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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Downtown Update - East Broadway Development Projects <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2006 Agenda Item Number: A <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nan Laurence <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5340 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This work session will provide detailed information on actions required to move forward with <br />the City’s participation in a public parking garage associated with the East Broadway <br />Development Projects. This is the fourth work session for this project. <br /> <br />There are four actions being considered at this work session: <br /> <br />1)City Council approval of findings and adoption of a resolution to exempt the selection of a <br /> contractor for the public parking garage from the competitive selection process; <br /> <br />2)City Council authorization for the City Manager to enter into legal documents for a land <br /> transaction with the Shedd Institute for the Arts; <br /> <br />3)City Council authorization for the City Manager to enter into a development agreement and <br /> approve related legal documents between the City, Broadway & High Associates <br /> (representing the G Group) and Gerding/Edlen Development Company; <br /> <br />4)City Council authorization for the City Manager to sign an intergovernmental agreement <br /> between the City and the Urban Renewal Agency. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The council considered this item on February 8 and on February 13 and directed the City <br />Manager to begin negotiations on the land transaction, the development agreement, and related <br />legal documents for public garage development Option 4. This option includes approximately <br />th <br />260 parking spaces and a commercial space at the corner of 8 Avenue and High Street. <br /> <br />On February 22, the council held a work session on this item and voted to defer action until after <br />a public hearing on the issue of exempting the personal services contract relating to development <br />services and selection of a general contractor for construction of the public parking garage. That <br />public hearing was scheduled for March 13. <br /> <br />At the work session on March 15, the council is asked to take action on four items: 1) approval <br />of findings and adoption of a resolution to exempt the selection of a contractor for the public <br />parking garage from the competitive bidding process; 2) the land transaction with the Shedd; <br />3) the development agreement between the City, Broadway & High Associates and <br />Gerding/Edlen Development Company (B& H and GED, respectively); and 4) approval of an <br />intergovernmental agreement between the Urban Renewal Agency and the City of Eugene. Each <br />of these items is discussed below and described in Attachments A – E. With the exception of <br />L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060315\S060315A.doc <br /> <br />