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averred that the low-bid process did not necessarily translate to a lower cost; it only ensured a low bid on bid <br />day. He felt with a team of designers, engineers, and contractors working together, it would be possible to <br />build a better and more efficient project. He alleged that a privately developed parking garage would save <br />the City approximately $2,000 per space. <br /> <br />Greg Brokaw <br />, 114 High Street, recommended deferring to the staff recommendation on whether the parking <br />garage should be publicly or privately bid out. He averred that staff had been the only people who spent <br />“enough time with the details of this particular case to have an informed opinion.” He stated that he and his <br />family lived in the downtown area and he also owned a downtown professional firm and a recently renovated <br />building. He felt he and his partners were true progressives when it came to their commitment to a <br />successful and sustainable future for Eugene. He said his business evaluated many things when considering <br />a long-term investment in the downtown area in 2004, the most important of which had been the Downtown <br />Plan and the wisdom and maturity of the elected City Councilors and the “sophistication” of City staff to <br />carry out the day-to-day hard work of supporting a downtown renaissance. He related that two years earlier <br />he had felt that a successful future of the downtown area was common ground for all sides of the political <br />spectrum. Now, though he and his colleagues were still optimistic, it seemed that political leaders were <br />wavering from the larger vision and this was disconcerting. He had expected unanimous support for a <br />project of this caliber, given that it had been long planned for. He found it alarming that not one councilor <br />was leading the charge for a downtown renaissance. He asked where the leadership was. He submitted his <br />testimony in writing. <br /> <br />rd <br />Ronald Goldfarb <br />, 466 West 23 Avenue, said he used to be the owner of Ronnie’s Stereo, but had moved <br />to New Orleans to help his parents. He said that Hurricane Katrina was both an act of nature and an act of <br />a government that had not properly taken care of its citizenry. He did not believe leaders there had done <br />what was necessary to protect the citizenry. He thought the rest of the country looked at New Orleans and <br />thought it “would never happen to us.” He said it could happen anywhere. He averred that a misuse of the <br />public money would result in failure. He opposed giving undue favors, regardless of how positively they <br />were presented, as it led to unfair competition. He also felt it was important to get competitive bids on <br />contracts. <br /> <br />Floyd Prozanski <br />, PO Box 11511, State Senator, said he was speaking on behalf of all of the small <br />businesses and constituents had had contacted him to convey their opposition. He thought it was premature <br />for the City to build a parking garage at this time, given that the current $1.2 million study on the City Hall <br />needs assessment had not been completed and there could be a better use for that land, current parking <br />structures met the current needs for parking, and the current proposal was limited by its vertical design. He <br />pointed to the Salem Capitol Mall with its underground parking and above-ground greenway as an example <br />of building a multi-use structure within a dense community. He asked the council what position the Oregon <br />Department of Transportation (ODOT) had taken on the ingress/egress on a State highway. He did not <br />th <br />believe that ODOT agreed to any access from the 6 Avenue area. Speaking on his own behalf, he averred <br />that bigger was not always better. He called the parking garage a “boondoggle” for a large business that <br />would give a “very large corporation an unfair advantage” over existing Eugene businesses. <br /> <br />Mark Rabinowitz <br />, PO Box 51222, wanted to know the value of the land swap that had been proposed. He <br />felt building a parking garage made it clear that the City would not “deal with peak oil and climate change.” <br />He opined that this meant the City clearly did not “give a damn about sustainability.” He asserted that <br />building a parking garage would be tantamount to subsidizing food shipments from Mexico and all over the <br />world. He equated Whole Foods Grocery with sprawl. He thought the fact that it needed the parking <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council -- March 13, 2006 Page 13 <br /> City Council Meeting <br /> <br />
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