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the site, and the staff would identify those for the council in the future. Mr. Kelly wanted the issue <br />to be analyzed on the basis of its overall financial impact. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly wanted staff out of the basement of City Hall as soon as possible. However, he did not <br />want to continue to expand City sites out further into the community. That included the Roosevelt <br />site. Rather than having the master plan address the area outside the Roosevelt yards, he <br />suggested the City consider what redevelopment possibilities existed for property currently owned <br />by the City. He thought the one-stow office buildings on the site could be replaced with multi-stow <br />offices. Mr. Johnson referred the council to the map on page 237, which illustrated the land <br />assembly that had occurred to take care of the department's needs over the next 50 years. He <br />believed the best place to expand the department was at that site. Mr. Johnson said that staff <br />was suggesting through the master planning process the possibility of putting two uses on the <br />site, Police and Public Works. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey noted a constituent had raised the Chiquita site as a possible location for the fire <br />station. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey left the meeting. Ms. Taylor assumed the chair. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked why it cost so much to move the parking across the street. Mr. Johnson said <br />that the space needed to be secured with a fence, and staff was not proposing a cyclone fence <br />but a three- to four-foot brick fence topped by ironwork. Cameras would be installed for security <br />purposes. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr did not object to expanding the Roosevelt yards; he did not think it was "decompacting" to <br />expand there given their location in the center of the city. He said there was housing in the area <br />that would be displaced, and asked what happened to those who were displaced. Mr. Johnson <br />clarified that the City had only acquired property when it became vacant. He concurred that it did <br />take lower cost rental units off the market, but nobody was displaced. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr was concerned about the loss of Iow-income housing stock from the housing inventory. <br />Glen Svendsen of the Public Works Department reported that if the houses could be salvaged, <br />they were moved to other locations in the community. Mr. Farr endorsed that approach, noting <br />that the houses would be improved when moved. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson said that it was a council policy decision about whether the City would continue to <br />acquire property in that location; the property assembly had occurred over time because the <br />department had been focused on the future and the need for expansion. He anticipated the <br />department would be there "forever." <br /> <br />Mr. Farr indicated he supported the continued acquisition of property adjacent to the yards. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner shared Mr. Farr's concerns about the loss of Iow-income housing in relatively stable <br />neighborhoods. He was also concerned about what he termed City "space creep." He wanted to <br />know how many vehicles were associated with the services to be moved to the Roosevelt yards <br />and if specialized parking was needed for the police cars used there. Mr. Johnson said that the <br />parking would be secured, but not specialized. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 25, 2001 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />