AMENDED Agenda Packet 4-24-19 Work Session

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217 It is a pleasure to know four out of the seven members of the Steam Plant Development team (plus, I recently met Matt Sayre at a Eugene Chamber function). You are all very talented and wonderful members of our community whom I greatly appreciate. That said, I would love to see a more diverse group of people involved and/or representing your project. Seeing a group of 'all white men' -- who also may be coming from similar socio-economic backgrounds -- is somewhat concerning to me. I hope as this project moves forward you integrate a diverse group of influencers onto your team. Regarding the development of the building, I would like to see a more ‘structured’ public space. From what I understand from the available renderings (online images and your video), the space looks more fluid in regards to circulation and looks a bit like a mall or an airport with available places to sit, but mostly it's a space to move through. Additionally, and again regarding the renderings, please pay attention to what you include in your drawings. I see mostly men and do not see many women who look like professionals. The large artwork of male track runners (what I can tell) is also distracting and plays into male-dominated renderings. I recognize that these images are ‘place holders’ for you while your project develops, but those types of images have a great impact on others, both consciously or subconsciously. I encourage your team be very progressive not only with your design, but how you project it. I love that you want to to retain and celebrate Eugene’s past by retaining many aspects of the original Steam Plant and hope you will also celebrate — and encourage — a different and diverse future for our city. New York’s MoMA is doing just that with their current renovation and although Eugene is a small city (and the Steam Plant is not a museum, per se), it would be great to have a renovated Steam Plant that incorporates a highly dynamic, engaging and forward-projecting program. Thank you for your work and for educating the community — and asking for community feedback — on this very important project. Congratulations on what you have already accomplished and I am proud to say that I know many of you! Warm Regards, Dee Etzwiler, M.Arch 2/8/2019 1:03 PM 218 The building is a derelict with no redeeming value. Keeping the facade is pretty much a virtue signal, especially when it's being done by the management group that took away the building's functional role. Far better to just dismantle this toxic relic and redevelop this brownfield. 2/8/2019 11:17 AM 219 Open always to the public.2/8/2019 9:53 AM 220 somehow tie this back into energy production and touch on the importance of greener energy and being energy-conscious 2/8/2019 9:50 AM 221 I love the incorporation of art/cultural space, but that really can't be the focus of this for it to be successful - I guess just don't use *too* much space for that so the building can be filled with profitable/useable space. 2/8/2019 9:31 AM 222 I have yet to see anything about how the building will relate to the environment around it (beyond views of the river). How will it incorporate traffic from the bike path? How will it encourage people to come via the bike path? I also haven't seen anything that addresses how the design and future use will be as environmentally-friendly as possible. For example, with all those windows, I would think that passive solar would be a good option. Also, why doesn't appear to be any women on the design team? 2/8/2019 9:14 AM 223 Accentuate the buildings architectural features. Aboid painting it grey. We have too much grey in Eugene. 2/8/2019 9:12 AM 224 Keep up the good work.2/8/2019 9:02 AM 225 It is important not to bifurcate private/public spaces too severely. If there is insufficient medium ground (I.e. dining/shopping/public rental space/library, etc., the public may feel intimidated by overwhelming perceived private space. 2/8/2019 9:00 AM 226 Make it enjoyable for all ages. We need something cool to take our out of town visitors to do. There really isn’t much, besides the outdoors and not everyone is physically able or wants to to be outdoors especially if they are not use to our unpredictable weather. 2/8/2019 8:24 AM 74 / 128 Comments Sought on Proposed Steam Plant Concept April 24, 2019, Work Session - Item 1