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The Downtown Design Process In August 1990, following the City Council's review and approval of the Downtown Redesign Pr~nc~pies ~n the June 1990 Retail Task Force report vn downtown revitalization, the Council appointed a 15-member Downtown Desi n Committee. Eike the Retail Task F g arce, the membership of the Downtown Design Committee was purpose) structured to rovide a r r y p ep esentat~ve cross-section of downtown property, retail business, employee, resident, and other interests. The membership includes a downtown pro a owner, a P rt'}' downtown business owner, a downtown employee, a nei hborhood leader, a des n rf g ~ g p a ess~onal, a representative of the Friends of Downtown, a representative of Downtown Eugene lnc., a member of the Downtown Commission, a member of the Plannin g Commission and five at-large representatwes. The Council charged the Downtown Desi n Committee to work with ci staff a . g tY , ~ . professional consulting design team, and the public to produce a schematic desf n that follows the Dawn w g to n Redesign Principles and has the highest chance of approval by Eugene voters - as Council intends to place the resulting proposal on a ballot fora voter decision, The goal for this phase of the process was to develop a s ecific schematic desi n p g that incorporated vehicular access and the other Downtown Redes~ n Prince les that the Commit g p tee, city staff, and consultant find resolved as many issues as possible and that has the greatest possible opportunity for success. The Council did not expect or intend that all Committee members would ersonall subscribe to th i p y e dea of opening Willamette to vehicles. However, the Council purposely structured the Committee to include persons with all points of view in the belief that the best possible design would result from a balance of viewpoints. City~staff subsequently.advertised on a com etitive basis for a consultant team to work . P with the Committee and city staff. City staff selected the consultant team followin the . g review and evaluation of consultant qual~ficat~ons, the consultant's proposed methods of approach to the process, and observations and comments from Committee members. The Downtown Desi n Committee, ci staff and consultant reviewed th ' ' g ty a Council s charge, the Downtown Redesign Principles, and other background materials and decided on the following guidelines: a: The process should provide as much public input as possible, ran in from artici ato worksho s g p• P ry . p at the beginning of the process where the public may he p define des n issues; to rnclude des: n for g . g • , ums or cr~t~ques ~n the middle of the process where the public may offer specific cr~t~c~sms or suggestions; to a public survey type of format at the end ®f the process where the public has an opportunity tv review and indicate an overall ratin of the g results. b: The process should develop designs which seek to implement the access conce is embodfed within h p t e Downtown Redesign Principles, but that the process should be open- endedand need not be limited in the scope of alternatives to be evaluated. c: The Committee should make decisions on a consensus basis where o Lions are and elimin p y aced from further cons~derat~on ~f a clear consensus of the Committee so decides following a thorou h review of the issues, public discussion, and a ublic vote b the arti i p y p c pat~ng mem ers. 2