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- II. Revised Civic Center Prcject Six-Mcnth Action Schedule-- Schedule distributed to Council. Manager noted one change in that Ccuncil action was requested relative . October 31 meeting fcr selecticn of the architect. Ccuncil has no meeting scheduled then and he suggested a special meeting November 7. Dean Baumgartner, Civic Center Director, repcrted to Ccuncil 26 appli- cations had been submitted for architectural responses. A subccmmittee has been set up to review and select finalists. He requested Counci 1 consider action either November 2 .or Nevember 7 for selectien to allow letting a contract fer the first 45-day phase. He noted the dates on the schedule were maximum-completion dates, that most wcrk would be completed before these dates. He felt ccnfident the schedule .of ground- breaking in the fall of 1978 could be met. The Civic Center Commission is leoking at twe different kinds of facilities: a theater which would seat as few as 300 tc 500 persons .or a maximum of 2,200 tc 2,800; and a multi-purpcse center .of 35,000 tc 50,000 square feet. He ncted the Commission was net looking at a larger sports arena at this time, pend- ing the outccme .of the Fair Board's prope~al for the latter. Ms. Smith wondered if the Ccmmissien were leeking at a pcssible May bond issue electien. Mr. Baumgartner replied the Cemmission would be ready at that time, but was mcre geared te a fall electien. Mr. Haws wondered why the overwhelming respcnse .of 26 applicants for the architectural selection had occurred, and whether the selecticn could be limited to a Eugene-Springfield architectural firm to encour- age local econemy. Mr. Baumgartner replied the Commission was very e definitely lceking at a lccal firm whc would have the kind .of expertise necessary .or cculd obtain it. The Ccmmissien wculd like to use a lccal firm as the lead architectural firm and had only asked fcr six applica- tions, but had received 26, indicating this to be a very werthwhile project as 20 national firms wish to be considered. Mr. Lieuallen neted his previeusly expressed cencerns regarding holding to a strict time schedule as cppcsed to getting the job done preperly. He had nc cbjecticns to what had been presented to him, but he hoped the Ccmmission did not feel pressured to adhere strictly to that time schedule. He hoped Council wculd give the Ccmmission suppcrt in taking the time it needed tc complete the prcject prcperly. He concurred with the idea of finding a lccal architectural firm to be the lead coordi- nator for the project as .one possible way to proceed. In pursuant discussion, it was noted the Commission had scheduled a public hearing November 9 for site selection and would prefer tc have Council's selectien of the architect dcne prier tc that time se the architect could participate in the site selection process. It was decided Council would meet Wednesday, Nevember 2, 12 noon, King's Table, Oakway Mall, for selection of the architectural firm for the Civic Center prcject. e 10/5/77--2 153