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e Ms. Schue agreed that the City cannot afford to spend money on this building. She said there will be a lot of controversy, however, if the groups that want to be located in Lincoln School cannot afford it once the building has been developed. For this reason, she felt it would be best to have representatives of those who want to occupy the building look at the reality and let them try to generate funding to rent space in the building. Ms. Wooten was concerned that the council was overlooking the importance of involvement of the neighborhood with regard to what type of uses will be in Lincoln School and how the facility will be rehabilitated. She added that it is an overreaction to say nonprofit and community service organizations could not afford the rent. Mr. Miller said it would be desirable to combine the RFP and task force processes if possible. Ms. Bohman said it would be possible to have an advisory group work with staff to develop an RFP, although staff felt this would make drafting the RFP more difficult. She said citizens serving on the advisory group would need to understand that there are realistic parameters that must go into an RFP to get proposals back. Ms. Ehrman said she would support this process as a compromise. She added that the RFP should be as open as possible so that several proposals are received. Ms. Bascom expressed concern that the council js dreaming of providing a facility and use that is too expensive for people who think they are interested in the building. Ms. Ehrman said an RFP process must be done to e see if a developer is willing to take a chance on the building. She reiterated her opinion that an advisory group should be formed to work with staff on the RFP. Mayor Obie said he woulq support an advisory group after the RFP process is complete. He felt the RFP should be out for at least six months and should not be subject to any restrictions. Ms. Ehrman felt it would be better to have an advisory group at the beginning of the process because many citizens would feel shut out otherwise. Mayor Obie said it is unfair to limit the creativity of those who might submit proposals and felt forming an advisory group to begin with would have this effect. Mr. Gleason said there are some general land use restrictions on the property which the RFP would have to reflect. Ms. Bascom moved, seconded by Mr. Bennett, to direct staff to develop and distribute a Request for Proposals for development of the Lincoln School building. The RFP shall call for maximizing public and private nonprofit service-oriented use of space, maximizing private investment, minimizing City investment, and shall be out for ~ine months. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Mr. Miller, to amend the previous motion by directing staff to develop a Request for Proposals for development of the lincoln School building with advice from an advisory group of seven people appointed by the e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 1988 Page 5