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f C y ~ <br /> ~i o <br /> News Rel ea e ,r. ~4 t ~ <br /> I 2 18 87 ~ ~ ~ - ~ , <br /> ~ ~ <br /> The Oregon Departmeof Transportation has entered into an agreement with <br /> t e City o Eugene preliminary engineering work on transportation <br /> improvemen s for the Riverfront Research Park. The agreement, signed by <br /> ' ' Eugene Cit Manager Mike Gleason and by Larry Rulien, ~tK << <br /> ~ ~J1~Ge-r;- rovides -€~-a total of $500,000 for surveying, ppeparing plan ~~~``J`/ °"1 <br /> and design work for intersection improvements along Franklin Boulevard, <br /> i ~ as well as new access roads into the site, railroad underpasses, and a <br /> proposed edestrian bridge across Franklin Boulevard to link the Park <br /> ~ site with the main U of 0 campus. <br /> According to Dave Reinhard, City of Eugene Transportation Engineer,-i;h~- f <br /> j ~ca-ty staf will perform the e i hI ~w~c~~k~ which wi l l be reviewed and <br /> approved y the State befor o t~i~a~s ~~are awarded <br /> The engin Bring work will be closely coordinated with the site planning <br /> Y ~ that is c rrently under way~f~r ^N^~p.clr., Reinhard said. "We expect <br /> r • -.T- <br /> the preli inary phase of a design wor o o hand-in-hand with the site <br /> ~ planning, so t we a picture of the roadway <br /> component by next fa11,6when the master site plan is-eft^~+- <br /> c..? ~ approved t@ ~~1-1-- - <br /> v ~ f t-he mi 11 i on that the Governor has promised .l`e~--tl~- ~ ~L" <br /> ~,,,~`'~~,~actual co structi on Reinhard said that detai 1 ed engineering <br /> g~` work woul Conti ue into 1988, and .xis--the first contract for infra- <br /> ~ ,struc u,,r{e~ work/, get under way later that year. <br /> ~ .'"i ,U ~ ~ ..1~'~ (EGG ~T- a_t~- - _ _ _ <br /> ~ tate and city o ic'a s-worked out the terms of the agreement for-`the <br /> <br /> ~y" engineers g -weeks, and Rulien presented it <br /> ~p as an inf rmation item at the regular. monthly meetitfg of the Transportation <br /> Commi ss i o o~a`~Tuesday. ~ ~~1 cG <br /> Thee agree ,en`t- the ~tate .ire- pay 50 per <br /> cent of the engineering <br /> cost~~! -e-filry -re~pons-ible fo the rr- 5fl pe 2ent. Since the city <br /> i s rel yi n on tax increment funds~~~im'4~~~7 Bevel opm i n the Park to <br /> ! supply it share of the revenue, the ,Fft ate has agreed to loan the city its ~ <br /> share, in effect, providing 100 per`~ent of the up-front cost. The city's ``r' <br /> payment is~-8ue within 10 years. <br /> ~ "The timi g and terms of the agree nt ~~e~ excel lent for our needs," <br /> according to Reinhard. "We can -gl~~~e'°P1``a4~~~s`?~~pe~-much sooner than <br /> ~tn~k?ad•an icipated, and the private development that will occur on the <br /> s to will ~°~~,r-e-=~ generate the money we need for.oufr share o t ,cost," <br /> e~~'l~iL i~~, ~ ` - ` _ f t ~ tom, ~~cu!~ <br /> ~ const u~tion ~~~1 is not yet ~ '~~J,i - <br /> nd will not be until the engineering phase arther r? <br /> along. Testate and city have discussed the possibility of cost sharing <br /> • on the co struction phase also, but error exact percentages been agreed upon. <br /> I ~-C.G.C. ~ / i r~-' v ~ ° r .~c t -7"' ~ <t ~ C.re-<.~ <br /> C/ M <br /> End ~ V~~2 c,j ~ <br /> I~ G c1~~'~ 1 ~ <br /> <br />