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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4654 .....~..- COUNCIL RESOLUTION 4654 A JOINT RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AND THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. DATE SUBMITTED: October 10,2000 PASSED: 7/1 OPPOSED: Bettman ABSENT: REJECTED: DEFERRED TO: JOINT RESOLUTION of the CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE NO. 4654 and THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF EUGENE NO. 1009 IN SUPPORT OF SELECTING A EUGENE SITE FOR A NEW U.S. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE The City Council of the City of Eugene, and the U rbaD Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene jointly find as follows: A. The Federal General Services Administration (GSA) is evaluating five sites in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area for the construction of a new US. Federal Courthouse. B. Three ofthe five sites are located in Eugene and all are located in the city's existing Urban Renewal District. C. The western-most portion of this Urban Renewal District is known as the "Downtown Riverfront District." D. The City Council and the Urban Rewenal Agency have begun the process of revitalizing the Downtown Riverfront District by: establishing the Greater Downtown Visioning Committee; by planning for the use of Urban Renewal dollars to support implementation of the vision; and by allocating dollars for Phase 2 of the visioning effort. E. The Eugene City Council supports the location of the new U.S. Federal Courthouse in Eugene and in the Downtown Riverfront District. F. The Eugene City Council and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene have authorized its City Manager/Director to negotiate the possible purchase of the former Agripac Cannery site now owned by Chiquita Processed Foods and to commence condemnation proceedings, if necessary, to acquire this land, subject to final approval of the Council/Agency. G. It is the intention of the Eugene City Council and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene to allow the GSA to purchase a portion of this site as a location for a new US. Federal Courthouse (Site 2 in GSA's draft environmental impact statement) and to sell the remaining land as part of a District redevelopment effort. I. The Eugene City Council wishes to assure the GSA that a new US. Federal Courthouse in Eugene will become an integral part of a quality downtown neighborhood. 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eugene, a municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene, as follows: Section 1. The City Council is committed to developing and then maintaining an on- going, mutually beneficial partnership with GSA and with nearby property owners and residents to create a quality downtown neighborhood for a new US. Federal Courthouse. Section 2. The City Manager/Director has created a schematic Riverfront District site plan which, while in a very draft stage of completion, attempts to indicate to GSA the type of high quality downtown neighborhood which could be created by working in partnership with the City of Eugene and with neighboring property owners and residents. This schematic District site plan is depicted in Exhibits attached hereto. Section 3. The City Council and the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene have a variety of resources and powers available to them by virtue of the City's Home Rule Charter and the Urban Renewal Agency's statutory powers. The City Council and Urban Renewal Agency fully intend on using the Charter and urban renewal resources and powers to help GSA accomplish its goal of constructing a new US. Federal Courthouse in a quality downtown neighborhood. Section 4. To affirmatively indicate to GSA its serious intent, the City Council and Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene hereby direct the City Manager/Director to accomplish the following tasks: A. Prepare an analysis which explains the process and cost for updating the existing Urban Renewal Plan. B. Prepare an analysis which explains the process and cost for preparing a new comprehensive Downtown Riverfront District development plan. It is the City Council's intent to join in partnership with GSA and other nearby property owners and residents in the completion of this new District plan. The results of the Greater Downtown Visioning Study shall be used as the beginning point for the new plan. C. Prepare an analysis which presents alternative methods for assuring that quality development occurs in the downtown neighborhood where a new U.S. Federal Courthouse will be located. Staff shall investigate such methods as: adoption of a special zoning overlay district; design guidelines; methods for protecting views to the Willamette River through the development; and so forth. D. Prepare an analysis which describes alternative methods for financing the infrastructure necessary to create an attractive, high quality downtown neighborhood surrounding the new US. Federal Courthouse. 2 E. Prepare an analysis which outlines various financing techniques for opening the Mill Race Canal through the downtown neighborhood where the new U. S. Federal Courthouse will be located. Such analysis shall include the possibility of using city stormwater funds for a portion of the total cost, such as for local matching dollars for federal and state grants. F. Pursue additional federal and state funds to help the City, the Urban Renewal Agency, and GSA finance infrastructure improvements in the downtown neighborhood where the new U.S. Federal Courthouse will be located, to include opening the Mill Race Canal. G. Should Eugene be selected as the site for a new U.S. Federal Courthouse, attend the GSA Good Neighbor Summit in December, 2000. The foregoing Joint Resolution adopted this tc/~ day of October, 2000. ~/ D--r G City ec er cJCvv<^-~-J~ Director 3