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of the City. He endorsed Mr. Meisner's suggestion that interested councilors sign a letter in support of the resolution. Mr. Meisner reiterated that he did not object to considering a resolution. He would like to see the information provided to the Portland and Salem councils, and said he was not comfortable with an approach that required each councilor to seek individual information. He said the council worked in public from common materials. Mr. Torrey suggested that Ms. Taylor make all the materials related to the item available to the City Manager for distribution to the council. He reiterated that the best approach was the one used in the past. Responding to a suggestion from Mr. Rayor that staff provide the council with a memorandum on the timing of the tree ordinance and key waterway ordinance, Mr. Johnson said that regarding the key waterway ordinance, there are no timing issues involved. B.Work Session: Federal Courthouse/City Hall Alternatives Ms. Nathanson, co-chair of the Council Committee on City Hall Alternatives, said the committee had a long meeting to discuss its final alternatives, and had reached the conclusion that there were feasible options to fund a permanent or fallback position and that it was worth continuing the discussion. The committee believed the 2® Avenue and Chambers Street site was the best for a new police headquarters. The committee believed there were several suitable sites for a fire station downtown, and no need at this point to select a site before a decision was made Ms. Nathanson said that the committee agreed that a general obligation bond was the best way to fund replacement of public safety facilities, and the committee discussed the subject in terms of three separate elements: the police headquarters, a fire station, and Municipal Court. The committee had no firm recommendation about the location of Municipal Court, but continued to believe that it would be included as a public safety component of a larger package, and that the public safety needs were the first that should be met. Regarding administrative functions now located in City Hall, Ms. Nathanson said that it appeared to be feasible to identify enough money from internal funds, such as the sales of assets, to fund a move to renovated space or a small new space without having to go to the voters for new money. Ms. Nathanson said that the committee discussed different sites and different options, but agreed that the final decision was the council's. Mr. Kelly, the other committee co-chair, reminded the council it had another work session on the subject scheduled for December 6. He said that committee was seeking a general sense of direction from the council. Lew Bowers, Planning and Development Department, reviewed a series of wall charts that summarized the committee's recommendations broken down into the categories "public safety" and "City Hall" and grouped by the approximate square footage discussed for each of the MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 17, 1999 Page 4 5:30 p.m.