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Ms. Taylor asserted that any significant change in how the City did business should be delayed until a new <br />city manager was hired. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman spoke in support of her motion, stating that a complete restructuring of service provision and <br />budget should wait until the leadership chosen by the council was able to take the organization into the <br />future. <br /> <br />The motion to postpone consideration of the matter failed, 5:2; Ms. Bettman and <br />Ms. Taylor voting in favor. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to table the item and direct the mayor <br />and the city manager to schedule it for further discussion by the council in a timely <br />manner before the council’s winter break. The motion passed, 5:2; Mr. Pryor and <br />Mr. Poling voting in opposition. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka left the meeting at 12:50 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: City Council Priority Issue: City Hall Complex <br /> <br />Ms. Jones introduced Jonah Cohen of Thomas Hacker Architects to present the subject. <br /> <br />Mr. Cohen introduced Becca Cavell, who would be replacing Dana Ing-Crawford on the project. He <br />reviewed the previous phases of the police patrol facility site selection process. He asked Mike Penwell, <br />Facilities Project Manager, to provide an update on his research into the availability and suitability of sites <br />D, E and F. <br /> <br />Mr. Penwell stated that the owner of site D was not interested in selling. He said the owner of site F would <br />not be available until next week and there were more improvements on that site than on the others, which <br />would likely mean a higher cost. He said site E was owned by Lane Transit District (LTD) and the <br />RideSource facility was located on the north portion of the site. He indicated that LTD was willing to make <br />three to three and a half acres of the site available for development; that would be suitable for the patrol <br />facility and the suggested motion was written to focus on site E for those reasons. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if site R was investigated. Mr. Penwell reviewed the positive and negative aspects of the <br />site as discussed at the previous meeting. Mr. Cohen added that the proximity of the railroad and volume of <br />rail traffic could present access problems to the site, particularly if there was a rail accident near the site. <br />He noted that 8th Avenue was identified as a "great street" and a patrol facility might not be a compatible <br />use. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Piercy, Mr. Penwell said that site R was not considered one of the top <br />sites because the City owned the site and there could be potential loss of revenue from a future sale, the <br />concept for a "courthouse district" did not include a police facility and the site was farther away from those <br />areas that generated the most police trips. He said the Police Commission had discussed at length the issue <br />of whether oversight required the patrol facility to be in or close to downtown and concluded that was not <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 17, 2007 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />