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<br /> <br /> <br />In February 2005, the council established eight strategic priorities for the community, one of <br />which was to “conclude the discussion on the City Hall/Police Building.” Subsequently, on May <br />25, 2005, the council approved the City Hall Complex Action Plan which identified the major <br />policy issues to be addressed, the overall description of project phasing, the nature of work to be <br />accomplished, resource needs and proposed project outcomes. <br /> <br />The first three phases of this action plan became the City Hall Complex Master Plan, a planning <br />process that spanned 2½ years and produced various policy directions from the council as well as <br />specific next step recommendations from the City Hall Complex design team. See Attachment B <br />for the history of council action on the City Hall Complex Master Plan. Also visit the project <br />website, http://www.eugenecityhall.com/, for detailed information related to the City Hall Com- <br />plex Master Plan including: <br />? <br /> <br />Phase 1 Report (http://www.eugenecityhall.com/pdf/ECH_phase_one_report.pdf) <br />? <br /> <br />Phase 2 Report Executive Summary <br />(http://www.eugenecityhall.com/pdf/ech_phase_two_Executive_summary.pdf) <br />? <br /> <br />Phase 3 Report Executive Summary <br />(http://www.eugenecityhall.com/pdf/ech_phase_3_Executive_summary.pdf) <br /> <br />The master plan resulted in a vision for a new City Hall reflective of the values and priorities of <br />Eugene, and a flexible design that allows for incrementally moving forward when the City is <br />ready and funding is available. In the meantime, the number one recommendation from the City <br />Hall Complex design team was to build the Police Patrol Facility, completing the relocation of <br />all primary emergency response functions out of City Hall and into Essential Facility structures. <br />At the October 17, 2007, council work session, the direction was to proceed with development of <br />a Patrol Facility concept design for a portion of the existing LTD RideSource site on Garfield <br />Street and continue to explore the acquisition of potential sites in the immediate area. This site <br />preference recognized certain operational efficiencies that could be realized by locating the <br />Patrol Facility close to the gas pumps at Fleet Maintenance and close to the Police Services <br />Building where the Forensics Evidence and Property Control Units are located. <br /> <br />Since that time, certain advantages have been identified with locating the Patrol Facility in or <br />near downtown including the potential for better response to downtown public safety issues, <br />better support for downtown development by the addition of a newly constructed building, and <br />better connection between the Police Patrol Division and the rest of the Police Department in <br />City Hall. Several potential sites were identified during the City Hall Complex Master Plan <br />process that could be analyzed further to determine the most suitable site for a Police Patrol <br />Facility. This analysis could be accomplished using a portion of the fund balance remaining <br />from the City Hall Complex Master Plan project with the results brought back to the council at a <br />later date. <br /> <br />The Police Patrol Facility is also listed as a placeholder project for $20 million in the 2010-2015 <br />Capital Improvement Program draft approved by the Budget Committee on January 28, 2009, <br />with capital funding estimated to occur in 2012. The cost estimate represents a total project cost <br />including construction costs, soft costs, site acquisition costs, and construction cost escalation. <br />The cost estimate was based on work done by the City Hall Complex design team in 2008. Since <br />that time, construction costs have dropped somewhat reflecting both a reduction in material costs <br />Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090209\S090209C.doc <br /> <br />