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Memorandum Date: September 20, 2016 Board of County Commissioners and Eugene City Council TO: DEPARTMENTS: County Administration City Manager’s Office PRESENTED BY: Greg Rikhoff, Lane County Operations Director Sarah Medary, Assistant City Manager REPORT/ UPDATE ON THE JOINT TASK FORCE ON AGENDA ITEM TITLE: COORDINATED DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT I.AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY This report is an update on the work of the Staff Task Force on Coordinated Downtown Development. II. BACKGROUND On July 14, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners and Eugene City Council held a joint session to provide an update on several planned projects in downtown Eugene and to discuss the potential for collaboration on the development of a renewed civic center. On July 18, 2016, the Eugene City Council approved a motion to direct the City Manager to work with the County and the Court to investigate the following possibilities: (1) a new City Hall on the Butterfly Lot and a Courthouse on the full City Hall block; (2) Phase 1 of a new City Hall as currently planned and a wrap-around Courthouse; (3) other options that may arise. The motion also cited factors to consider, including but not limited to parking, City Hall Phase 2 and farmer’s market. Further, Council directed that the work with the County and Court shall be completed by November 15, 2016. Following this action by the Council, the Board of County Commissioners provided similar direction to the County Administrator during its July 19, 2016 meeting. Since that time, City and County staff have been meeting to fulfill the direction of each of the elected bodies. III. WORK TO DATE County and City staff have been meeting regularly to identify the team and agreements necessary to fulfill the direction given by the Board and Council. The work began with Page 1 of 4 S160920-JEO.docx