Rose Quarter

Development Project

WELCOME
Rose Quarter District Plan
Open House, 4:30 - 7:00 pm
Tonight will...
• Allow the public to review and provide
feedback on the Draft Rose Quarter District
Plan
• Help us understand what you like and don’t
like about the Draft District Plan by filling out a
green comment form.

Next Steps...
• December: PDC considers and incorporates
District Plan feedback.
• January-February: Community discussions,
agency briefings, SAC feedback
• March: City Council and PDC Board Review
& Approval
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SAC Aspirational Statement

Presented to City Council April 14, 2010
We, the Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee, support preservation
of the Memorial Coliseum as an inspiring, community-focused, multi-
purpose facility with improved flexibility to accommodate a multiplicity
of events for public and private purposes, at a variety of scales and uses
including, without limitation: sports, entertainment, arts and culture in
a manner that honors Veterans, respects the cultural heritage of the
African American neighborhood that was previously in this location, integrates
education, showcases innovation in sustainability, and demonstrates a
triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic equity in a way
that is consistent with its status as a National Register historic property. The
outcome of the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Quarter development should
serve to increase access to community benefits for the widest range of
Portland residents.
This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.
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SAC Aspirational Statement (continued)

It is understood that the Memorial Coliseum may not be able to support all of the following activities
and uses, however, our Committee urges the Memorial Coliseum concept proposers to compare
the proposals for the use of the Coliseum interior spaces in terms of use, cost, operation and
profitability with those for an improved base case. In so doing, they should consider improvements
that augment daytime usage and district activation and may consider the following in their more
detailed concept submittals in response to the Request for Proposal:

• Enhanced Veterans Memorial • Amateur and Professional Sports Spectator

• Meeting Space with Priority Usage by Facility
Veterans • Regulation Hockey Rink
• Eco-district Features, Design and • Space for Visual Arts and Performances
operating systems that reflect state of the art • Restaurants
sustainability features.
• Skylights, roof penetrations, and other natural
• Amateur Athletics Fitness Facility including light features
an aquatics center
• Programming that reflects the aspiration of
• Live Entertainment Venue educating as well as entertaining users of
the facility.

This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.
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Project Vision
Create a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented, mixed use district
with year-round night and day active public uses that
support the future of the Rose Quarter district, showcase
leading edge sustainability practices, create jobs, provide
visitor amenities, and integrate and connect
with neighboring portions of the Lloyd
District and Oregon Convention
Center area, as well as the
Willamette River and surrounding
neighborhoods.

This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.
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Urban Design Principles

Connectivity - connect and enhance adjacent Existing Uses – protect, enhance and
neighborhoods and districts on both sides of the complement the existing positive uses in the
Willamette River Rose Quarter, including the Rose Garden Arena
and adjacent neighborhoods
Transportation – create a neighborhood that
is accessible by all modes of travel (transit, Sustainability – promote energy efficiency, green
pedestrian, bicycle, vehicle) and maximizes design, recycling, natural resource protection, and
existing parking resources other environment-friendly facility and operations
features
Parks and Public Open Spaces – design public
open spaces that create memorable addresses Physical Barriers –mitigate barriers to improve
and animate the Rose Quarter as well as connect Rose Quarter access (such as I-5, Broadway,
the Rose Quarter to the Willamette River and Interstate Avenue, public transit and the railroad)
greenway system
Development Blocks – create flexible
Gateways – create inviting gateways at the Rose development blocks that can support a mix of
Quarter that also serve as gateways to downtown potential uses including entertainment, hotel,
and inner eastside neighborhoods office, retail, education, recreation and mixed-
income housing
Heritage – incorporate the architectural, social, and
African American heritage of Portland’s east side
and the role of the working Willamette River edge
This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.
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Coliseum Draft Enhanced Facility Proposal

Proposed Coliseum Facility Programming: Proposed Rose Quarter Area Programming:
The following programmatic recommendations from the Draft Enhanced Facility These programmatic uses may not be feasible to locate within the Memorial
Proposal are based on the strengths of the three finalist concepts: Coliseum, but may be integrated with future Rose Quarter area development. The
district planning will also include the consideration of other uses, including but not
• Arena  Explore options for: making seating capacity limited to: housing, office, retail, and public open space.
more marketable; adding party/sponsor decks; adding a
track or velodrome • Amateur Athletics Fitness Facility  Explore:
development of a community facility for use by the
• Bowl  Explore: installation of a regulation ice rink; Winterhawks and Trailblazers
feasibility of removing non-visible portions of bowl;
additional programming within and/or below the bowl • Small Live Entertainment Venue  Explore:
entertainment venue with approximately 2,500 seats
• Exhibit Hall/Meeting Rooms Area  Explore:
allowing Veterans to use the space consistent with previous • Aquatics Facility  Explore: feasibility of a 50-meter
agreements; additional ice rink; flexible space for arts pool
programming; pool and aquatics facility; office space • Field House  Explore: feasibility of providing
• Memorial Plazas  Explore: renovation of existing basketball courts, volleyball, indoor soccer, and other field
plazas; creating new Veterans Memorial house activities

• Concourse  Explore: development of a publicly • Running Track & Velodrome  Explore:

accessible restaurant and/or bar. potential for a publicly accessible 200 meter running track
and velodrome, available for regional and national events

The draft concept proposal is only intended for the purposes of furthering the Rose Quarter
district concept planning process and has been prepared without architectural or market analysis.

This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.
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Project Progress to Date...

There have been... The SAC has...
• 15 Stakeholder Advisory Committee • Developed Evaluation
meetings; Criteria for analyzing
• 3 meetings of a veterans’ advisory group; Coliseum concept
submittals and screened
• 5 Meetings of a Community Benefits 96 applications down to
Subcommittee; three finalists and two
• A Memorial Coliseum Future Use alternates;
Marketplace event that attracted more • Developed an Aspirational Statement
than 650 participants and included 33 calling for preservation of Memorial
concept slideshow presentations and Coliseum as a community-focused,
information tables; neighborhood friendly, accessible, multi-
• Over 27,000 visits to purpose facility; and
RoseQuarterDevelopment.org and • Produced a Memorial Coliseum
hundreds of submitted online comments, recommendation that was adopted by
questions, reuse ideas and blog entries; City Council in April 2010.

This information and other project materials are available online at RoseQuarterDevelopment.org.