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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> June 16, 2004 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David <br /> Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Gary Pap& <br /> <br />His Honor Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br /> Recommendations on a Eugene Civic Center Vision <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey thanked the members of the Civic Facilities Visioning Committee for their service on the <br />committee. <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor said it was his pleasure to formally present the vision adopted by unanimous <br />consent of the Civic Facilities Visioning Committee. He related that what would be presented was the vision <br />that the committee came up with for recommendation as well as the policies that inform the committee <br />members. He asked Eric Gunderson from WBGS Architecture and Planning, PC, to present the report. <br /> <br />Mr. Gunderson reported that the committee had done a great deal of work in the four months it had met, <br />including review of the results of the design charette, identification of partnerships that could be formed in <br />the Civic Center, estimation of space needs of all of the partners represented on the committee, and a review <br />of alternative locations. The committee developed a set of major policy principles to guide it and the <br />principles formed the basis of the adopted recommendation to the council. He said the members prepared a <br />conceptual drawing to illustrate how those principles might be applied downtown. He stated that the <br />committee also looked at how the buildings could be sequenced and looked at financing options for how the <br />work could be accomplished. <br /> <br />Mr. Gunderson summarized the policy principles, which sought to provide better government services and <br />have a major impact to the downtown area, and highlighted them. He discussed the consolidation of <br />government functions. He noted that government facilities were scattered in a wide variety of buildings over <br />a multitude of sites. He underscored that consolidation was a key guiding principle as committee members <br />wished to increase efficiency and service and to be able to provide citizens %ne-stop shopping." <br /> <br />Mr. Gunderson noted that the designation of 8th Avenue as a ~Great Street" was a key goal of the Downtown <br />Plan. He pointed out, on the illustration in Attachment B: Mayor's Civic Facilities Visioning Committee; <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />