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PoliciesProjects <br />1.Emphasize Broadway, Willamette Street, 5th andExamples of possible projects that address the <br />8th Avenues as Great Streets through publicimplementation strategies: <br />improvements and development guidelines. <br />Include portions of these streets as follows:¥Implement street improvements for 8th Avenue, <br />with public art elements, special light standards, <br />¥Willamette between 5th and 13th Avenuessigns and street furniture. <br />¥Broadway between Lincoln and Hilyard <br />¥5th Avenue between Lincoln and High Street¥Implement a design study and possible acquisition <br />(with potential extension to the Willametteof land to make a stronger pedestrian connection <br />River)from 5th Avenue to the riverfront. <br />¥8th Avenue between Willamette Street and the <br />Willamette River¥Create a pedestrian connection across the <br />railroad tracks between the end of Willamette <br />2.Strongly encourage the location of significantStreet and Skinner Butte. <br />municipal, county, state and federal buildings along <br />8th Avenue.¥Provide a loan fund for faade improvements <br />along West Broadway. <br />Implementation Strategies <br />¥Include signs, public art and landscaping at the <br />gateways to downtown along Broadway and <br />A.Develop a separate design strategy for each <br />Willamette. <br />Great Street. Include street improvement <br />elements such as: public art, special planting <br />¥Begin site analysis of possible locations along East <br />schemes, center medians, street lamps, benches <br />8th Avenue for a new City Hall and police station. <br />and kiosks, banners and street, information and <br />building signs. <br />B.Develop design guidelines for buildings along the <br />Great Streets. Include elements such as setback, <br />quality of materials, design of first floor, and <br />treatment of parking. <br />C.Link Great Streets to important public places, <br />including urban plazas and open spaces. <br />D.Seek funding and develop a plan for a new City <br />Hall and police station along East 8th Avenue. <br />Great Streets accommodate pedestrians <br />and slow moving traffic Ð and the <br />occasional duck. <br />EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN ¥ APRIL 2004 <br />