Item B: Review of West Broadway Request for Qualifications Responses

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o Although the Beam proposal contained a similar requiren1ent for the City to purchase the properties, the properties would be sold after development was completed. The Greg Bryant proposal had the City as the long term owner of the property with no identified exit strategy. Staff responded to comments from the committee. . The video was very good identifying what made a downtown lively, but offered little else. The developer was asking for a consulting contract. o Response: The developer hoped to provide re..tenanting of the area for a fee. . Although Eugene was looking for a largerproject proposal, it was important to k.eep in mind that whatever proposal was accepted, it should have an authentic Eugene feel, and not be imported from somewhere else, which could generate a negative public reaction. The element of local color and history with this proposal was appealing. . Likes some of the elements of this proposaL Some of the other proposals in this process and in a prior process were too "cookie cutter" and would not fit in Eugene. There may be an opportunity to make a recommendation to ask two or more developers to work together. In one of the bigger pictures, there would be a place for Greg Bryant's ideas. . Recalling the discussion about the Sears property, encouraged by local developer and architect participation in the project, to allow there to be a local flavor. o Response: Project may provide opportunity to include cultural authenticity in the spaces and the physical characteristics. of how the d.evelopment was tenanted and developed. Any new construction needs to carry itself economically, and the tenant mix needed to perform economically. .It could be a challenge for existing users to pay market rate rent in a redeveloped project. . Larger developers have more experience and have been successful in other places. They ,vould do their research about Eugene and try to do a project that appealed to Eugene people, rather than build a "cookie cutter" project . It is in the developers' interest to build something that people want to go to. . A true mix of uses that consisted of residential, retail, commercial, non-profits, and not just boutique chain store operations, but something having more cultural diversity. Some developers who responded specialize more in pure commercial, while others have experience with mixed use. . Need to be sensitive to honor the culture that is here in the absence of developers, and making sure the spaces incorporate diverse uses that reflected the community. . Having developers from out of this area could reflect that a large percentage of the population relocated here from out of the area. Their needs are not being n1et here and their dollars are being spent elsewhere. KWG DeveloDment.Partners fKemJ)er~ Wood. and. Gravl . Proposal was expansion of original proposal submitted by Tom Kemper on the old Sears site atW est lOth A.venue and C.hameltonStreet. . Would like to expand project to include the \vhole block if not selected to develop the larger project. . Most comprehensive approach to the RFQ. Ml.N"UrrE.S- Eugene Redevelopment Advisory Conm1ittee February 23, 2007 Bage