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? Contribute to the vitality of the core of downtown ? Connect downtown to the river in a memorable and accessible way 13.Downtown Vision Date: 2000 Context: Council initiated a Downtown/Franklin Boulevard Willamette River Visioning Project in November 1999. Public Involvement: The Downtown Vision had a significant amount of public engagement, including a community committee, and public workshops, including an all day event that was attended by more than 200 community members. The resulting vision was reviewed by council and discussed over the course of multiple work sessions. Council Involvement: Council appointed a 17 member Greater Downtown Visioning Committee, which included 3 council members. Council received and reviewed the Vision report in November 2000, and reviewed the recommendations in over the course of three work sessions. Outcome: In April, 2001, council identified six priority “Key Next Steps” for implementation: create a design and a process to reopen Broadway, complete an update to the Downtown Plan, create a redevelopment concept for the courthouse and riverfront areas, review the policies regarding housing preservation for residential neighborhoods surrounding downtown, and complete an update to the Central Area Transportation Plan. All of these are complete except the riverfront area plan, which is underway. ? Create great neighborhoods, create great streets ? Create and connect special places ? Connect downtown to the River ? Strengthen downtown as a regional center ? Expand housing cultural and recreational opportunities ? Transform Franklin Boulevard into a gateway into downtown ? Capitalize on development opportunities SECTION B – DOCUMENTS AND EFFORTS THAT REFERENCE DOWNTOWN 14.Cultural Policy Review Date: 2007 Context: City Council authorized a cultural policy review in the spring of 2005. Funding was approved for two years in support of the City Council Goal to promote the Arts & Outdoors, which included the City Council’s endorsement of branding Eugene as the “World’s Greatest City of the Arts Outdoors>” The City contracted with WolfBrown in June 2006 to conduct the year-long process. The purpose was to examine current conditions, services, and gaps in the cultural sector, to identify goals and strategies to strengthen that sector, and to provide options to assist the City in defining its role in support of Eugene’s arts and culture. Public Involvement: The consultants: 1) conducted a cultural assessment through over 50 confidential interviews and a dozen focus groups with representatives of all sectors of the community, 2) Designed and conducted a public process of community meetings, attended by over 300 individuals, 3) implemented a “cultural” consensus” survey of Eugene residents’ interests in an priorities for arts and culture that was completed by almost 2,500 individuals and 4) worked with a specially-appointed Mayor’s Committee that provided community perspectives and feedback. Council Involvement: The CPR report was unanimously accepted by the City Council in __.