Item A: Downtown Development Update

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zoning adjustments. There are a number of elements in the plan on which less progress has been made. The work session will provide a chance to discuss these aspects of the 2004 Plan as well as other policy issues that need additional exploration at this time. Planning and Development staff recently provided information for council consideration of downtown- related issues on the following dates: 1/9/06: Downtown Development Update 2/8/06: East Broadway Development Projects 2/13/06: East Broadway Development Update (continuation of 2/8/06 work session) 2/13/06: ORI Update 2/22/06: East Broadway Development Projects 3/13/06: East Broadway Development Projects (public hearing) 3/15/06: East Broadway Development Projects RELATED CITY POLICIES These ongoing and prospective downtown projects and work program concepts address implementation strategies and policies from the Downtown Plan, the Growth Management Policies, and the Goals and Objectives from the Riverfront and Downtown Urban Renewal Plans. These projects and concepts do not directly address or affect council goals or policies. Downtown development projects and work program concepts are consistent with the policies and implementation strategies included in the Eugene Downtown Plan, including: • Downtown development shall support the urban qualities of density, vitality, livability and diversity to create a downtown, urban environment. • Actively pursue public/private development opportunities to achieve the vision for an active, vital, growing downtown. • Use downtown development tools and incentives to encourage development that provides character and density downtown. • Stimulate multi-unit housing in the downtown core and on the edges of downtown for a variety of income levels and ownership opportunities. • Promote multi-story, mixed-use structures downtown through financial incentives or code amendments. • Develop additional financial tools to assist with the development of housing, including the use of bonds, tax increment financing, land assembly and parking. In addition, these projects and concepts are responsive to the following Growth Management objectives: Policy 2: Encourage in-fill, mixed-use, redevelopment, and higher density development. Policy 3: Encourage a mix of business and residential uses downtown using incentives and zoning. Policy 10: Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and implementation of nodal development concepts. Policy 14: Development shall be required to pay the full cost of extending infrastructure and services, except that the City will examine ways to subsidize the costs of providing infrastructure or offer other incentives that support higher-density infill, mixed use, and redevelopment. L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060419\S060419A.doc