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to serve, and if Springfield was to establish a new urban reserve area it was unlikely to be the one <br />that existed now. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor asked what cities in Oregon had urban reserves. Mr. Croteau said that Portland <br />attempted to establish one but it had been appealed. Now, Newberg, Oregon was the only city <br />with urban reserves. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman also concurred with the planning directors' recommendation. She said that it was <br />her understanding that the expansions of the boundary that had occurred had not occurred in the <br />designated reserves. Mr. Croteau agreed. He said that there had been only one large and two <br />very small boundary expanses in Eugene, and none were in the reserves. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked if the elimination of the reserves would lead to resource savings. Mr. Croteau <br />said yes, those resources were to be reallocated to other metropolitan studies. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly moved to direct staff to remove urban <br /> reserve designations from the Metro Plan. The motion passed unanimously, <br /> 8:0. <br /> <br />B. The Downtown/Willamette River/Franklin Boulevard Visioning Project <br /> <br />Planning and Development Department Director Paul Farmer introduced the item. He reported on <br />the three-hour work session held at The Atrium on February 13, characterizing it as very <br />successful, noting it had attracted people who had not previously attended a session on the <br />subject. Those who came stayed for the entire event. <br /> <br />Mr. Farmer explained that staff planned to take the council's comments regarding the project <br />themes and package them for incorporation into the next phase of the project. He said that in <br />terms of the next phase, staff was discussing, among other things, working further on the concept <br />of a fish-friendly waterfront; the development of the neighborhood around the federal courthouse; <br />working with the arts community on an arts neighborhood concept, overlaid with the theme of <br />great streets; and boundary issues. Staff would like to use the New Urbanism movement as a <br />new template, and test some things in downtown using the principles of that movement. <br /> <br />Mr. Farmer reported on staff's intent to map activities in the downtown by time of day, season of <br />the year, and day of the week to determine how to use that information to leverage more and <br />longer visits to downtown. <br /> <br />Mr. Farmer called the council's attention to three key elements of the visioning project that staff <br />was requesting further discussion on today: 1) Connect Downtown to the River, 2) strengthen <br />downtown as a Regional Center, and 3) transform Franklin Boulevard into a Gateway. <br /> <br />Connect River to Downtown <br /> <br />Strengthen Downtown as a Regional Center <br /> <br />Transform Franklin Boulevard into a Gateway <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 21, 2000 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />