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<br />survive an em~t.hquake. He ,vas puzzled by the former, given that tbe Fire Department and <I portion oCthe <br />EPD had moved. (.utAs for the threat of an earthquake, he 'vvas not \vorried, He comrllented that there <br />were all kinds of emergencies tbat could come up, He suggested that City Ban could be somewhere other <br />than the center of town where land was most valuable. He thougbt the Eugene Watcr &. Electric Board <br />(EWE13) building would rnake a good sit<: for the city hajj should [WEB choose to sel] it. <br /> <br />nan Herbert:, 1913 Potter Street, thanked the council lor opening up the citizen participation process so <br />soon. Be asked the council and staff if they were familiar with the Public P<Jrticipation Spectrum <br />published by the International Associat.ion of Public Participation. He said ~.;Ir.PemvcJI provided copies <br />of it Jar the group that had interviewwl the consultants, which included himself. He wished to recommend <br />that public participation include coHectivdy pitching sueh participation to the "midnlc\/eJ of those <br />involved," in which the public participation goal was to work directly with the public througbout the <br />process to ensure that public concerns and aspirations were consistently understood and considered. lie <br />underscored the need l(n transparency in the process. <br /> <br />Zachary Vishanoff, Patterson Street, opined that the public notice for the hearing was short. I-Ie also <br />opposed holding a hearing before the university year bad begun as he averred students ;;;hould have the <br />opportunity to weigh in on this,H.e did not think a big building project sbould be undertaken in the face <br />of the $93 million backh\~; in street repairs. <br /> <br />J\k Vishanoff opposed any pubEdprivatc partnerships. He also opposed siting a new City Hall near the <br />riverfront He reiterated his concern with the excessive use of video cameras fOr surveillance. He likened <br />pbcernent of the en.y Hall in proximity of the new courthouse building to an "Onvellian overdose." <br /> <br />Gary Rayor, 2373 Washington Street, stated that he had worked as a structural engineer l()r 32 years. He <br />said he designed highway hridges, water storage reservoirs, huildings, and other large projects. He <br />averred that tbere were political and structural 3.spects to consider when lookmg at the current City Hall. <br />Regarding the political realm, he recommended sh()wing thc public that good due diligence had been <br />conducted for the current City Hall bef(m.' abandoning it. He said the biggest selling point in leaving the <br />building was that it \vas going to pancake and destroy all of the police vebicles and other tbings st()red <br />beneath it. He stated that in 1964 the building had been designed to a six percent lateral load while the <br />current design criteria was that the base shear was approximately 19 percent of gravity and the l,OOO year <br />return interval \ovas about 25 percent. He declared this to be equivalent to a subduction zone earthquake or <br />a nearby crustal earthquake and such earthquakes would destroy the building. He thought whether the <br />consultants \vould recommend "junking" the building depended on what questions were asked. He felt <br />that basing que;;;tions on only structural aspects would lead to the answer that the building could work and <br />be serviceabkHe averred that the rnain reason the "soft story"be1ow the Council Chamber was not <br />rc.-pairablewas because the perimeter columns w-ere only halfofthe height ot'the otber columns and would <br />receive the brunt of an earthquake causing a progressive failure. He suggested isolating the perimeter <br />footings and making them fun height and adding steel x-hracing in thc downstairs with either some "high- <br />tech" dampers, similar to those used in the DeFazio Bicycle Bridge main span, or :~ome basic plates bolted <br />together tightly, though not so tight that they would not absorb some of the movement energy generated by <br />an earthquake. He fi.:lt the columns could he wunded Ollt and carbon..wrapped and the base shear of the <br />columns could be prevented b:y mounting x..braces to the slab using the entire slah as a "huge diaphragm <br />on grade," He indicated he had read aU of the rep~)rf.s and had not seen the questions asked correctly so <br />that consultants would consider how they would go about saving the building. He submitted his testimony <br />in writing. <br /> <br />MiNUTES -----Eugene City Council <br />Regular Session <br /> <br />September 12, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 8 <br />