He said if the council wished to pursue a daylighted Millrace, it needed to understand the <br />implications, which included slowing the sale of the residual courthouse area property. He asked staff to <br />explore the possibility of developing a Request for Proposals (RFP) that would ask a private sector <br />developer to submit a proposal that took into consideration the concept of daylighting the Millrace. He said <br />the development and building of the federal courthouse would improve the value of the City's property from <br />$15 to $17 per square foot to as much as $25 per square foot. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey asked if the condemnation cost associated with going from Mill Street to 8th Avenue, <br />specifically for the property on the south side of 8th Avenue between Broadway and 8th Avenue. He noted <br />that all of that property was privately owned and would have to be condemned in order to daylight the <br />Millrace. He asked if the $20 million cost estimate included the cost of condemnation. Mr. Hostick said he <br />thought the cost estimate did consider the cost of some acquisition, but not the cost of condemnation. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said he was not prepared for a vote and wanted to see evidence of community support. He <br />stated that the Library Foundation had undertaken fundraising long before the council approved using urban <br />renewal funds for the library and wanted to see similar efforts on the Millrace project. He stated the <br />environmental problems with daylighting were related to temperature rather than pollutants and that made <br />incremental development problematic. He said it also made full daylighting problematic as the sun would <br />warm the water to the extent it could not be returned to the river. He expressed interest in the concept of <br />partnering with business and issuance of an RFP to solicit business or development that would actively <br />assist with development of the Millrace project. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman remarked that the Millrace vision had multi-faceted variables and considerations and she <br />agreed with comments by previous speakers. She said her biggest concern was competition on the ballot for <br />a police station and city hall. She referred to Mr. Meisner's observation at a previous meeting that the <br />voters had twice rejected a ballot measure for the police station and yet they had passed a very large Park <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 10, 2003 Page 10 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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