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<br />? <br /> Promote adjacent park and open space areas as a valuable component to <br />downtown’s urban places. Improve connections between downtown and <br />nearby nature. <br />? <br /> Encourage listing of appropriate structures and sites of historic importance <br />in the National Register of Historic Places or as a City of Eugene Historic <br />Landmark. <br /> <br />Living Downtown <br />? <br /> Stimulate multi-unit housing in the downtown core and on the edges of <br />downtown for a variety of income levels and ownership opportunities. <br />? <br /> Reinforce residential use in neighborhoods abutting the downtown <br />commercial core to help contain commercial activity in downtown and <br />maintain the historic character and livability of adjacent neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Downtown Riverfront <br />? <br /> Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown <br />planning and development. <br />? <br /> Collaborate with EWEB to encourage relocation of their utility facilities. <br />? <br /> A master plan for the EWEB riverfront property must be approved by the <br />City before any redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, Metro Plan <br />or refinement plan diagram amendments are approved for uses not <br />associated with EWEB functions. <br />? <br /> Facilitate dense development in the courthouse area and other sites <br />between the core of downtown and the river. <br /> <br />Cultural Center <br />? <br /> Provide and promote development and community events that reinforce <br />downtown’s role as the cultural center for the city and region. <br />? <br /> Reinforce the creative, distinctive culture of downtown as the arts and <br />entertainment center of the city. <br /> <br />Safe Civic Center <br />? <br /> Support public safety activities that increase visibility, access, actual and <br />perceived safety for individuals and property downtown. <br />? <br /> Consider design measures to enhance public safety and emergency <br />vehicle access as an integral component of public projects, including <br />street improvements and building construction. <br /> <br />Getting Around Downtown <br />? <br /> Develop a transportation system that supports the vision of a vital <br />downtown and provides for the safe and efficient movement of <br />automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency and transit vehicles. <br />? <br /> Promote and support alternative modes and accessibility through strategic <br />planning and public investment. <br />Page 3 of 15 <br />