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source available to make the debt service or lease payments. To the extent that there are existing revenues that might be used for this project, the City could include another borrowing method in the financing plan, but it is unlikely that there will be sufficient existing revenues to fund the project entirely without issuance of some amount of General Obligation Bonds. Other Background Information The Mayor's Civic Center Visioning Committee has met three times over the past few months. Minutes and materials from their meetings have been forwarded to the council. There is one additional meeting scheduled in May, with the committee's recommendations to come to the council in a report on June 16. The council has also expressed interest in alternate project delivery methods. The principle form of project delivery used historically by the City of Eugene has been the traditional design/bid/build sequence. This method has normally been used as it provides the highest level of accountability between the design entity and the construction contractor, and the highest level of budget and quality control by the owner. In order to achieve these benefits, the design/bid/build approach requires active management and staff expertise on the part of the owner. The Facility Management Division maintains a staff of seven full-time project managers with backgrounds in architecture, landscape and interior architecture, and civil engineering. Other forms of project delivery are being increasingly used by governmental entities, and the City has used several of these in recent years. This includes a design/build project for construction of the Pearl Street Garage and the Bethel Skate Park, a construction manager/owner's representative project with the Airport Terminal Expansion project, the Construction Manager/General Contractor method used for the current Roosevelt Police Facility project, and a modification of a traditional design/bid/build project called "Partnering" on the downtown Library. A public/private partnership, which can be incorporated with a number of types of construction management, was used for construction of Broadway Place. A more complete description of these alternate project delivery methods, and their strengths and weaknesses from the owner's perspective, is included in Attachment D. Timing Recommendations on implementing the vision for a new civic center will be presented to the council on June 16. The council would need to take final action on a bond measure resolution no later than August 27, 2004 (or prior to summer break), to place a funding measure on the November 2004 general election ballot. OPTIONS None; this is an informational work session only. STAFF RECOMMENDATION None; this is an informational work session only. SUGGESTED MOTION None; this is an informational work session only. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040428\S040428A. doc