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also bring in other partners to contribute to the financial viability of the site. That could include the YMCA. She said the site's potential for recreation uses should be explored. She asked that any decisions related to the future of the stadium take into account the planning occurring through Envision Eugene. Josh Skov, 2036 Willamette Street, said redevelopment of Civic Stadium would follow the pillars and strategies of Envision Eugene only if the City played a key role in the effort, with a central focus on land use and transportation. He believed that role was justified by the size and location of the site in question as well as by its historic significance and proximity to a transportation corridor. He asked the council to consider how the strategies of Envision Eugene related to integrated land use and transportation fit with the site. Those strategies called for transportation options in addition to the car. Mixed -use along transit corridors, 20- minute neighborhoods, compatible infill development, and higher density opportunity sites were strategies intended to foster walking and bicycling as key features of livable, sustainable neighborhoods. Uses that demanded the provision of large amounts of parking were not likely to be consistent with those strategies, ICS, and OS, as well as the community's growth management policies and Climate & Energy Action Plan. Mr. Skov asked the council to do what it could to ensure that the principles of Envision Eugene informed whatever development occurred on the site. Lauren Doxsee, 2136 McMillan Street, discussed her involvement with SCS and her hope that the stadium could be redeveloped as proposed by SCS to accommodate local youth soccer teams and other sports teams. Currently, teams were backed up waiting for fields. She also hoped to involve the YMCA in the proposal because of the potential of indoor soccer. Pat Walsh, 941 Oak Street, representing Vox Public Relations, spoke of behalf of Dr. Joe Womack, President of Northwest Christian University (NCU), who was unable to be present. Dr. Womack asked Mr. Walsh to convey NCU's support for the SCS proposal. The proposal would result in the creation of fields that could be employed by college, club, and youth soccer teams. He said that NCU was interested in employing the facility as its athletic home. The location and planned renovations would provide NCU's soccer program with the best facilities of any National Association of Intercollegiate Athlete (NAIA) school in the northwest. NCU supported the proposal not only because of the benefit to NCU students but because of the benefit to the entire community. Joe Blakely, 4035 Donald Street, Apartment C, supported the SCS proposal. He provided some history of the stadium, which was built through a community effort. He believed that community effort was embodied in the SCS proposal. He asked the council to find a way to save the SCS and maintain it in recreational use. Dennis Hebert, 850 East 38` Avenue, a member of SCS, advocated for the preservation of the stadium as a community gathering place. He asked the City Council to participate in SCS' effort to preserve the stadium for community use. He described the SCS proposal to turn the stadium into an athletic facility, some of the benefits of the proposal, and noted that many groups had expressed interest in using the facility, including a professional soccer team. He reported that Travel Lane County was reviewing SCS' estimates of the facility's economic impact and he would share its report when available. He anticipated that the proposal would bring jobs to the community both during and after construction. Mr. Hebert did not think the area could support or wanted a mixed -use residential /commercial development. He noted the role the City would play in development approvals and suggested that for that reason it had a financial stake in the school district's decision. Jonathan Brandt, 57 West 20 Avenue, vice president of SCS, reviewed the funding proposal for the project components. He emphasized that the SCS wished to partner with the YMCA. He believed there were many potential investors and little financial risk to the City. MINUTES— Eugene City Council April 25, 2011 Page 11 Regular Meeting