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Beltline in west Eugene. EWEB has been exploring three choices: stay at the current site and upgrade facilities; move non-headquarters operations to another location and keep its existing headquarters; or move all operations to another site. EWEB has committed $1.1 million towards the master planning process and anticipates having results by October 2005. In December 2004, council met to receive an update on the hospital project, including informa- tion on the development agreements that had been verbally approved by the hospital and the City by that time. Council also passed a resolution authorizing execution of a design finance agree- ment that would provide funding for the start of design work on the Patterson Street underpass project. The design finance agreement has not yet been signed by the City or McKenzie- Willamette. Exhibit 3 to this Action Plan includes an outline of the proposed financing plan for the construction of the underpass. In February 2005, EWEB and McKenzie-Willamette signed an agreement to continue negoti- ations regarding the land transaction. Based on that agreement, McKenzie-Willamette began the Certificate of Need process that is required for the hospital to relocate in Eugene. Both EWEB (in February) and McKenzie-Willamette (in March) have held public forums on the proposed land transaction and relocation of both facilities. As a result of the actions taken by the council in December and the verbal agreement with McKenzie-Willamette regarding early design costs, the City's Public Works Department soli- cited requests for proposals from firms to design the Patterson Street underpass project. The firm of OBEC Consulting Engineers has been selected to do the design work once the City receives funds from McKenzie-Willamette to start the design process. D. Action Plan The action plan has three phases that would lead to construction of a hospital in the central city area by the end of calendar year 2008. Phase One Site Selection Phase The Site Selection Phase is the period of time during which McKenzie-Willamette is making a decision about the appropriate site for its hospital development. The current preferred location is the EWEB site in downtown Eugene, but other sites could also be considered. During this phase, EWEB is undergoing a due diligence process to determine the costs for moving facilities to a new headquarters site in west Eugene. If the EWEB site is the chosen location for a new hos- pital, the selection could be made by fall of 2005, or the selection process might be extended until spring of 2006, depending on EWEB's timeline for its due diligence process. If the EWEB site is not the chosen site, an alternate site selection process timeline would depend on the characteristics of the site itself. If, for instance, the Lane County Fairgrounds were considered, the timeline for site selection might take longer than the selection process for a privately owned site because of public process issues. Much of the City's work on this phase of the project has already occurred with regard to the EWEB site. Some of the activities that could be undertaken by the City during this phase will include: