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Mr. Clark determined from Mr. Brown that the presentation the council was about to see originated with <br />Mr. Brown, Mr. Zelenka, and the Save Civic Stadium (SCS) organization. Mr. Brown said the other two <br />respondents to the RFP declined to propose further ideas. <br />Mr. Clark recalled that at the time the council voted to form the committee, he stated it was inappropriate <br />for the council to weigh in on the side of one proposal and short- circuit the school district process. Mr. <br />Zelenka said that neither he nor Mr. Brown nor the mayor intended to short- circuit the process. They had <br />asked the district if it would be willing to hear from the City and the district had agreed as long as the <br />City remained within the process timeframe, which was extended to June 1. The district indicated that <br />any proposal could be revised until the last minute. Mr. Zelenka said the committee meeting was an <br />attempt to find out if the other respondents were willing to revise their proposals and join in with the City <br />of Eugene; only SCS was willing to do so. <br />Mr. Clark summarized the presentation as Mr. Brown and Mr. Zelenka's recommendation on how the <br />City could intervene on the side of SCS and revise its proposal. Mr. Zelenka concurred. <br />In response to process concerns expressed by Mr. Poling and Mr. Clark, Mr. Zelenka said the council was <br />not being asked to make any decisions at this time. He was asking it to hear the preliminary proposal, <br />discuss it, and consider the City's participation. <br />Mr. Brown and Mr. Zelenka then provided a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Reinventing Civic <br />Stadium" that posited a scenario by which the stadium was preserved as a sports complex and community <br />gathering place that supported a professional soccer team. Under "Plan A" the City acted as the property <br />leaser /owner, financial guarantor, development facilitator, and facility manager /event programmer; under <br />"Plan B" the City purchased the site from the school district using money from the Parks and Open Space <br />Bond. <br />Tim Holt, President of the United Soccer Leagues (USL), joined the council via speakerphone. He <br />discussed the history of the USL, the number of leagues the USL operated and their locations, and his <br />conviction a professional soccer team could be successfully located in Eugene. He answered councilors' <br />questions about the USL and the logistics and timing of locating a soccer team in Eugene. Mayor Piercy <br />thanked Mr. Holt for his input. <br />Mayor Piercy solicited council comments and questions. <br />Ms. Taylor supported the proposal, which she termed amazing work. She thanked Mr. Zelenka and Mr. <br />Brown. She believed the City would be performing a big service to the community if it could realize the <br />proposal. <br />Mr. Clark understood that the YMCA did not want to participate in the proposal, but its participation was <br />mentioned in the presentation as a possibility. Mr. Zelenka said he and Mr. Brown had met with Dave <br />Perez of the YMCA and learned that Mr. Perez wished to continue on with the YMCA's response to the <br />RFP. If the district was to select the SCS proposal, there would be sufficient space left on the property to <br />give the YMCA the right of first refusal. <br />Mr. Clark asked what specific role Mr. Zelenka and Mr. Brown envisioned for the City. He also asked <br />how the use of park bonds affected the development of the Santa Clara community park. Mr. Zelenka <br />acknowledged many details remained to be worked out about the City's role. He said the funding would <br />be taken from the money set aside to purchase neighborhood parks. The expenditure would not affect the <br />development of the Santa Clara community park. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council April 13, 2011 Page 2 <br />Work Session <br />