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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council Eugene City Council Lunch Work Session McNutt Room--City Hall November 12, 1986 11:30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Richard Hansen, Debra Ehrman, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Freeman Holmer, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Mi 11 er. Mayor Obie called the work session to order. 1. EWEB MASTER PLAN HEADQUARTERS MODEL AND SITE PLANS Mayor Obie introduced Mel Damwood, Assistant General Manager of the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB), and Matt Northway, EWEB Energy Conservation Manager. Mr. Northway is project manager for the EWEB Headquarters Buildings. They displayed a model of the development. Mr. Damwood said a task team composed of staff from several City departments worked with the architects of the EWEB development. He said the task team was very helpful. Describing the two EWEB Headquarters Buildings, Mr. Damwood said the north building will be two stories and will overlook the Willamette River. It will contain conference rooms that may be used by the public. The south building e will be four stories with an atrium. It will contain customer services, the engineering department, administrative services, computer services, and the energy control system. The buildings will be connected with a sky bridge. Mr. Damwood said the City's plans for the area include a public plaza between the Willamette River and the EWEB Headquarters Buildings. He said EWEB will provide access to the pedestrian/bike path along the river until the City develops the plaza. Mr. Damwood said the development is based on the assumption that the number of EWEB customers will increase 50 percent in the future. He discussed a new building for repairing equipment, the equipment storage area, an addition to the existing vehicle repair shop, the remodeling of the existing office building, and the need to relocate a transmission line. He sa i d the 1 i ne probably will have to be relocated again when the Ferry Street Bri dge is improved. He said additional parking spaces were needed to meet the City code so EWEB purchased property on the northeast corner of Mill Street and Fourth Avenue. The purchase of that property eliminated the need to demolish the Midgley's Mill Building at this time. Answering questions from the councilors, Mr. Damwood said there is an old house on the northeast corner of Mi 11 Street and Fourth Avenue. The transmission line is a 69,OOO-volt line and EWES does not put such lines underground. Other transmission lines of 12,000 volts wi 11 be put underground. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session November 12, 1986 Page 1