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B. COUNCIL WORK SESSION: West Broadway Project Update <br /> <br />Senior Management Analyst Denny Braud joined the council for the item. He noted the responses to council <br />questions included in the meeting packet, and further noted the recent tour of Beam and KWG project sites <br />in Portland taken by Mayor Piercy and Mr. Zelenka. He also called attention to the comments of the <br /> <br />citizens who went on the tour. <br /> <br />Mr. Braud said staff had some conversation with the developers in the past two days about possible next <br />steps if one or both was selected. He said staff continued to recommend KWG. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called on the council for questions and comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said he had attempted to craft something that blended the three options that had been discussed. <br />He emphasized that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) would include a public process and the <br />council was not making a decision on a final product at this time. The process that lay ahead would get the <br />council to the final product. He expressed appreciation for the considerable public input he received. Mr. <br />Zelenka said that not all would agree on the proposal he offered, but he hoped those who disagreed would <br />accept it, which would result in more housing and more commercial space without the downtown looking <br />“like Disneyland.” He was unsure if the council actually needed to take action that day on the motion he <br />proposed to put forward. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to select Beam and KWG as the developers for <br />the West Broadway project, and to direct the agency director to initiate actions related to <br />agreements with the developers, a public process that includes a citizen advisory committee <br />with an independent planner/facilitator whose work will be completed in August, option <br />agreements, financial tools, and a relocation transition plan consistent with the agency’s <br />May 9 discussion, with all proposed actions and other options and agreements other than <br />the option agreements and renewals to be brought back to the agency for final authorization. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka envisioned that the City would sign MOUs with both developers and that the Beam group <br />would work on the Centre Court and Washburn buildings and the KWG group would have the remainder of <br />the footprint, including the site of the former Sears store. A public process would occur and an advisory <br />committee would be formed to work with the developers on a proposal to be brought back to the council in <br />September 2007. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to select the Beam Development Option 2, <br />and to direct the Urban Renewal Agency director to move forward immediately with the TK <br />th <br />Partners project as previously selected in the 10 and Charnelton Request for Proposals <br />process. As pertains to the remaining portion of the West Broadway development site foot- <br />print this motion further directs the agency director to secure the services of a qualified ur- <br />ban planner to oversee the public process for the remainder of West Broadway development <br />site footprint and to establish a West Broadway Development Advisory Committee to work <br />with a qualified urban designer to identify preferred design elements and mix of uses for the <br />remaining footprint of the West Broadway development site, as well as a transition plan for <br />existing businesses. The ad hoc committee shall be composed of approximately 12 mem- <br />bers nominated by the mayor and approved by the Urban Renewal Agency. In addition, the <br />agency director shall secure the services of a qualified consultant to perform a market <br />analysis and economic feasibility studies for the remaining portion of the site. This research <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 9, 2007 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />