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Mr. Kelly asked for the consultants’ perspective on the old County elections site. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy commented that the site was bordered by a street that was not pedestrian-friendly. Mr. Macy <br />agreed that the street would only get busier and additionally the site was somewhat isolated from the <br />downtown core, although still within walking distance. He said it had the feeling of being on the perimeter <br />of downtown. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé said he favored retaining the former Sears site on the list. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor noted that the County was also searching for a downtown site and asked if there had been efforts <br />to coordinate the City and County searches. City Manager Taylor replied that there were active discussions <br />in progress with the County. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling preferred to retain as many potential sites on the list as possible for the public forum. He <br />expressed concern about locating a City Hall complex on the EWEB property because of the flood plain <br />issue. He did not believe that locating a government building close to the railroad tracks would create noise <br />problems. He commented that the location of the two State motor pool lots also presented a barrier to the <br />rest of the downtown area. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly did not want the sites discussed by Mr. Poling to be removed from the list prior to the public <br />workshop and suggested that the problems with those sites could be identified and, if possible, the cost of <br />mitigation estimated. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz said she was in favor of removing those sites that were near the railroad tracks but they should <br />remain for the public forum. She agreed with removing the remote sites such as those west of Olive Street <br />th <br />and north of 6 Avenue, as well as the PeaceHealth site. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said an important question for the public would be their willingness to have government facilities <br />farther apart, particularly if it was necessary to go from one building to another. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy questioned characterizing some sites as remote as they were all within walking distance of <br />transportation and parking. <br /> <br />th <br />Ms. Taylor agreed with eliminating all sites west of Olive Street and south of 11 Avenue. She suggested <br />that the old County elections site would be a good location for a police station. She favored the quarter <br />block that included the butterfly lot as a site for the new City Hall complex. She did not feel that the police <br />chief needed to be with other administrators. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy asked that the public discussion include the topic of type of urbanization that was desired for <br />the downtown area. <br /> <br />Mr. Hacker said, in general, urban vitality increased with greater density, greater numbers of people living <br />in the downtown, and a very active street life. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé asked the consultants to provide the public with diagrams that illustrated the mass and scale of <br />various building heights on different sites. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 9, 2006 Page 8 <br /> Work Shop <br /> <br /> <br />