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of approximately 107,000 square feet. He noted that pedestrian-oriented enhancements to a building provided special credits toward the size requirement. He said the new library would need to be larger than 90,000 square feet and/or take advantage of the ~edestrian-oriented enhancement credits to be approved on the site. Mr. Robertson said that he would present three alternative designs considered by the architectural team. He described elements common to each, as follows: · Entrance would be mid-building on 10th Avenue. · One level of below-grade parking would be provided with entrance/exit ramps located on the northwestern corner of the building. · Some or all of the maple trees on the site would be affected and need to be relocated. · A loading dock would be located off a one-way alley running west to east on the southern edge of the building. · A drive-up book drop would be located off the alley. · Elevator/stair components would be similar. · Future expansion/lease space would be possible. · At least 90,000 square feet of space would be provided. In response to a question from Mr. Meisner, Mr. Johnson explained that Urban Renewal District funds could not be used to construct expansion/lease space and that a General Fund resource for it would need to be determined. He suggested that a one-time allocation or use of future revenue from budget growth were examples of potential funding. Mr. Meisner said that he believed there would be value in including expansion/lease space as part of the library because the cost of construction would increase in the future. Ms. Nathanson noted past council discussion about the topic of incorporating expansion space when constructing City facilities focused on cost efficiency and effectiveness in terms of the rent the City paid to house staff in spaces outside the City Hall. Councilors in support of such an approach had believed it could be more cost effective to build more space than needed in the short term as expansion space and offset the cost with reduction in rent payment. Ms. Nathanson said that she was convinced that an argument to limit the size of a new library because books would not be as commonly used in the future was not accurate. She said that the library already had a wide variety of non-book material and that book collections continued to grow. She said she believed that if the City continued to grow in population, its library needs would continue to also grow. Ms. Nathanson asked if design of the library would be sensitive to its surrounding community. Mr. Robertson replied that design of exterior building facades would begin in the next stage of library development. Mr. Kelly asked if both rows of maple trees located on 10th Avenue would be affected by development of the library. Mr. Robertson replied that only the southern row would likely be affected by one or more of the design schemes, but that they were the healthier of the trees and it was anticipated that they would be moved to where the northern row currently stood. In response to a question from Mr. Kelly, Mr. Robertson explained that large semi-trailer truck deliveries of library material would be made to a City-owned central receiving location and that MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 20, 1999 Page 6 11:30 a.m.