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<br /><>~llnmi3sioners :"eerned to bdkve there was.a benefit to movil1ll in phases but they had not come to H Bnal <br /> - . <br />Zkclslon. <br />Ms. Bdtman::;hamd the fmstmtirm of other councilors that the City had tZ) wait \vhik other:..; Hlade it <br />decision and 3uggesi.ed the City should take actiDn to int1uence Plan R She beh.~ved that if the fai, board <br />put the hirgrounds on the labk it. \vodd ;:;~ause a mass exodu:" from. the ~dj~!(.~ent ndghbod10ods and create <br />a ring ofurhan blight. She s~!id. those who she talked to v; ere very conccrned all.out the issue, and that <br />someone other than them wodd decide the fate of their property values. and where they Hv;;xl, She urged <br />caution with regard to that i;ikM:", HeHman wished the:re wm, a "\'vay fi'Jt the City to sit d("}v.m with <br />""""'ht;""rtM'l'~ 't'l 'd .tt "'w''''''lh,')lKl. .~. n"let, b "St'" ,'t .p:, D <br />~epH:$UJ,a :\.e.o~} ,d; :h.bf.H..a, an ge 0 :tv:. Ol^. ~ ,w .6Ve:lu-e <lrh. ..mln, ,er", lver. S!.e as . J.an . <br />~{'KH" ,-u'dth"h.,,'tn'M""-"i't., 'j,,' !-.')n<1\..=., OY'dCl"'h'nSt>..~;.... H' <br />. t. e J ,eg^e. e ..<;;. ~)Spl.".l ,.~4U U,), S hH\H In,er<;;st ll1 t le 'c. r ~vll.ue <b ~ mUl I.:t.,>. TZ.e, .':i"~" , <. <br />did 1X}t think it made i;ense 1'0, the City to do design work then,; or at the fairgrounds until it heard from the <br />hospitaL Be was not. inkre~kd in stopping statYwork on t.he E\VEB site, although he suspected the <br />amount of effort \Vai; low given the activity goi.n.g on in other arenas, CityM.an:ager 'Tay!or <,!greal <br />City Manager 'faybr said. once the real estate transaction was <:;omplete, there wordd he more opporhmj~ <br />tks fix City involvemeni ar;;nmd the tr,deotls that would he involved with regard to the riparian area a:"ir. <br />related to pedestrian and hk.yde access, envimnmental prokctioH, and the hospital design, He said the <br />hospital would be requ:ired to prodllo;~ a master plan, which would b<..~ subjed lQ public review.tv.tr. Kelly <br />agreed then;~ v;ould he oPPOltunities fbr publk input in the futu,e given the many hnd use proCl:.SSt;::i; <br />1T1'lolved. <br />'Mr. Kelly said for several months in 2005, a diverse group of dght people with both devdopmt:-:nt and <br />enviwmnental iutere::;r::;, the "RiparianIstas:' met togethe, to dL.,cus::; riparian dz~vdopn:H;~nt principles, <br />'Those pr1ndples woul.d be. presented ~!t the City Club on ::kptcmh<..~r 27. <br />Mayor Ple-fCY called f()r a second round of cOl.w.dl s;;ommen:t.-:; and questions. <br />Ms, Ortiz pninled om there was aJr;:;~ady a hospital in Eugene, Sacred Hemt Hospital, ,md that was not <br />mcntionedin th.~ ,~oundl ~!genda rm!terlils, She had no viBion for t.!KE\VEB site, although she w{)u!d be <br /><..~xcited ~!bout a hospital at 2:Kl A venue and (;hambers Stn;:et. Tlwt made sense to h{;'1'. T\its. Ortiz noted her <br />employment at Sacred lkart Hospital and acknowledged the Cbl1k-nges peopk: tao;~d daily in attempting <br />to reach the hospita1. She would not stand in the way of the coundl'i; prevlnus diR'Ction.. hut the proposal <br />to locate a hospital at the EWEn sik "did not fly" with heL She pointed out tk!t Sacred Heart':..; current <br />location wa::; within the 2-1/2 mile mdius identified by the i.xn.mci1, and it 'Nou.ld have more of a pre.sence <br />in the downtown core than it originally planned ',~/hen it d(A~kh::<l to move i;fHne operation::; to the <br />Riverfk-nd campus, <br />Speaking toMs. Oltiz' i.~onu:nents, t\.-h Dettman said the reason the identified radius :included tb:~ ;;-:urrent <br />S<u;Ted Heart i;ite was in case it decided to retain a fuH emerge.ney room ~md diHgm.1i;tk services at that <br />site. That sik \.vas also eLigible for th~ ince:nti ves being dhcussed. 'Ms.Bettman emphas:ized that the <br />c(}l,.lm::i1 wa:..; interested in locating H .fllll-scrv'ke hospital in. downtown. h;::w;;eHealth, the operator of <br />Sacred Heart Hospital., had consistentlY indicated tbat was going to occur at r.heRiver.Rcnd i~am.pus. <br />.t\1 s. HcHman ~aid the coundl had. the <!hility to consolidak property and ::;he suggested the City begin to <br />consider way:" to do so at 2r~l Avcnu(~ an.d Ch~mbcrs Street a::; an attractive Plan.R She sugg<.."%te.d the City <br />be proacti ve in that effnrtmther than wait for EW.EB to act. She thought a lot of people in the c.mnmunit.y <br />wouJd be g.n..1tcful ifthe City took that ,approach. <br />MI.NtrfES.m.Eugem~ City Council Augu.st 8,2005 Page 6 <br />W01'k Session <br />----------.................... ..............................................__._-.-..-.............................. <br />