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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eugene, a municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene, as follows: Section 1. The City Council is committed to developing and then maintaining an on- going, mutually beneficial partnership with GSA and with nearby property owners and residents to create a quality downtown neighborhood for a new US. Federal Courthouse. Section 2. The City Manager/Director has created a schematic Riverfront District site plan which, while in a very draft stage of completion, attempts to indicate to GSA the type of high quality downtown neighborhood which could be created by working in partnership with the City of Eugene and with neighboring property owners and residents. This schematic District site plan is depicted in Exhibits attached hereto. Section 3. The City Council and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene have a variety of resources and powers available to them by virtue of the City's Home Rule Charter and the Urban Renewal Agency's statutory powers. The City Council and Urban Renewal Agency fully intend on using the Charter and urban renewal resources and powers to help GSA accomplish its goal of constructing a new US. Federal Courthouse in a quality downtown neighborhood. Section 4. To affirmatively indicate to GSA its serious intent, the City Council and Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene hereby direct the City Manager/Director to accomplish the following tasks: A. Prepare an analysis which explains the process and cost for updating the existing Urban Renewal Plan. B. Prepare an analysis which explains the process and cost for preparing a new comprehensive Downtown Riverfront District development plan. It is the City Council's intent to join in partnership with GSA and other nearby property owners and residents in the completion of this new District plan. The results of the Greater Downtown Visioning Study shall be used as the beginning point for the new plan. C. Prepare an analysis which presents alternative methods for assuring that quality development occurs in the downtown neighborhood where a new U.S. Federal Courthouse will be located. Staff shall investigate such methods as: adoption of a special zoning overlay district; design guidelines; methods for protecting views to the Willamette River through the development; and so forth. D. Prepare an analysis which describes alternative methods for financing the infrastructure necessary to create an attractive, high quality downtown neighborhood surrounding the new US. Federal Courthouse. 2