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( Mayor Keller stated since that the April 28 agenda is full, this item :would be held over until May 12 and included on that agenda as a public ,hearing. Those who requested to speak on the item at this meeting will be notified of the date. 'I e IV. [AMENDMENT TO EUGENE PERFORMING ARTS COMMISSION ORDINANCE REGARDING MEMBERSHIP (distributed) CB 2106--An ordinance concerning the Performing Arts Center Commission; amending Sections 2.013 and 2.634 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. Councilor Haws left the meeting. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18610. V. PERFORMING ARTS CENTER BID AWARDS--PHASE III (memo and tabulation distributed) ( Mr. Allen introduced Ed Smith, Civic Center, and Les Anderson to make introductory remarks. e Mr. Anderson said three bids had been received last Wednesday on the first . part of Phase 3 of the Civic Center project. $5.8 million has been set aside for the first phase, which is the shell of the structure. $6.4 million was the low bid received, which is 11-12 percent above the esti- mate. This can be attributed to inflation. The prime interest rate has gone from 8 percent to 20 percent and the annual cost-of-living increase has gone from 9 percent to 18 percent since the time of the original estimates. The contractors bidding must project future inflation increases and increasing material costs. There were three choices on how to proceed. The first was to rebid this phase with no assurance that bids would be any , lower, and it would involve a costly delay which might result in a higher bid. The cost is going up at approximately $1~0,000 per month. Second, they could have redesigned the project, which would cause more delay and facilities would be deleted with the probability that the size of the performing halls would be reduced. The construction season now is favor- able. The third option was the one the Civic Center Commission has recommended. They recommend that the bid be awarded to R. A. Chambers for $6.4 million. The Civic Center Commission asked the Eugene Arts e 4/2/80--10