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Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan <br />t <br />f <br />FIGURE 1 -2 <br />DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT <br />ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN IN CONTEXT <br />- '7 — , -. <br />Y 4. +��I <br />��� <br />a . <br />B. PLANNING AREA <br />The Eugene Water & Electric Board's riverfront property includes <br />27.8 acres of land with river frontage that reaches from the <br />DeFazio Footbridge to the western edge of the UO Riverfront <br />Research Park property, near the Hilyard Street connection to <br />the Riverbank Trail. The EWEB property's existing zoning is public <br />land, industrial, and residential, with water resource (WR), site <br />review (SR) and transit - oriented district (TD) overlays. <br />The EWEB riverfront property forms the northeastern edge <br />of Downtown Eugene, and is adjacent to the 5th Street <br />Market District, historic Skinner Butte neighborhood, Federal <br />Courthouse District, and UO Riverfront Research Park. Alton <br />Baker Park is directly across the Willamette River. <br />Existing structures on the riverfront property include <br />the 100,000sf EWEB Headquarters Buildings, 43,000sf <br />Operations Warehouse, 17,800sf Vehicle Repair Shop, 21,000sf <br />Communications and Equipment Repair Building, 18,600sf <br />Midgley's Building, and 20,000sf Steam Plant. The southeastern <br />end of the property holds the Willamette Substation and the <br />former manufactured gas plant (MGP) site, both of which will <br />remain in EWEB ownership. <br />C. PROJECT CONTEXT <br />The EWEB riverfront site is unique in its relationship to Eugene's <br />Downtown, being the only portion of the Downtown Area to <br />reach the Willamette River. For more than 20 years, planning <br />documents and community efforts have identified this property <br />as the best place to reconnect the city with the river, and to <br />create a downtown riverfront district that is unique to Eugene. <br />In the 2004 Downtown Plan, this vision was captured in the four <br />Riverfront Criteria that directed the development of the EWEB <br />Riverfront Master Plan. <br />The EWEB property is also part of one of the most extensive <br />open space amenities in the region: a string of public parks and <br />continuous riverfront trails that run for more than 17 miles along <br />the Willamette River. The acquisition of significant downtown <br />riverfront open space (3 -5 acres) holds a Priority Level 1 in the <br />City's 2006 Project and Priority (PROs) plan, which identifies parks <br />and open space priorities on a scale of 1 to 5. Priority 1 projects <br />are the top priority and are targeted for completion within five <br />years of the plan. <br />6 ■ Rowell Brokaw Architects <br />