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Action: Selection of Community Advisory Team Members for EWEB Riverfront
Master Planning Process
Meeting Date: June 16, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 1
Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nan Laurence
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541/682-5340
ISSUE STATEMENT
The City of Eugene and Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) received a combined total of
47 applications to the Community Advisory Team for the EWEB Riverfront Master Planning
Process. On April 15, 2008, the EWEB Board of Commissioners selected five individuals. The
purpose of the work session is for City Council to select the remaining four members of the nine-
member Community Advisory Team.
BACKGROUND
At a work session on June 11, 2008, city councilors requested additional time to consider the
applicant pool. Councilors agreed to submit four names to City staff by Friday, June 13, 2008.
Staff will compile all the names received with the respective number of votes and present this
information to council by the end of the day on Friday, June 13, 2008.
Additional Background Information
On December 17, 2007, following direction by the City Council and the EWEB Board of
Commissioners, City Manager pro tem Angel Jones and EWEB General Manager Randy
Berggren signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the steps leading to the
disposition and redevelopment of the EWEB riverfront property. The MOU directed the EWEB
Board and City Council to appoint a Community Advisory Team (CAT) to guide the master
planning process. Specifically, the EWEB Board was to select five members and the Eugene
City Council was to select four members of the CAT to work with a qualified
consultant/facilitator to create a master plan for the EWEB riverfront property.
The application period for the CAT was open between Wednesday, February 20, 2008, and
Friday, March 28, 2008. A total of 47 applications were received; subsequently, one individual
removed his application due to a conflict of interest. In the final pool, there were 37 male and
nine female applicants, located throughout the community. Based on zip code locations, 97405
had the most applicants with 17; followed by 97401 with 10; 97403 with 9; 97408 with 5; 97402
with 3; 97404 with 1 and 97489 (Leaburg) with 1.
On April 15, 2008, the EWEB Board of Commissioners selected five individuals: Dave Hauser,
Dean Pape, Tom Hoyt, Gary Wildish, and Desiree Moore. EWEB commissioners have indicated
that they also intend to select an alternate CAT member, in the event that one of the individuals
initially selected is required to withdraw from the master planning process for any reason.
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The master planning process is expected to involve a significant number of CAT meetings, in
addition to at least four public workshops. City and EWEB staff plan on contacting all
applicants who are not selected for the CAT to encourage their continued participation in the
riverfront master planning process, such as through the public workshops.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
Numerous City policies reference the potential and community value of the EWEB riverfront
property. The most relevant and recent are the four policies in the Downtown Riverfront section
of the Eugene Downtown Plan (page 29):
1.Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown planning and
development.
2.Collaborate with EWEB to encourage relocation of their utility facilities.
3.A master plan for the EWEB riverfront property must be approved by the City before any
redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, Metro Plan or refinement plan diagram
amendments are approved for uses not associated with EWEB functions. The master
plan shall be evaluated based on the master plan's consistency with principles A through
D below:
A.Create a “people place” that is active, vibrant, accessible and multi-use.
B.Provide appropriate setbacks, deeper where environmental or habitat issues are
more critical, shallower in other areas.
C.Incorporate appropriate building and site design techniques that address
environmental concerns.
D.Incorporate an educational aspect, so that the riverfront improvements teach us
about our river, our history and our city.
The master plan shall be considered using the City's Type II application procedures,
unless the applicant elects to have the master plan reviewed concurrently with a Type III,
Type IV or Type V application.
4.Facilitate dense development in the courthouse area and other sites between the core of
downtown and the river.
COUNCIL OPTIONS
1.Select four individuals from the list of applicants submitted by the City Council for the
Community Advisory Team for the EWEB riverfront master planning process.
2.Provide other direction to the City Manager regarding the selection of individuals for the
Community Advisory Team for the EWEB riverfront master planning process.
3.Take no action.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends that council select four individuals from the list of applicants
submitted by City Council for the Community Advisory Team for the EWEB riverfront master
planning process.
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SUGGESTED MOTION
Move to appoint __________ to the EWEB Community Advisory Team.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Matrix of nominations (to be distributed under separate cover)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
City of Eugene Staff Contact: Nan Laurence
Telephone: 682-5340
Staff E-Mail: nan.laurence@ci.eugene.or.us
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