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i <br />VI. Downtown to the River <br />1. Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown planning and <br />development. <br />2. Collaborate with EWEB to encourage relocation of their utility facilities. <br />3. A master plan for the EWEB riverfi-ont property must be approved by the City before any <br />redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, Metro Plan or refinement plan diagram <br />amendments are approved for uses not associated with EWEB functions. The master plan shall <br />be evaluated based on the master plan's consistency with principles A through D below: <br />A. Create a "people place" that is active, vibrant, accessible and multi-use. <br />B. Provide appropriate setbacks, deeper where environmental or habitat issues are moi°e <br />critical, shallower in other areas. <br />C. Incorporate appropriate building and site design techniques that address environmental <br />concerns. <br />D. Incorporate an educational aspect, so that the riverfront improvements teach us about our <br />river, our history and our city. <br />The master plan shall be considered using the City's Type II application procedures, unless the <br />applicant elects to have the master plan reviewed concurrently with a Type III, Type IV or Type V <br />application. <br />4. Facilitate dense development in the Courthouse area and other sites between the core of <br />downtown and the river. <br />VII. Cultural Center <br />1. Provide and promote development and community events that reinforce downtown's role as the <br />cultural center for the city and region. <br />2. Reinforce the creative, distinctive culture of downtown as the arts and entertainment center of <br />the city. <br />VIII. Safe Civic Center <br />1. Support public safety activities that increase visibility, access, actual and perceived safety for <br />individuals and property downtown. <br />2. Consider design measures to enhance public safety and emergency vehicle access as an integral <br />component of public projects, including street improvements and building construction. <br />IX. Getting Around Downtown <br />1. Develop a transportation system that supports the vision of a vital downtown and provides for the <br />safe and efficient movement of automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and emergency and transit <br />vehicles. <br />2. Promote and support alternative modes and accessibility through strategic planning and public <br />investment. <br />3. Enhance functional designs for streets, sidewalks and related public improvements with carefully <br />chosen design elements, including materials, alignments, plantings, and streetscape elements. <br />~`~. <br />~~, <br />52 EUGENE DOWNTOWN PLAN APRIL 2004 <br />,, <br />