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POIICIeS D. Conduct a study of riparian habitat values and <br />restoration opportunities within the Willamette <br />f. Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral -River riparian zone to guide protection and <br />element to downtown planning anddevelopment. restoration activities in that area, and to identify <br />those areas of lower- habitat value. <br />2. Collaborate with EWEB to encourage. relocation <br />of their utility facilities. E .Enhance .existing points of access from downtown <br />to the river so that convenient connections are <br />3. A master plan for the EWEB riverfront property visible both from the riverfi-ont to downtown, and <br />must be approved by the. City before any fi•om downtown to the river. <br />redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, <br />Metro Plan or- refinement plan diagram F Explore possibilities for parks or_public open <br />..amendments are approved for uses not associated space along the. river•front. <br />with EWEB functions.The master plan shall be <br />evaluated based on the master plan's consistency PrO~eCtS <br />with principles A through D below: <br />>A. Create a "people place" tharis active, Examples of possible projectsthat address the <br />vibrant,accessible_and multi-use.;; implementation strategies:. <br />B. Provide appropriate setbacks, deeper where <br />environmental or habitat issues are more Partner with EWEBto develop a master.. plan for <br />.critical, shallower in other areas. the EWER site. <br />C. Incorporate appropriate building and site <br />design techniques-.that address Assess and provide. mitigation for stormwater <br />environmental concerns. issues related to thee. potential development of <br />D. incorporate an educational aspect, so that riverfront properties <br />the riverfront improvements teach us about <br />our river, our history and our city. Introduce pedestrian-related improvements along <br />;alfpaths leading to the river. <br />The master plan shall be considered using the <br />City's Type II application procedures, unless the .Develop an adaptive use concept for EWEB's <br />applicant elects to have the master plan Steam Plant. <br />reviewed concurrently with aType III;Type IV <br />or•Type V application. Daylight the Millrace to connect downtown to <br />the river and capitalize on this historic waterway. <br />-4. Facilitate dense development in the courthouse <br />area and other sites between the core of <br />downtown and.the river. ~ ~; r9 ~ ~ ~, ~' <br />Implementation ..Strategies ~~ <br />~' 4 ~ t ~,a R 't' <br />A. G-eate inviting physical and visual access to the x ~ ~ µ' _, <br />riverfront from 8th and 5th Avenues,,and explore '." , .~. ~:~ ~ ~~ ~.. <br />,. <br />opportunities for additional access between these - <br />two points'. '~ <br />;,., <br />a~~ <br />x <br />B. Rezone the Courthouse area from Light-Medium ~""""' <br />Industrial 12 to a'commercial zone compatible`. -- `' <br />with. downtown. <br />C. Reinforce the relationship between downtown <br />andthe river through landscaping, art, signs, street <br />furniture;historic plaques and markers. Fish mosaic benches at the library <br />reinforce thetheme of downtown <br />and the river. <br /> <br />EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN APRIL 2004 2J <br />