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used, and it was inevitable that questions would arise. Mr. Lee agreed. He said he supported all the commission's recommendations. Mr. Torrey supported postponing the Sears Building RFP. Regarding the recommended RFP for the library site, Mr. Torrey said that at this point, he was not interested in anything but money because of the potential shortfall to the library. Regarding the Olive Street site, Mr. Torrey expressed appreciation for the quality of the proposals but there was a $148,000 price differential between the offered and appraised price; he asked if the City had the capacity to return to the high bidder and provide it with the opportunity to improve their response. Mr. Klein said yes. Mr. Pap8 endorsed such an action. Mr. Johnson indicated that staff would need specific direction from the council to do so. Mr. Meisner said he also was not interested in a land exchange for the reason mentioned by Mr. Rayor. He supported the proposals recommended by the commission, with the hope the City could negotiate higher selling prices. Ms. Nathanson asked the City Manager what would be negotiated with each RFP respondent, and if staff would negotiate for things other than price and the timing of the sale, such as design and use. Mr. Farmer responded that staff had discussed the subject with some of the respondents, and they had been concerned about the added time and money that would result from the negotiating process. He added that there was a tradeoff between getting the council's preferred requirements and the appraised value. Mr. Torrey asked that staff write a letter to the First Methodist Church thanking it for making its facilities available to the City. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement for the sale of the existing library property to Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers, with the RFP planning and design criteria brought forward to the negotiations and final approval. Final terms for the sale of the existing library shall be approved by the City Council prior to the execution of a sale agreement. Mr. Rayor offered a friendly amendment to the motion that would exclude consideration of a land exchange from the process. Mr. Meisner and Ms. Nathanson accepted the friendly amendment, and the motion was revised to read: Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement for the sale of the existing library property to Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers, excluding consideration of a land swap, with the RFP planning and design criteria brought forward to the negotiations and final approval. Final terms for the sale of the existing library shall be approved by the City Council prior to the execution of a sale agreement. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to direct the City Manager to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement for the sale of the Olive Street parking lot site to Richard Duncan and Michael Foote, with the RFP MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 8, 1999 Page 6 5:30 p.m.