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Ms. Ortiz said the fact the voters rejected proposals for a new police facility in the past signified to her that <br />they did not want to pay for it. She thought the council should pay for the facility from the existing budget. <br />She did not think that moving forward with such a facility would be going against what the voters wanted. <br /> <br />Ms. Teninty asked if any councilor was unwilling to give up the butterfly parking lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo <br />site. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said she was not unwilling to give up the two sites but her concern was that she did not want <br />the existing City Hall site to be the only option. She suggested if the owner of the Rock ‘N Rodeo site had <br />been approached with the same type of “value-added” approach other downtown property owners had been, <br />her response might have been different. Referring to the deed restrictions on the butterfly lot, she recalled <br />the recent court decision involving the deed restrictions for Civic Stadium, which had not worked out to the <br />City’s advantage, which she attributed to the City’s legal representation rather than the deed restrictions. <br />She thought if councilors were really interested in the butterfly lot, they would seek to lift the deed <br />restrictions. She thought “bailing” on the sites premature because the council had yet to do due diligence in <br />regard to the sites. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling did not think the owner of the Rock ‘N Rodeo site was willing to sell as she hoped to develop her <br />property herself. He said he had initially favored the City Hall site but had voted for the butterfly parking <br />lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo sites because of the information from the focus groups. Given the survey results, he <br />thought the council would lose support for the project if it proposed to buy new properties. He would be <br />willing to look at other City-owned sites. <br /> <br />Mr. Penwell said that the City had approached the owner of the Rock ‘N Rodeo site through an independent <br />appraiser about buying her property and different ways of valuing her property and she was unwilling to <br />talk to that person. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark noted his previous support for the butterfly parking lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo site, based on the <br />focus groups, and said he had changed his mind because of the deed restriction and the survey. The survey <br />clarified for him what he heard at the public forums. Some of the rationale he heard for the butterfly lot and <br />Rock ‘N Rodeo site was the reconnection to the Parks Blocks, which the survey indicated was not a concern <br />for most of the respondents. He agreed with Ms. Bettman that the existing City Hall site should not be the <br />only option, and advocated for examining all potential options. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy liked the butterfly parking lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo site but said there were other ways she <br />would like to use her energy as she also thought the existing site was a fine site. There was potential for <br />using the site adjacent to City Hall to create a link to downtown. She thought the idea worth pursuing. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson said the City received appraisals for the butterfly lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo site and learned the <br />approximate value of the properties was over $2 million. The County would only agree to provide the City <br />access to the butterfly parking lot if it replaced the parking that would be lost, and the County estimated the <br />cost of replacing the stalls that would be lost at $11.2 million. The deed restrictions related to the butterfly <br />lot remained to be resolved, but he thought could be accomplished. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said the owner of the Rock ‘N Rodeo property did not intend to sell her property. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she liked the current site if it was remodeled and expanded, but that option had been <br />eliminated; however, the City owned other sites in downtown and she did not want to limit discussion to the <br />current site. She asked the cost of relocating employees twice. Ms. Ing estimated the cost at $2.5 million. <br />Ms. Bettman recalled it was previously estimated at $2.6 million. Mr. Penwell said that assumed moving <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 20, 2007 Page 8 <br /> Work Shop—City Hall Goal <br />
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