Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to direct the City Manager to proceed with Phase 3B of the Implementation Plan Phase of the City Hall Complex Action Plan and request on a Supplemental budget an appropriation of $789,000 from the Facility Reserve. Ms. Bettman pointed out that the cost of Phase 3B was $1,249,000. She asked what the cost to-date was. Mr. Penwell said the cost was slightly over $2 million to-date. Ms. Bettman noted that one of the technical tasks in Phase 3B was police patrol facility planning. She said now that the council had decided to use the current City Hall site, she did not believe any option other than using the site across the street, which was the plan all along, would be considered. She said there had been three ballot measures on a police facility and did not understand why it would cost $126,000 to do more planning. Mr. Penwell said that previous planning was for a fully consolidated police facility that included all of the Police Department and planning would now look as just the patrol facility as all other police functions would be in the new city hall. He said the other planning had been used as the basis for planning to date. Ms. Bettman said she would vote against the motion because she was not in favor of the direction the process was going. Mr. Clark said he would support the motion as the majority of the council chose the current City Hall site and a majority of funding would come from funds saved to plan for and building a new city hall. Mr. Zelenka said he could support having a patrol facility located adjacent to the new city hall and hoped the planning process would be in that direction. Ms. Solomon commented that the council agreed that having a patrol facility in City Hall was not the best use of valuable property in downtown and she hoped that decision would not be reversed. Mr. Penwell said the planning costs included an analysis of up to three sites for a patrol facility, including a separate facility on a contiguous site if the council wished. Mayor Piercy commented that the funds spent to date were in response to a vigorous council discussion about the need to engage the public fully over the entire process, as well as fully engage the council in every facet of the planning. The motion passed, 5:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting in opposition. The meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dennis M. Taylor City Manager (Recorded by Lynn Taylor MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 11, 2007 Page 8 Work Session