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would be an essential services structure. Ms. Ing said all police functions were assumed to be required <br />essential service facilities, including the office of the chief, the detectives, and patrol, and all must remain <br />operational in an earthquake. Ms. Ortiz did not know why the patrol building alone would total $25 million. <br />Mr. Cohen emphasized the conservative nature of the estimates and said that much of the increase had to do <br />with construction cost escalation. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation for the continuing outreach being done by the consultant and asked if <br />they were tracking numbers. Ms. Teninity said the team did not track numbers but frequently people did not <br />want to provide contact information. Mayor Piercy thought it would be useful to have those numbers. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy asked Mr. Pack how he compensated for how hard it was to survey voters when there were so <br />many people who now use cell phones. Mr. Pack responded that the field of polling was changing; it was <br />taking longer and costing more to complete a survey. Cell phones did make it difficult to reach younger <br />voters in particular, as they frequently had no land line and moved often. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy suggested an important component of the eco-charette was education about the short-term <br />versus the life cycle costs. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Pack said that telephone surveyors did call people back <br />when appropriate. Ms. Taylor was skeptical about telephone surveys. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if the consultant team was excluding those who were generally involved in local <br />government issues. Ms. Teninty said no; in the next phase, she anticipated involvement from those <br />traditionally involved. Ms. Taylor thought the activists would determine what happened next. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked whether the police chief would still remain in City Hall if a separate police facility was <br />constructed. Mr. Cohen said yes. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor about the space available in the federal building, Mr. Penwell <br />said the GSA indicated that currently, it appeared that 16,000 to 23,000 square feet might be available, <br />depending on what agencies moved in and out. He said it was possible the City could secure an ownership <br />share in the facility. Responding to a follow-up question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Penwell said the GSA <br />indicated it wanted to retain ownership of the building for 10 to 15 years and was not willing to turn over <br />more space. He indicated that could change with changes in leadership, and staff would keep asking the <br />question about a possible ownership share. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling agreed the survey information was not surprising. He referred to Ms. Ortiz’s remarks regarding <br />relocating the patrol function, and suggested that the council place that a step ahead because his understand- <br />ing of the seismic restrictions were that where ever they were relocated must be no worse than existing <br />conditions. Mr. Penwell said the Building Official indicated initially the building must meet full require- <br />ments because there was no temporary provision in the code, but finally agreed that as long as a project was <br />underway the function could move to another building no worse than City Hall. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling referred to leasing the federal building and asked for a comparison of the costs of placing <br />Municipal Court there as opposed to retaining it in City Hall. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said he would place a motion on the floor at a July council meeting to take the butterfly parking <br />lot and Rock ‘N Rodeo off the table as sites for a new city hall. Central Services Director Jim Carlson did <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 20, 2007 Page 3 <br /> Work Shop—City Hall Goal <br /> <br />