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' S NtZRA 6LEASON <br /> P BLIC iwCaRKS <br /> C TY HALL I I - 4TH iFL OOR <br /> City Manager's <br /> Office <br /> <br /> I City of Eugene <br /> fir" 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> March 20, 1 92 Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (503) 687-5010 FAX 341-5894 <br /> NEWS RE EASE <br /> From Phil eiler, Public Information Specialist <br /> City Mana is Office, 657-5010 <br /> DOWNTOWN COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ON DESIGN FOR RE-OPENING OLIVE STREET <br /> The City o Eugene's Downtown Commission will hold a public hearing on the <br /> design con ept for the re-opening of Olive Street between 8th and 10th Avenues, on <br /> March 31 t ~7 p.m. The public hearing will be conducted in the Bloch Room of the <br /> Eugene Conference Center. <br /> Earlier thi month, the Eugene City Council placed a measure on the May 19 <br /> primary el ction ballot concerning the re-opening of Olive Street. The Council <br /> directed e Downtown Commission to act as a design review body and to <br /> recommen an Olive Street design for Council approval. <br /> On March 17, the Downtown Commission voted to tentatively recommend a <br /> conceptua design for re-opening Olive Street to traffic. Following the public <br /> hearing, t e Commission will make a final recommendation on a preferred design <br /> concept a d will forward that recommendation to the City Council for approval. <br /> The City ouncil will use the conceptual design it approves in order to inform <br /> ~ voters ab ut what a re-opened Olive Street might look like. <br /> The desig concept tentatively approved by the Downtown Commission contains <br /> the folio ing elements: <br /> • T o 14' lanes for two way traffic; <br /> • ft turn Ianes at 8th and 10th Street intersections; <br /> -more- - <br /> <br />