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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />August 17, 2006 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />CITY GAUGING INTEREST IN RE-USE OF CITY HALL <br />AIRLINE MAGAZINES FEATURE EUGENE AREA AND ITS DIVERSITY <br />FREE WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS AT ALL EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS <br />MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL DRAWS DIVERSE CROWD <br />CITY PROMOTES ‘SUSTAINABLE SUNDAY’ AT LANE COUNTY FAIR <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />City Gauging Interest in Re-Use of City Hall <br />As part of the City Hall Complex master planning process, the Eugene City Council has decided to <br />proceed with a plan to build a new city hall, because renovating and expanding the existing building for <br />continued use would be more complicated and costly. In order to make informed decisions about siting <br />the new structure, the City Council wants to determine the level of community interest in acquiring the <br />existing city hall building and/or site at 777 Pearl Street. <br /> <br />To gauge the possibilities for use by other parties, the City is contacting over 300 non-profit <br />organizations, government agencies, developers, and any other persons or entities with a potential <br />interest in the Eugene City Hall property. <br /> <br />An informational meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2006, in the McNutt Room at <br />City Hall. Information about the existing building will be available at the meeting and City staff will be on <br />hand to answer questions and to conduct a tour of the building. An information packet can also be <br />obtained by calling Em Jenson, real property officer in the Facility Management Division at 682-5190 or <br />by email to: emmy.r.jenson@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />The City is requesting that anyone interested in obtaining the current City Hall property submit a <br />statement of interest by September 7, 2006. The information packet includes a form outlining the <br />information to be included in the statement of interest. A summary of the expressions of interest <br />received from the community will be presented to the council at the September 20 work session on City <br />Hall siting. <br /> <br />For more information on the City Hall Complex master planning process, please call Mike Penwell, <br />facilities design and construction manager, at (541) 682-5547 or by email to: <br />michael.j.penwell@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />Airline Magazines Feature Eugene Area and Its Diversity <br />“Exploring Eugene” is featured in the August issue of Destination Oregon, a special section of Alaska <br />Airlines and Horizon Air magazines. In the article, freelance writer Terry W. Sheely describes how <br />diversity – geographic, climatic and social – makes Eugene a unique area. Photos include pictures of <br />the local farmers market and the Oregon Electric Station in downtown Eugene, as well as rural shots of a <br />covered bridge and the McKenzie River. <br /> <br />“The region is so socially diverse that even the state tourism agency, the Oregon Tourism Commission, <br />has proudly trumpeted the area as ‘a place where Bach and boot-scootin’ live in harmony, where tie-dye <br />and tuxedos are equally trendy, where small-town charm meets big-city panache,’” Sheely notes in his <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />August 17, 2006 <br />