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successful downtown development. He stressed the need for appropriate size and scale in a high- <br />quality development that attracted both residents and nonresidents. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap8 asked Mr. Farmer if the property appraisals took into account the restrictions being <br />suggested in the planning and design criteria, and how those restrictions would affect the property's <br />value. Mr. Farmer responded that the appraisal did not reflect the criteria, which staff attempted to <br />ensure were not overly onerous. He said that the criteria could modestly decrease the price but <br />could also increase the price because it could bring certain developers into the process who would <br />read into the criteria the City's seriousness about having a high-quality project. It takes time and <br />money to put together a high-quality proposal. Mr. Pap8 asked if the appraisal of the Sears property <br />considered the value of the property with and without the building. Mr. Farmer said that the <br />appraisal took into consideration the highest and best use of the property, and that there was the <br />cost of demolition to consider. Mr. Pap8 asked if the City would realize a better price for the site if it <br />demolished the building. Mr. Johnson said not necessarily; the appraisals for both the Sears and <br />the library sites included the cost estimate for renovation, so it was fully disclosed in the appraisal. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked why the Planning Commission, rather than the council, should develop the <br />planning and design criteria. She said that it would add more time to the process. Ms. Taylor also <br />asked if anyone had considered that more housing in downtown could spur the need for a school, <br />and the library building location may be a good spot for that use. Responding to Ms. Taylor's first <br />question, Mr. Farmer said that staff discussed three options for developing the criteria: a <br />department advisory committee, the council, and the commission. Staff concluded the department <br />advisory committee process would take too long. Mr. Farmer believed there was an added benefit <br />to the process of getting the view point of the commission, which dealt more specifically with <br />development matters. Regarding the potential of the library site for a school, Mr. Farmer said that <br />the school district had shown no interest in the site. <br /> <br /> The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Mr. Torrey adjourned the meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency and convened the meeting of the <br />Eugene City Council. <br /> <br /> Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to <br /> move forward with the sale of the existing library property through a request for <br /> proposals process with the goal of maximizing the value of the existing library <br /> property for the benefit of the new library, while at the same time assuring a <br /> future use of the property which furthers the City's growth management goals <br /> of creating a dense, vital, more attractive downtown by encompassing a <br /> variety of different uses such as retail, office, housing, and entertainment. Two <br /> separate Request for Proposals shall be prepared for the existing library <br /> building site and for the surface parcel east of Olive Street. The Planning <br /> Commission shall develop the Request for Proposals planning/design criteria <br /> for City Council approval, and shall evaluate Request for Proposals responses <br /> and make a recommendation to the council, with the final project selection <br /> approved by the City Council. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor noted her previous question about the potential of the site for a school, and asked if staff <br />had discussed the possibility with School District 4J staff. She suggested contact with the school <br />district. Mr. Johnson believed it would take several hundred children downtown to spur the school <br />district to open a downtown school. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 1999 Page 10 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />
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