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Eugene to explore options for'daylighting' buried millrace -The Register-Guard, Eugene, ... Page 2 of 2 <br /> go it alone. <br /> lkom, "I would like to see actual evidence of community support," he <br /> said. "And not just, 'I'll help when it comes to a vote,' but 'I'll <br /> help set up a millrace foundation, to raise money for it.' " <br /> Councilor Nancy Nathanson said her main concern was that a <br /> millrace project shouldn't be viewed as competing with other <br /> city needs, from funding for police and other city services to <br /> paying for a new city hall. <br /> "I don't want to go to voters right now, this year, with this kind <br /> of development, when we have some real critical needs," <br /> Nathanson said. <br /> Mayor Jim Torrey complimented councilors for their vision, but <br /> warned that planning for the millrace could "slow down any <br /> sale of residual property" owned by the city near the <br /> courthouse. <br /> The millrace itself would take up about three-quarters of an <br /> acre along a route starting at Broadway and Mill streets, and <br /> winding east past Ferry Street and then north to the railroad <br /> tracks. <br /> Public Works Director Kurt Corey also warned that unresolved <br /> questions about the millrace design may complicate street <br /> planning in the soon-to-be-redeveloped area. <br /> "I think it's a beautiful dream," Councilor Betty Taylor said. <br /> "And accomplishments start with dreaming." <br /> The millrace was dug in 1852 as a canal connecting two muddy <br /> sloughs, creating enough streamflow to run a sawmill east of <br /> the present-day Ferry Street Bridge. In 1949, it was buried 6 <br /> feet deep in a 30-inch pipe to accommodate highway <br /> expansion in the area. <br /> 0 <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=d 1.cr.millrace.l l l l&date=20031... 11/12/03 <br />