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~ e 25iJ 7/28/58 - --- ---.---- -.--- --- ---~---- - -- - - -.- - ----- ~--- --.- -- - --- ---- --- ---- -- -- -- ------- - -------- - --~---- -._-- ------...-- ------ ----- . - - - ~ - - -- -- -- . -- - . , I I 2. PLANS, FOR A NEW CITY HALL - MR. EDMUNDS, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, IN- I ! I VESTIGATING REQUIREMENTS FOR A NEW CITY HALL, REPORTED ON THE TRIP WHICH HE, I COUNCILMAN SHISLER AND CITY MANAGER FINLAYSON MADE, TO TACOMA, WASHINGTON WHERE \, I THEY CONFERRED WITH OFFICIALS OF THAT CITY WHERE A NEW CITY HALL IS NOW UNDER I I I I CONSTRUCTION. THEY OBTAINED FIGURES SHOWING COSTS PER SQUARE FOOT AND OTHER , , I INFORMAT~ON PERTINENT TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS. MR. EDMUNDS STATED THAT HE AND i 1 1 HIS COMMITTEE HAD SPECT CONSIDERABLE TIME GATHERING INFORMATION AND WERE NOW :; , READY TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAT A NEW CITY HALL CONTAINING 50,000 I ~ I SQUARE FEET IN FLOOR SPACE, INCLUDING SPACE FOR A HEADQUARTERS FIRE STATION, , , BE CONSTRUCTED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $18 PER SQUARE FOOT, OR A TOTAL OF 'I I I $900,000. THE CITY HALL COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT IF THE PRESENT SITE ,! , 11 . IS SELECTED, AN ADDITIONAL $~OO,OOO BE PROVIDED FOR BASEMENT PARKING, AND IF A i " I SITE OTHER THAN THE PRESENT SITE IS SELECTED, $100,000 TO BE PROVIDED FOR :1 I ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL AREA TO BE USED FOR PARKING SPACE. IT WAS ALSO RE- ': j COMMENDED THAT $50,000 BE ALLOCATED FOR NEW EQUIPMENT AND THAT A BOND ISSUE OF I 1, $1,050,000 BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR THE VOTERS CONSIDERATION. " e' I I \ I. I I ALL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT, AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE I' COUNCIL EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE TIME ELEMENT AND STATED THAT THEY I I FELT THAT NOVEMBER IS TOO SOON TO PLACE THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT, THAT MORE ~ , I STUDY IS NEEDED, THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT PLANNING FOR A PROJECT r . OF THIS StOPE, THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, T~T THE t I I PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON SITES AND COSTS IN ORDER TO VOTE IN- I TELLIGENTLY, AND THAT 'IT IS THE DUTY OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A DEFINITE PRO- I, I I POSAL ON A SITE. THERE IS A PLAN FOR COMPETITION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE AMERI- ,I , I I CAN ~NSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS FOR DESIGN~NG PUBLIC BUILDING, AND IT WAS FELT THAT j THE CITY COULD RECEIVE SOME NEW IDEAS FROM THE PLANS WHICH MIGHT BE SUBMITTED I J SHOULD SUCH COMPETITION BE HELD IN EUGENE. I I I I 1 SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THEN EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS BEING IN FAVOR OF I j MR. EDMUNDS' PROPOSAL AND SUGGESTED THAT A SEPARATE MEASURE BE PLACED ON THE f I BALLOT WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE VOTERS TO CHOOSE ONE Of THREE SEPARATE LOCA- ;; I TIONS FOR A!NEW CITY HALL, THAT THE MATTER OF ACQUIRING A SITE IS NOT A (; I " FINANCIAL PROBLEM SINCE THE CITY HALL WOULD BE BUILT,EITHER ON THE PRESENT ! SITE, OR THE MONEY COULD BE USED FROM THE SALE Of THE PRESENT SITE TO PURCHASE I, I LAND FOR ANOTHER LOCATION. