AMENDED Agenda Packet 2-10-20 Work Session

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February 10, 2020, Work Session – Item 2 Additional Community Uses Information provided for 12/9/19: Given the urban context of City Hall, it is not surprising that community members have shared ideas about integrating other uses or functions in the building. This would increase the hours of activity in the building and as well as being a way to emphasize the open and accessible character of the new City Hall. After reviewing the initial City Hall program, FFA has suggested that there may be opportunities to design the City Council chamber and work session room as flexible spaces that can also serve as community meeting rooms, addressing a need for more of these spaces in Eugene. Another idea from the community outreach has been to add floors of leasable real estate above City Hall, whether office or residential, and either subsidized or market rate. Underground Parking Information provided for 12/9/19: Throughout the public engagement of the Concept Design, community members expressed differing opinions about the value of parking at the Town Square. Cameron McCarthy and the City’s Parking Services team investigated the feasibility and desirability of maintaining underground parking beneath the City Hall and/or Farmers Market block. Their analysis found that the parking would be significantly more expensive than building structured parking (above ground) elsewhere in downtown. New options in the parking system, including the opening of Lane County’s lot, newly leased space for public parking in the 13th and Olive garage, and the launch of the EmGo program, have helped mitigate capacity concerns in the Town Square area and indicate that the preferred location for any significant parking investment would be in other locations. Additionally, FFA has noted that the inclusion of parking underneath the Farmers Market block would have significant schedule implications, delaying the opening and impacting the operations of the Lane County Farmers Market. Environmental Sustainability Information provided for 12/9/19: Council has clearly expressed values of environmental sustainability and has adopted a standard of LEED Silver for new public buildings. FFA and their subconsultant, Brightworks Sustainability, are exploring the likely credits that City Hall can achieve to meet this requirement under the US Green Building Council’s newly released (and more stringent) LEED 4.0. The work of FFA and Brightworks will include collaboration with City staff around aligning LEED credits with City priorities. Information on alternatives to LEED will be provided by memo. Seismic Standards Information provided for 12/9/19: Beyond the basics of life safety, seismic standards are relevant to conversations about community resilience to natural disasters and environmental sustainability. The typical tiers of seismic design correspond to performance objectives for the building in the face of a major seismic event: Life Safety – is the typical standard for new office buildings. The building is designed to enable all occupants to safely exit but it may be structurally compromised. Demolition and rebuilding may be more economical than repair.