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<br />5. An estimak' ofttw ;;-lumging d.ernand f,-,r planning and development service::; in the com:ing
<br /> decades;
<br />6, 'The Brookings Report;
<br />^"' The Portland D~~vclopm.~nt Comrnission;
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<br />8. Eugcne Renewal Ageney;
<br />9. The Broadv{ay Place; and
<br />1 n. The affordabJ.e homdng program,
<br />Mr. Herbert felt this i:niornuttion w{)llld provide a fa;::h1al basts fbr a council. discu5;sion on how to proceed.
<br />H<.~ ~mbmitted his te~.;timony in writing.
<br />Randy Prince, PO Box 927, asked the wundl to ,econaidcr its goal f(.,r having an acute care hGsphaI built
<br />in thz~ "IDw-lying an:'.<ts of Eugene." fIe dkd n..~cent geologic findings by Bri.an .Atwatcr that explained
<br />why this area did not exper:icnee th::qw:.nt eatthquakes..Mr. At\vawr, he S~tid, determi1h:.',d that the arca did
<br />not expcdcn;:::e small <::atthquakes, but 'waa pro.ne to large st.bmic event::; at a frequetKY of 300 to 800
<br />yeari;, iovith the last one oceufring in the year 1700. He noted tht: recent change~.; in public polky, 5;1)CI1 ;.1$
<br />more frequent earthquake driIl$ in the ~;chools and the requi,ement that nc""v construction be sut~jeckd tD
<br />careful survey an.d seismic stan&m:ls. He pointed out that there was no requirement to forcc scismii:':
<br />retrofits of City Hall or Anny COl1:lS of EnghK\:Ts (ACOE) dam::;. He unde:ucored thtt land l..ls.e dedsion:s
<br />made in t.he prcsent, StKh ai; one to site a hm,pital along the river~ would last lHme than the iif,-%p;m of
<br />such a building. He said it \Vas ckar, looking at the Multi~H<izard Plan, thc dams the AeOE huilt \vere
<br />bdow the standard8 a seismic event ()f hrreat magnitude would require. He felt the City Wi% subject t-o
<br />inundatiow.; of 10 to 45 feet of water should sw:.h an event occur.
<br />Charles IHggs, 540 Antt:lopeWay, corm:nende,d the PuhhcW()rks l)ep.artm;;::~ttt Transportation Division
<br />for its \vorkshi)p on traffic cahHiug for the Sorrel. Way.an:a, He felt staffh~td done an excdknt job of
<br />fostering grasBWOt.<; ::;llpport and had not (:;;une to the w()rkshop with a prcconcdv,~d notion. of what to
<br />de:"ign. He t.hought the \I,-'orkshup should be held up as an ex.ampk: ti)J" all departrnents,
<br />Mr. Higgs als;;! complimented the. Parks, Rec,eation, and Open Spaee Division fhr its Movie$ in the Parh
<br />program, He s~tid that he recently attended a movie SlK!Wn in WashingtDll Pa,k and noted the high
<br />attendancc. He suggested th,;, division put on movie::; in every neighhorhood thc City could afford to.
<br />n~l1iel ROllyak 29H Knapp Lane, announced that thefC ~Nould be a Eugene Film FestivaL He sai.d he \V;JS
<br />part of the group called Oregon Screeml,-'riter~.; that sought to "'ponsor the ft'<'itivaJ, along with the Hijou
<br />Cinemas, the ~kDonald Theater, and the Univcrsity ofOregDn.
<br />Mr. Ronyak also addresi;ed the bsue of trai.n yard n.oise. lIe asked that the City of Eugene approach thc
<br />prohlem with creativity, such as forming a team of,ehred ::;dentiat$ or pdha:p~ uniwrsity sti.H;knh, He
<br />thought such a team could ~.,tudy the prohlem with a '''widc..open mind." He compa,ed the tf<lins with the
<br />Space Shuttle as both cOHv--cycd cargD and weighed in exceS$ of a hillion pGUnds. lIe s.aid thc shuttle
<br />would dock with the space station in orhit: and th<.~ doddng pr(!i.~edure \vuuId pnxh..K:e no noise wbitsocver.
<br />He wOl1denxl if rn.ore could not be doncto abate train poEutlo]1 from the rail yard t.hat pMaHds the.
<br />Nmthwt;st Expressway. He questioned the need for the trains to slam togdher at aU hours of the nik~ht
<br />with thc same noisc that ~l large anKmnL of TNT might generate. He did not bC.licvc no tedmolugy <;;xi~.;ted
<br />that CGuld mitigati..~ this noise issue. He pdnted nut that huild.ing a berm along side thc rail yardg \t'fiUld dQ
<br />much to reduce the noise and that type ofkchndogy 'utilized only dhi.. He undersw,ed that t.he train yard
<br />should not be using 1 940s technology whcn 19905 tcclmoiogy was avaibble. in wndm;iol1, he rC.lated
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