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Vote was taken on the motion as stated. Motion defeated, Councilmen Beal, Williams, : and McDonald voting aye; Councilmen Hershner, Campbell, Murray, and Wood voting no. ~Councilman williams said he thought the objective of day care centers was to pro~ide , opportuni ty for welfare mothers to attend school or work and wondered whether it : should fall more in the area of personal growth. Mr. Rice said that it was decided to include it in both places. Definition should incl ude care for elderly parents, ,handicapped, etc. . I Mrs. Campbell moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to ~ report and recommendations and \transmi t them Motion carried unanimously. Comm 2/21/73 accept the Budget Conmrittee subCOnmlltteJ\~prove to the Lane Council of Governmen1;s. Some discussion followed to clarify timing for meeting of County and city.budget ,committees as suggested in the recommendations. It was understood LCOG !;itaff would co-ordin'ate and notify agencies when meetings should be scheduled. Mrs. Beal said the Budget COnmll ttee request for staff estimate of development of a human resources department would be helpful if it were available for consideration in the budgeting process. Also an identification of social services now being , funded through other programs. Mayor Anderson suggested review of the vinal report , from LCOG before asking for staff judgments of the various programs. Assistant Manager added that County work is progressing toward setting up a human resources . department and City staff would prefer waiting until that work is finished to avoid . duplication of effort. He felt the combined effort of all the agencies would be" ,_ ._'__..._.____J . -'_ ._. ... ",._' ._ ..' _ __ . d. - _.._. _ ._ ..._------.J more successful. Mrs.. Beal fel t that even though the - (:i ty does not contemplate an ,administrative structure of that type it would be helpful to identify all of the lsocial services to measure what is being done against what is needed. - K.:City Hall Space Needs - Copies of memorandum from Assistant Manager were previously :distributed to Council members. The recommendation was to divide remaining space ,in the City Hall basement to meet needs of City functions for the next year or so 'rather than proceeding with construction of the tow~r on the north side of the City 'Hall. Also to acquire land in the civic center area and erect temporary modular type' :movable building for City Attorney's use on a rental basis until construction of 'his new building is completed. Then the modular building space would be available ,for expansion of some staff functions until the new County office building is com- ,pleted. City functions could rent unused space in the County building, disposing 'of the modular building or using it for some other purpose, thereby releasing the land for further ci vic center development. Joint effort of ci ty, County, State, and Federal to develop a ci vic center was based on the concept that each agency in . providing for its own building needs would plan sufficient space for future expansion' : and make that available to other agencies whose building construction was not yet completed. It was felt this would result in greatest total benefit with least cost :to the community. Councilman Williams asked how .it was felt construction of the City tower would affect the total public cost for the ci vic center. Assistant Manager explained that cost per square foot of the tower, because of the nature of its construction, would be ~higher than the cost for the usual type building. It was felt that by making conmrit- ~ment to rent space for a stated period of time rather than requiring bond issue !for construction of the tower at this time would benefit public costs. It was an .economic evaluation of obtaining the most space farthe least money. Even though it ,is anticipated the tower eventually will be needed, the total economic impact on the civic center plan would be less .if unused space in buildings of other agencies ,is utilized. Manager cited the proposed County building as an example. He said the County could provide for the percentage of future space needed and leave it un- used, or could build lesser space than anticipated for future needs. Then cost at some future time would be greater to the general public because of having to add to existing construction rather than having it done all at one time. . In answer to questions from Councilman Wood, Assistant Manager said there was no way :to segregate the civic center costs applicable to the City. The proposed recommenda- :tion was reviewed with civic center planners and it was their judgment that the two- 'year old plan is still valid. He added that overall the City will be ahead to re- lcover the cost of the civic center land because of anticipated appreciation. :Councilwoman Beal expressed the opinion that the recommendation left options open ifor the City in the future. She added that if the inflationary trend continues and ;the costs of tower construction are too high, the civic center land could be used ifor permanent buildings. Mayor Anderson agreed. ! . i jCouncilman Hershner noted that investigation was made of existing rental office space within a two-block distance of City Hall and asked whether that limitation was considered essential. He wondered which City activities could be reaonab1.y ,isolated. l!ssistant Manager said it was decided that farther than the two-block '0 -. 2/26/73 - 12