MAYLIAN PAK
‘The most prominent
use of railroad sites
nationwide is fenced
and vacant.’ — Mike Sullivan
lobbied the City Council to exclude the railyard property from
the enterprise zone vote at the March 7 council meeting. The
enterprise zone program would provide corporate property
tax breaks on 90 percent of the city’s industrial land for the
next decade. Councilor Andrea Ortiz, a Trainsong resident
herself, asked for an amendment to the vote that would, for
now, exclude the railyard from the enterprise zone. That
leaves future zoning of the site up for discussion, rather than
making it a probable candidate for heavy industrial develop-
ment.
The group has also engaged the mayor in several dialogues
about its goals. In addition to attending the City Club meeting,
Piercy attended the Trainsong Neighborhood Association
meeting in February. Councilor Ortiz was also present to par-
ticipate in the brainstorm discussions about the future of the
site. While Piercy expresses concern that the city of Eugene
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already has its plate full and that UP may not sell the land any-
way, she still believes that the coalition is engaged in a worthy
cause. “I am interested in any way the railroad yard could be
turned into a community asset,” she says.
Piercy and Allen Lowe from the city Planning Division will
be on the panel of judges at the charrette to view final designs
and give feedback. UP has expressed interest in possibly send-
ing a representative to be on the panel.
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