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<br /> <br />cr <br />Q <br /> <br />consumption. <br />· Dispersed services around downtown-the City c-urrently uses 2.5 times the amount of <br />leased space compared to the amount of space at City Han, which.would increase with <br />the addition oftbePolice Auditor's office and offices for City Councilors, creating <br />inefficiencies. <br /> <br />· Civic presence and connection---currentl)/ City Hall site underutiHzed (with 80,000 <br />square feet of usable space on a 100,000 square foot site) and deemed blight by the State <br />of Oregon. <br /> <br />In 2004, the City Council established the City Hall Master Plan a priority'with four phases: <br />· Phase I-Policy advisement occ-urredin 2005. <br />· Phase 2---Developnlent plan phase in 2006. <br />· Phase 3--lmplelnentation plan phase itl2007. <br />· Phase 4-Design and construction phase, titneline to be determine-d. <br /> <br />A major question \vas vv'bether the existing City Hall should be rehabilitated or built new. .After <br />revie\v, tbe Cit~y Council decided to build a ne\\! facility. One t.he issue of\vnere to locate Police <br />services~ on a 7:1 voted, the CityCounc-iI decided to locate poHcepatrol outside of City Hall, and <br />housing the Police Chief and police administration in City Hall. <br /> <br />Upon revie\ving the 26 different sites considered by the project team, the City Council identified <br />the Roc-k .~nRodeo and Lane Butterfly parking lot (or the Roc,k '0 Butterfly site) as the preferred <br />site. In 2007, costs, phasing and financing mechanistns would be. researched. <br /> <br />Ms. Teninty stated that the public participation format used for the project \vas that developed by <br />the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). She explained the process that had <br />been used as delineated in the Agenda Itcln Sumnlary (AIS). <br /> <br />~1r. Belcher stat.ednvo people asked \vhy.construction ofa ne\vCit)r Hall \vas under <br />consideration at a recent City Club meeting, opining there \vas still public concern, not about <br />\vhere and how, but rather \vhether,.a neV1 Cit)r Hall should be built He added that peop)e~!ould <br />respond to this proposed project based. upon their feelings .aboulCit)t goverrunent rather than <br />whether the:y' felt a nevv'.facHity was appropriate. <br /> <br />lVflNUTES-----Eugene Planning Commission <br /> <br />January 8, 2007 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />