COMMUNITY
Commissioners pledge mall support
By Chris Bouneff
t mot a id News Eddoi_____
Cmc County i.iimmissiuncrs tru'd walking the
politic ,d tightrope Wednesday morning I>\ pledg
mg miint'i to ‘signific anllv assist the i itv ol I u
griic m reopening the Dow ntow n Mali
Kngene voters will iln idr on M.i\ J1 whether
the iii.i 11 should he reopened to motorized tr.iltu
The proposed redesign would open portions ol
Willamette. Olive .md hast Hro.idw.iv streets
(Commission (Chairman Jai k Roberts. w ho repre
sents Kngene. origin.dh proposed last week that
the i ountv use road improvement funds to i over
up to $.1 J million ol the projot ts t osts
Hut at Wednesday's meeting (Commissiouei
Steve (Comae e Ilia proposed an amended resolu
(ion also i ailing lor the use ol i ounly road hinds
for the mall However, this resolution did not
spri ifv an amount
I he hoard also mandated that tile laigene I its
(Council prioritize road improvement pro|e< ts lot
the c: 11 \ hefore coming to Ihe c ommissiun with .1
funding request
"We do not know in relation to all metropoli
tan projects that this is the Kngene ( itv ( ounc if s
number one priori! v < Cnr11.11 c Ilia said
Moreover. (Comae c Ina said the countv should
avoid the appearant e ot meddling in l.ugeue poli
tics
We'd he unnecessarilv placed in the political
dehate ot whether the streets should lie opened
lie said
(Commissioners III 1 it■ Ihundi and Marie I ra/iei
supported (Cornacc Ilia s proposal, citing similai
reasons (Commissiouei Jcrrv Kust joined Koherts
m wanting In .iIIim .lie hinds before voters i .ist
ballots
Proponents of opening tlie mall said the i am
paigll s deliate u ill not lot us oil the i ouutv s of
tel In use ro,id tuiuls tor the proposed redesign
Mayor |et t Millei vs lio with i oum llors have
Robinette and Shawn Holes attended the meeting
to show their support lor Roberts proposal, said
tlie i ampaign issue will now be whether to open
the iii.i11 and not where tlie i its will tiild funding
souri os
ll helps the ills! uss inn tie where it needs to
he Miller said
Miller desi rilled the downtow n redesign as his
lop priontv ami tie i .died (lie i oiniiiissioners
unanimous vote a positive sign lor downtown re
vituli/.ution
People are leaving |downtown) people are
not there, (here’s no people who want to invest
liei ailse there s no ai l essilnlilv Millet said
Opponents ot the redesign who also opposed
using i mints road monev to fund the redesign,
were not taking the i unfity s pledge ol fi mini la I
support as a setbai k
| I he redesign) allot ts onlv two i il\ him ks
said l.il Astei who is a ma|or downtown proper!v
OWliei Regardless ot where the monev inines
trum people doii t want to see their monev spent
that way
\stei said i ommissioners ai led responsibly In
not appropriating funds holme the Slav .'I vote
and ill asking the i itv to assess its needs before
re< eiv ing i ountv road funds
Thev re asking tlie ( ity ( aium d to show some
hai khone and lead in prioritizing their needs
Aster said
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