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Voters reject mall redesign plan
Measure tans oy less than u.UUU votes
By BrianBloch
f rnorakl fiepOUei
The polls were right. tuigene
voters Tuesdav defeated a
measure i ailing for the rede
sign ol the downtown mall
Hallo! Measure 21) 02 was
voted down by less than I otto
votes in Tuesday's election,
with air uiu>ff.i< nil final a mini ol
18.042 no votes to la o.'it \es
votes
I he measure would have re
pealed a < 11\ ordinam e that has
kept the don ntou n mall tree ot
traffic sim e the earls loan's
I 'nder the measure portions ot
Willamette Street. Olive Street
and I: Hroadw.iv Street would
have been opened to vehicular
traffic
Other modifications to the
mall, ini hiding the creation ot
a new public plaza area park
mg units and landscape up
grades were included in the
defeated measure
Opponents ot the measure
voiced concerns during public
meetings in February, saving
vehicular traffic would damage
the pedestrian-oriented alums
phere of the mall
( )t her opponents cited the
projected cost id the redesign
$ i 2 million, in c ontrasl to
lightened local government
budgets under Hallot Measure
Still others in opposition to
the measure said merely open
mg the streets would do little
to sol VI! c 11111(1 lex ec iinoit) M
problems la> ed bv downtown
businesses
" There are a lot of strategies
I
a\ ail.ible for iinpro\ ing the
downtown aira said Kugrnr
( il\ (loum ilor Paul \n holson
' There is no evidence th.il
opening streets helps down
low u in,ills
\t< holson said lie rxprt ted
ihr measure to hr detrain! and
ailvut alrd I hr use ol (low ntow n
funds for other options i nrrrnl
l\ bring ( nusidrrrd bv (hr i itv
i mini 11 [ host* options hr
said include housing develop
inrnl park ing Iihrai \ ■ , in
strut tlon and uru pnblit pla.'a
arras
Now fhnl Ihr pulilu has rr
solved the issue ait whether to
turn In redesign as Ihr answer
we tan go forward with a more
appropriate and rffrt live spate
gv toi improving downtown
\it holson salt) Now we have
that Sid! million to spend on
t it her opt ions
In the wake ot the deteat hr
also t ailed lor "more const irn
lions" land use guidelines to
be set up bv the t ount ll
"Ur have to look lo exploit
the natural advantages of that
pedestrian area Nicholson
said
I hr no vole is m sharp i on
Irasl lo predominant opinions
expressed during puhlit toriuns
on the issue
An overw helmingl v favor
able I rowd advoi atnd the open
ing ol downtown during a I eh
ruarv 20 forum Onlv ten pro
[dr came mil m opposition al
t h o u g h polls this month
showed a siutl o| voter prelri
elite avvav from the downtown
proposal
A February survey of H2
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Paul \i< holsnn
downtown. bus inessfs tniin.il
cii that IO supported ihi* rede
Mt<n piupus.il said (a'lieNsian
president nl the manage men!
firm Itowntnssa Iugene Ini
I’rupuntmls oi the measure
i ill'll iba risist'ii business and a
Inss nl \ italitv In llii' area undi'r
a i lust'd slri'i't design
‘(!lust'd sI ri'i'l s a rr like
i lust'd doors." said All In/ur
owner nl two downtown busi
ni'ssi's
U i' lift'd In takf ai I ton and
saw- downtown bv opening ibf
streets said busmi'ss owner
Hub Rubensteiri
Other business owners in ihe
downtown area lubbied In-usds
fur the measure mil lid I ng
lames Ivors . proprietor ut l\u
gene At It let li . a nil Russell
brink a representative from
I tow ntown Kugene liu
()in ilmt ntuss n design is
not going to solve all problems
and address all issues, but il
damn well is a start.” Ivors
said
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