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Arlen Swearingen, 2210 Charnel ton Street, said he would like to see Council not preclude the Commission from considering and making recommen- - dations about the legal responsibility of the architect. If there is more than one architectural firm in the design and construction, it is possible that both could be legally responsible to the City. He endorsed the I proposal that the prime architect should be responsible to retain the I consultant for the accoustical and theatrical portions of the project. f i Regarding comments of only performing artists being users of the facili- ; ties, he said he felt all citizens of the community would be users, even though they might not be performers. Steven Marshall, 162 Ash Street, represented the Oregon Repertory Theatre and Arts Alliance. They supported reorganizing the Commission to 11 members and felt it essential that performing artists be represented on the Commission to direct input on the design, etc. He felt it important ~ for the relationship between City Council and Commission in the architec- i tural selection process be well defined. Lou Elliott, 1591 Sylvan Street, supported the statements made previously f by Mr. Harris, especially the input of the community and the possibility that the open process may not be used to its full extent because of the expediency in time and the cost of dollars. A short recess was taken. r Assistant Manager said the points made during the public hearing were . very important. A development of a work program that identifies times ; e for public involvement is an item that should not be minimized. In several of those selection criteria categories there are phases where the j City Council and others can give that high value. Regarding the manage- ment of dollars by the City, he said there is a long established cash-flow , i investment program and the City would be very aggressive in that regard. The question of when to sell bonds is a very technical matter that is f continually evaluated in the Finance Office. 1 Returning to the memorandum from staff, the first step--selection criteria, ~ Assistant Manager said the criteria should be used by everyone who is i I involved in the proposal evaluations. He said the emphasis given each category will vary for each person. However, it was felt the criteria for I the architect evaluation is a reasonable approach for selection. : Mr. Delay questioned whether or not Council should proceed on the basis of the 27 proposals already submitted, or whether there should be a resubmission of proposals. Assistant Manager said staff had reviewed that very closely. The time involved is of grave concern. It was felt those 27 proposals submitted in a timely manner should be the ones used for the screening process. He said those proposals basically match the criteria as outlined in the memorandum. - 7/19/78--9 6/0