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<br />this list would be the values for the project. <br /> <br />Ms. Kennedy asked if the cOlfficil wished to make the list more finn. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman surmised that it would be reasonable at this point not to do so. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor indicated her wish to wait 011 this action. <br /> <br />Ms. Kelmedy observed that the council already indicated a commitment to explore the options. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor reiterated that staff and the consultant team hoped to come away from the workshop <br />with a notion of the "leanings" of the council. He said the workshop would be the hasis for a summary <br />document. <br /> <br />Mr. Pape said while he did not espouse expansion of city government, it was noteworthy that the City had <br />built the City Hall building 40 years ago and now, in 2005, the amount of space was very inadequate for <br />the govenunent's needs. <br /> <br />Ms. Ketmedy stated that the process of decision-making also had to reflect some of the values. She <br />related that the team had been studying values.based decisions. She said, in addition to architectuntl <br />considerations, there was a growing movement in sustainability. However, she pointed out that it cost <br />substantially more to build a "green" building. She stressed the importance of t1eshing out all ideas, even <br />those that were not one's own. <br /> <br />Mr. Hardy reviewed the Matrix of Leanings. He underscored that councilors unanimously supported the <br />incorporation of meaningful sustainable design goals. He stated that depending on the level of sustainabil. <br />ity in the construction it could add between two and six percent in costs. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Pape, Mr. Hardy said one could not answer specific questions <br />regarding how expenses would be recouped over time until specific ideas were implemented. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked how the council would determine its "leanings." She pointed out that councilors had <br />been polled separately and had not had a chance to discuss these items. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling averred that the cOlmcil should find where its differences lay. <br /> <br />Mr. Hardy moved on to the topic of the planning horizon. He recommended thinking of the huilding as a <br />1 OO~year building. He added that there was a minority opinion relating to the philosophy of no growth. <br />He agreed that one approach would be to not increase staff and work load incrementally with the <br />population. <br /> <br />Mr. Hardy related that most agreed that there needed to be some room for growth. He said it should be <br />considered whether the expansion would be vertical or horizontal. He pointed out that vertical expansion <br />could cause trouble because it was difficult to consider space needs in advance and that horizontal <br />expansion presented challenges in that the availability of land tended to change. He noted that the average <br />of the councilors' views was a 28~year planning horizon. He stressed that the tirst step would be to <br />conduct a space needs study. <br /> <br />Mr. Pare asked what the industry norms were for space. Mr. Hardy said it was partly based on a square <br /> <br />MINUTES-Eugene City Council <br />Workshop <br /> <br />October 19, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />