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the master plan concept prior to submitting it for City approval or making the ultimate decision to sell the property. At an EWEB Board meeting on May 8, 2007, EWEB commissioners unanimously supported Path C to create a master plan for the riverfront property. Based on the legal constraints on City Councilor participation, City staff also support Path C. EWEB staff envisions that this process could include four general public meetings in addition to advisory team meetings. As indicated in the attached memo, EWEB has proposed that the master planning process be outlined in an MOU between the City and EWEB. RELATED CITY POLICIES Downtown, which includes the EWEB riverfront property, is one of the council’s 10 priority areas. Numerous City policies also reference the potential and community value of the EWEB riverfront property. The most relevant and recent are the four policies in the Downtown Riverfront section of the Downtown Plan (page 29): 1.Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown planning and development. 2.Collaborate with EWEB to encourage relocation of its utility facilities. 3.A master plan for the EWEB riverfront property must be approved by the City before any redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, Metro Plan or refinement plan diagram amendments are approved for uses not associated with EWEB functions. The master plan shall be evaluated based on the master plan's consistency with principles A through D below: A.Create a “people place” that is active, vibrant, accessible and multi-use. B.Provide appropriate setbacks, deeper where environmental or habitat issues are more critical, shallower in other areas. C.Incorporate appropriate building and site design techniques that address environmental concerns. D.Incorporate an educational aspect, so that the riverfront improvements teach us about our river, our history and our city. The master plan shall be considered using the City's Type II application procedures, unless the applicant elects to have the master plan reviewed concurrently with a Type III, Type IV or Type V application. 4.Facilitate dense development in the courthouse area and other sites between the core of downtown and the river. COUNCIL/BOARD OPTIONS 1.Support an EWEB-managed collaborative master planning process, and provide direction to the City Manager and EWEB General Manager to draft a memorandum of understanding outlining the steps leading to the disposition and redevelopment of the EWEB riverfront property. 2.Support an alternative master planning process, and provide direction to the City Manager and EWEB General Manager to draft a memorandum of understanding outlining the steps leading to the disposition and redevelopment of the EWEB riverfront property. 3.Provide other direction to the City Manager and EWEB General Manager regarding the next steps for the disposition and redevelopment of the EWEB riverfront property. 4.Take no action. L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070530\S070530A.doc