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° Promote adjacent park and open space. areas as a valuable component to <br />downtown's urban places. Improve connections between downtown and <br />nearby nature. <br />° Encourage listing of.appropriate structures and sites of historic importance <br />in the National Register of Historic Places or as a City of Eugene Historic <br />Landmark. <br /> <br />Living Downtown, <br />° Stimulate multi-.unit housing in the downtown core and on the edges of !; <br />downtown for a variety of income levels and ownership opportunities. <br />° Reinforce. residential use in neighborhoods abutting the downtown <br />commercial core to help contain commercial activity in downtown`and <br />maintain the his#oric character and livability of adjacent neighborhoods. <br />Downtown Riverfront <br />° Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown <br />,planning and development. <br />° ...'Collaborate with EWEB to encourage relocation of their:utility facilities. <br />° A master plan for the EWEB riverFront property, must. be approved by the <br />.City. before any redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, .Metro Plan <br />or refinement plan diagram amendments are approved. for uses not <br />associated with EWEB functions. <br />° Facilitate dense development in the courthouse area and other sites <br />between the core of downtown and the river. ' <br />Cultural. Center <br />° Provide and promote development and community events that reinforce <br />downtown's role as the .cultural center for the city and region. <br />° Reinforce the creative,' distinctive culture of downtown as the arts and <br />entertainment center of the city. <br />Safe Civic.Center <br />° Support public safety activities that increase visibility, access; actual and <br />'perceived safety for individuals and property downtown. <br />° Consider design measures to enhance public safety and. emergency <br />vehicle access as an integral component of public projects; including, <br />street mprovements.and building construction. <br />Getting Around Downtown. <br />° Develop atransportation- system that supports the vision, of a vital <br />downtown and provides for the safe and efficient. movement of <br />.automobiles, .pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency and transit vehicles. <br />° Promote and s.upport:alternative modes and accessibility through strategic< <br />planning and public investment: <br /> <br />