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F. Minorities Commission--Manager noted resignation of Ron Sparks and the availability of Jim Cisler,1265 Oakway Terrace, who had been II appointed previously by Council as an alternate. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to accept the resignation of Ron Sparks and to appoint Jim Cisler to the Minorities Commis- sion for a term ending 1/1/80. In answer to a question by Mr. Haws, Andy Clement replied there were still two alternates for this commission. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. II. Site Selection for Civic Center Auditorium--Letter distributed. Manager noted Council had received a site selection report, in addition to the letter attached to the agenda. The letter indicated general public agreement on the site selected by the Civic Center Commission. He said the final report received included information on all the sites evaluated and the various factors in evaluation. Action requested by Council today was to approve the site as recommended by Civic Center Commission so that plans may start for the development. Mr. Baumgartner reviewed the site selection process by the Civic Center Commission. He said it included evaluation of 17 individual sites, as presented to Council in the final report. He said the Commission was unanimous with the exception of one vote in selecting the downtown site as presented to Council. In the opinion of the architects, at e this phase of preliminary cost estimate, the site selected is suffi- cient to encompass what has been expressed as the desire of the communi ty. He said there was some question regarding requirement for additional parking. He said this related to the required surrounding . parking in the central district. Another consideration was location of a hotel in the surrounding area. On the basis of the above concerns, Mr. Baumgartner said the construction firm recommended looking at two additional potential sites: One north- east, containing a block and a half; the other immediately west of Olive Street. He said in addition, there had been a number of discussions with LTD regarding their development of facilities and its relationship to a civic center site. He said 8th and Willamette Street was a potential site for LTD facilities. He said this would continue to be considered as the project moved into the preliminary design phase. Based on these considerations, the Civic Center Commission agreed to recommend to City Council a two-square block area in the central business district bordered by 6th and 7th avenues, Oak and Olive streets, with the understanding that if more space is needed, the Commission will come back to the City Council for approval at that time. e 11/23/77 --3 858