COMMUNITY 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 1 I ® Little Caesars W - ** ** * CHEESES! 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