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT IN THE SELECTION OF A l I LIBRARy,'SITE, THE VOTERS HAD REVERSED THE PROPOSAL OF THE CITY COUNCLON A I l ! CHOICE OF LOCATIONS AND THAT I~,A' PREVIOUS SITE IS CHOSEN BY, THE COUNCIL, THE I PEOPLE WOULD DEFEAT A BOND ISSUE FOR A NEW CITY HALL BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN I I GIVEN A CHANCE TO VOTE ON WHER& IT SHOULD 8E LOCATED. jtt WAS FELT THAT ~URBAN ~, RENEWAL I S, TOO fAR I N THE FUTURE TO BE CONS JDERED AT TH IS TI ME, AND 'THAT TH,E 1 I BEST PLAN WOULD BE TO SECURE THE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS FOR THE AMOUNT NEEDED "I II AND A SITE AND THEN LET THE ARCHITECT DESIGN A BUILDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE. :1 , I, - , I, fOLLOWING ,FURTHER DISCUSSION " THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BY A 4-3 .VOTE THAT A i,1 I MEASURE BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER 4, ,1958 BALLOT CALL I NG FOR A BOND I SSUE OF ~ , I $1,050,000 FOR A NEW CITY HALL AND CENTRA~ FIRE STATION. ,IT WAS FURTHER RECOM- ! MENDED BY THE COMMITTEE BY A 4-3 VOTE -THAT A CHOICE Of THREE SITES; NAMELY, II 8TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET, SOUTH HALF OF THE OLD FRANCES WILLARD SCHOOL LOCA- I TION, AND THE PRtSENT LOCATION OF THE CITY HALL, BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT IN i I NOVEMBER WITH tHE FURTHER PROVISION THAT UNLESS ONE SITE RECEIVES A MAJORITY i VOTE-, A FUTURE ELECTION WOULD BE HELD WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO LOCA- , " TIONS RECtlVING THE MOST VOTES. AN AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD EXCLUDE THE fRANCES i I WILLARD AND PRESENT SITE WAS DEFEATED 5-2. II Ie I :1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT PLANS AS OUTLINED IN ItEM 2 II I " OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE O~ THE WHOLE BE ADOPTED. I I. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. McGAFFEY SECONDE.D BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE MATTER BE TABLED. , ~ MOTION DEFEATED 4-2. :1 I II I COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM ENTERED THE MEETING AT THIS POINT. 1,1 I " , I j THE PLANNING COMMI,SSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON PUBLIC, BUILDING,PROGRAM DATED JULY 28,1958 i WAS READ AS FOLLOWS: I! I l' , - , I II "To ,PROV,I,DEFOR THE EFFICIENT AND ATTRACTIVE GROUPING -OF PUBLIC BUILD- I, I ~I', .1 INGS; TO ASSURE A CONSOLIDATED :SITE FOR BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-RANGE ,DE- l VELOPMENT; TO CAPITALIZE ON THE CURRENT .CITY, SCHOOL DIST,RICT, COUNTY AND I I STATE NEEDS WHICH CREATE AONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR STARTING:A ! I I I I PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT'CENTER; TO STIMULATE, SIMULTANEOUSLY, PARKI,NG ALLEVIA- i TION, TRAfFIC ,SIMPLIFICATION, AND PARK DEVELOPMENT; AND TO RECONSTRUCT THE , , HEART OF'EUGENE AS BEFITS ITS STRATEGIC POSITION ON THE MAIN PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND AT THE CENTER OF THE UPPER WI LLAMETTE VALLEYMETROP.OL I TAN AREA, i WE RECOMMEND: ! . ': I I I. THAT ALL PUBLIC AGENCIES TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO MAKE THE ENTIRE \ ! I STRIP FROM THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE PROPERTY EAST TO THE PACIFIC HIGH- I. e I " i Ii I, , ~ I ~ " I