AMENDED Agenda Packet 4-24-19 Work Session

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470 Eugene desperately needs beauty and respite from ugly architecture, particularly the embarrassingly cheap, eyesore student apartments and other developments that have recently been allowed with no set back from pedestrian sidewalks. Walkability in Eugene is at all time low when it should be set at highest priority. This project, if created with asthetics, green space and coutyards while repurposing a historical building is exactly what Eugene needs more of. Thank you to the local private group for stepping up to get this done right. 1/26/2019 1:42 AM 471 Besides amenities like those I mentioned in #7, I would like to see art and/or other ways of integrating the history of the area that is engaging and impactful and exciting. For example, check out the Bricktown Riverwalk in Oklahoma City. Walking along there, I bumped into a grouping of 35 larger-than-life bronze sculptures depicting a scene from the Oklahoma Land Run. I couldn't wait to get back to hotel to tell the others about it and have been talking about it ever since-- http://landrun.marbleart.us/ Maybe you could attract some donations and grant funding to seek and fund local artists to do some wonderful work . 1/26/2019 1:01 AM 472 Please don't fuck this up.1/26/2019 12:29 AM 473 Livability.1/26/2019 12:23 AM 474 parking Need good foot and bike access from east end of building. Probably needs some limited parking behind the building away from the river. Good tie in with the rest of the riverfront development (and park). 1/25/2019 11:24 PM 475 I think that the space should be accessible, physically, culturally, and financially.1/25/2019 11:21 PM 476 I would love to see Artists in residence. This property used to be my family's Farm, our family story goes that the City needed it to make power. And eminent domain was used to acquire the property. Maybe somehow honor that food/power/water continue to give from that land 1/25/2019 11:20 PM 477 Set a couple of sites food truck accessible.1/25/2019 11:08 PM 478 I’ve visited many user group, growth, and workshop opportunities at WeWork locations. What type of opportunities and organizations could we invite or encourage locally to facilitate these type of events to further strengthen city visions and iniatives? This type of space encourages many perspectives and folks to meet with one another. What type of conversations and organized meet ups can invite people to the table to create solutions with one another? 1/25/2019 9:31 PM 479 An amphitheatre 1/25/2019 9:15 PM 480 Very excited 1/25/2019 7:30 PM 481 Make it a sustainable building with low CO2 footprint, if possible.1/25/2019 7:16 PM 482 Excited!1/25/2019 6:26 PM 483 A mixed/creative/art/studio space where tools and instruments and shop/bench space was available for people to rent or share space and work on their trades / learn / collaborate be a hub of art and culture and design - allowing people to practice their skills, learn from one another, share ideas, and be a functional space to actual make art would be really cool! 1/25/2019 6:16 PM 484 As a 33 year old male with a young family, who grew up here and recently relocated back to Eugene after working in larger cities, I am extremely excited by the potential of this project (and the broader riverfront revitalization). I think it is exactly the type of thing that people like me want to visit on a nice weekend day in the summer with the family, or meet colleagues for drinks after work. With things like the upcoming life sciences research center potentially drawing young professionals to the area, this is the type of thing that helps sell them on building a life in Eugene/Springfield. There is a lot to be excited about with our community and this is one of the reasons. 1/25/2019 6:03 PM 485 Stay as far back from the river with development as you can get yourself to. The river needs space and to be surrounded by riparian vegetation, not buildings, pavement, etc. 1/25/2019 5:38 PM 486 Please hire local, unionized workers to build and plan the site. Thanks!1/25/2019 5:36 PM 487 Keep the public engaged with the design process. Please and thank you!1/25/2019 5:13 PM 488 I think it is not appropriate for the majority of the project to be residential/housing. Gone is the whole community connection from center city to the riverfront 1/25/2019 5:12 PM 85 / 128 Comments Sought on Proposed Steam Plant Concept April 24, 2019, Work Session - Item 1