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e IV. WORK SESSION: FUTURE LIBRARY PROJECT City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the item. Pat Decker, Planning Department, presented the staff report. She said the council is scheduled to take formal action on the report at its February 22 meeting. Ms. Decker reviewed a four-step process staff has outlined for the council to address the scope, financing, public review, and design of the library process over the next ten months. The four-step process calls for the entire council to first discuss the scope from March through May. A council subcommittee will address the financing question during the second step from June through September. Public input is the third step and has been scheduled for sometime in September and October. Project design, step four, will take place from October through December. It will incoporate decisions reached in the scope and financing discussions and will set forth components for the future library design. March 1989 has been scheduled for a public vote on financing issues if one is required. Ms. Decker cautioned that the council should not be too specific about design matters so the public does not find itself voting on the actual design of the library. Ms. Bascom said it is a good idea to establish a subcommittee to handle the specific items of the processls second stage (financing). Ms. Schue e and Ms. Ehrman said they also approve of the subcommittee proposal. Mr. Holmer said the project scope is not as comprehensive as he thought it was going to be, and does not include the question of site location. He asked if the site issue should be included as part of the scope discussions. Ms. Decker said the scope discussions are the appropriate place to address the site question. She said council has not formally indicated to staff any questions on the site recommendation. Mr. Holmer asked council members for their opinion on whether the council should consider the question of site. Ms. Ehrman said she does not want to consider it again because of her tenure on The Future of Our Library Committee. Mr. Miller said it is important for the council to come to a conclusion on the site as part of its discussions on the scope of the library. Mr. Holmer asked if other people should be added to the process. Ms. Decker said the process is already set up to incorporate comments from groups such as the Downtown Commission and Library Board. Ms. Ehrman suggested the process should include input from the Eugene Downtown Association. Ms. Schue said she hopes the Broadway vacation discussions will include representatives from the Public Works Department. Ms. Decker added the scope discussions will include the Broadway vacation issue. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 10, 1988 Page 7