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e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall January 29, 1986 11:30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Richard Hansen, Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Cynthia Wooten (12:00-12:15), Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Emily Schue. President Richard Hansen called the work session to order in the absence of Mayor Brian B. Obie. I. EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD (EWEB) MASTER PLAN City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced Jean Reeder, General Manager of EWEB. Ms. Reeder presented the councilors with copies of the Eugene Water & Electric Board Headquarters Area Master Plan Technical Supplement. She reviewed the Headquarters Master Plan and described the EWEB property on the Willamette River. She said the six-and-a-half acre storage yard is currently leased from the University of Oregon and, anytime after May 1,1986, University representatives may notify EWEB representatives that the storage yard must be moved within four months. The Master Plan indicates that the storage yard will be moved to Fifth Avenue and High Street. Ms. Reeder said the plan indicates there will be an attractive area east of the Willamette Substation between the substation and the Riverfront Research Park. The proposed headquarters office building on the Willamette River will include all EWEB offices and the Energy Management Control Center. She said the plan provides for a public plaza on the river and public access to it from the Fifth Street Market area. Answering questions from Ms. Ehrman and Ms. Bascom, Ms. Reeder said the plaza will be open to the public. Mr. Gleason said the public access will have a 25-foot setback. It will be screened and landscaped. Ms. Reeder said parking under the overpass will be increased, and the public will be able to use it at times. Parking now occupies the future site of the storage yard. Ms. Reeder reviewed the costs of the implementation of the Headquarters Master Plan and the plan to finance it with revenue bonds. She also reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of the proposal. She said current customers will have lower costs if the proposal is approved than they would have if it is not approved because the proposal will increase the efficiency of EWEB operations. MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session January 29, 1986 Page 1