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r"" 2 4 0;::.; e 11/23/59 -. - - - -- _._~ -_. I _.c __ _- .:_ , - ., I 1 I ON QUESTION, MAYOR CONE STATED THE COUNCILHAS NO PLANS FOR HOLDING UP THE APPLICA- i I TION fOR BUILDING PERMIT FOR A MOTEL AT THIS LOCATION. " I! I' I ,I I' " I A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD N~VEMBER 16, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: II II "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAFfEY, CHATT, WILSON I) I AND~SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS II j, I & R CREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CHIEf Of POLICE; FIRECHIEf; ASSISTANT CITY II I I' RECORDER; ASSISTANT CHIEf Of POLICE; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; PLANNING ,: CONSULTANT; OTHER STAff MEMBERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS; REPRESENTATIVES Ii Ii OF THE PRESS. I I. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED CITY HALL BUILDING PROGRAM - SOME DISCUSSION WAS il HAD ON THE METHODS WHICH SHOULD BE USED TO SELECT AN ARCHITECT fOR A PROPOSED :i CITY HALL. COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM EXPLAINED THE DETAILS AND METHODS Of SELECTING I! AN ARCHITECT BY COMPETITION. HE INDICATED THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO TYPES Of ii e COMPETITION - OPEN AND CLOSED; THAT THE OPEN TYPE COULD BE LIMITED TO A GIVEN H AREA. OR COULD BE MADE INTERNATIONAL, AND THE CLOSED TYPE WOULD BE LIMITED TO A it II I SPECIfIC NUMBER Of ARCHITECTS WHO ARE ASKED TO'COMPETE~ HE fURTHER EXPLAINED It THAT ENTRIES WOULD BE JUDGED BY A JURY AND THAT UNDER THE RULES Of THE AlA A I MAJORITY Of THE JURY WOULD HAVE TO BE ARCHITECTS. HE fURTHER INDICATED THAT AN I ADVISOR.WOULD BE NECESSA~Y WHO WOULD ASSIST IN LAYING OUT THE PROGRAM AND THERE II WOULD BE CERTAIN COSTS fOR THE ADVISOR, fOR THE JURY AND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED II I TO COMPETITORS. II Ii DEAN GORDON OF THE SCHOOL Of ARCHITECTURE Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON EXPLAINED Ii I THAT THE COMPETITION'S GOAL IS A PRE-PRELIMINARY DESIGN WITH ALL ARCHITECTS COM- I I PETING ON THIS BASIS, AND fOLLOWING THE SELECTION Of A WINNER THIS ARCHITECT THEN I WORKS WITH THE CLIENT TO OBTAIN THE SPECIfiCS. I \1 VARIOUS CONVERSATION? WERE HAD BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE AND ARCHITECTS PRESENT IN WHICH SOME OBJECTED TO THE ADDED COST AND THE ADDED TIME :1 I' ELEMENT Of A COMPETITION, fOLLOWING WHICH IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT TIME WOULD BE d , I NECESSARY IN COMPETITION OR ON NORMAL ARCHITECTURAL SELECTION BASIS AND THAT 'I I, I " BY THE COMPETITION METHOD THERE IS THE ADVANTAGE Of MANY MINDS WORKING ON THE 11 I PROBLEM. II l I: i IN RELATION TO THE QUESTION WHETHER ARCHITECTS WOULD' OR WOULD NOT ENTER A COM- i! I PETITION A NUMBER INDICATED THEY WOULD ENTER SUCH COMPETITION If CONDITIONS 'I I WERE RIGHT AND THE PROGRAM WAS CLEAR AND CONCISE. ~ I I !I I Ii I SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO THE SITE LOCATION AND IT WAS STATED THE COUNCIL II I HAD fORMALLY APPROVED THE SITE BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS AND BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES. - - II I FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION MOTION WAS MADE BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR.MoLHOLM 1\ THAT THE CITY TAKE THE fiRST STEPS TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURAL COMPEITION fOR ,I I ! DESIGN Of A CITY HALL AND THAT THIS BE LIMITED TO ARCHITECTS RESIDING IN LANE If COUNTY. FOLLOWING THIS SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE COMPETITIVE II METHOD, THE DESIRABILITY Of LIMITING IT TO ARCHITECTS IN LANE COUNTY, AND THE II QUESTION Of ~HETHER THE .COMPETITIVE METHOD SHOULD BE USED IN THIS INSTANCE. I I FOLLOWING SUCH DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT ! I - , I THAT THE" TEM BE HELD OVER fOR fURTHER STUDY TO FR I DA Y, NOVEMBER 20, 1959, AT I THE REGULAR COMMITTEE SESSION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I e I . . - il 2 2~ CONSIDERATION Of SPACE REQUIREMENTS fOR CITY HALL - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED II THAT THE STAff HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY WORK WITH RESPECT TO REQUIREMENTS fOR A CITY HALL, AND COPIES Of THE PROPOSED SPACE REQUIREMENTS WERE DISTRIBUTED II TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE DETAILS OF THE II I I. SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND ON THE COST OF THE COURTHOUSE. IT WAS INDICATED THAT Ii APPROXIMATELY 20% Of THE TOTAL SPACE OF THE NEW,COURTHOUSE IS IN HALLWAYS IN- i I CLUDING STAIR TOWERS, GENERAL CIRCULATION, fOYERS, PRIVATE CORRIDORS AND. j ELEVATORS. THE COST Of THE COURTHOUSE WAS INDICATED TO BE $17.35 PER SQUARE fOOT, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND THE MEETING HALL. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN I' d ON THIS MATTER. il II 3 3. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROPOSED BY MAYOR - MAYOR CONE PRESENTED A fORMAL \1 REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE SETTING fORTH IN GENERAL _THE NECESSITY fOR A CITY HALL, I THE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM, A SEWER .PROGRAM, IN WHICH HE INDICATED THE CITY IS I CURRENTLY ENGAGED, THE SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY, OTHER ROAD DEVELOPMENT INCLUD- I ING THE WASHINGTON-JEffERSON OVERPASS AND BRIDGE, A PROPOSED BOND PACKAGE TO I I fI NANCE SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, AND STATING THAT THE ANNEXATIONAROPOSED IN THE \VILLA- r i KENZIE AREA TOGETHER WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT PROBLEMS WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE I APPROXIMATELY $25 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. ~ FOLLOWING THE MAYOR~S REMARKS, DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE HIGHWAY PROBLEM BEING fACED BY THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT CONCERNS THE WASHINGTON-JEfFERSON STREET II OVERPASS AND THE PROPOSED SPENCER BUTTE EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS STATED THAT THE if I - ~..Ii !I 'I I