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e Ms. Ehrman said the City Council has discussed a concern about Eugene being perceived as always willing to bridge financial shortfalls for social service groups. She said this motion would send the right message: Eugene is willing to contribute a small amount, but the other jurisdictions will have to lend assistance as well. The motion passed 6:0. II. WORK SESSION: FUTURE LIBRARY PROJECT--PHASES e Pat Decker, Planning Department staff, said the council was scheduled to discuss library phasing options at this meeting. Another meeting is scheduled for June 15, during which the council will try to reach enough closure in its discussion of the library so that a committee of three or four councilors can begin discussing financing options for a new library. Ms. Decker said scenarios would be presented for phasing construction of a new library (constructing an initial phase of about 75,000 square feet and then adding 25,000 square feet later) on several sites still under consideration. , Jim Robertson, Robertson Sherwood Architects, reviewed three library phasing scenarios for the Broadway/Charnelton site. The parking requirements for the three scenarios would be the same: about 450 spaces for the initial phase and about 500 for the completed 100,000-square-foot library. These spaces would serve the library and replace displaced parking but would not support any of the retail and office development that might be part of the project. All three s~enarios would meet these parking requirements by constructing a level of underground parking (about 380 spaces) below the two half-blocks on each side of Broadway. The remaining parking would be provided through an on-site surface lot. The three scenarios also followed a similar phasing: a first story of about 50,000 square feet and a second story of about 25,000 square feet during the first phase, and an addition of 25,000 square feet to the second story during the second phase of construction. The first scenario would construct the library on the half-block south of Broadway; the other half-block would be devoted to surface parking and a retail/office development fronting Charnel ton Street. The second scenario would involve the closure of Broadway between Charnel ton and Lincoln. The library would be built on the eastern half of the site and would act as a terminus to the mall. The rest of the site would be used for parking. This scenario probably would not accommodate a mixed-use development of the site. The third scenario would also involve the vacation of Broadway. The library would be built on the southern half-blrck, surface parking would be built on the northwest corner of the site, and the northeast corner could be devoted to a retail/office development. This scenario would allow some sort of structural connection between the library building and the retail/office development. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 8, 1988 Page 2