Laserfiche WebLink
the types of deficiencies found in the current City Hall facility. <br />Mr. Poling noted that the use of the funds in the manner described by Mr. Ruiz was not a political tool to <br />favor one department of the City over another but rather an attempt by the City leaders to provide the safest <br />possible facility in which the City’s emergency responders could operate. <br />Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved as follows: <br />(1) To develop a conceptual plan and estimate for (a) making seismic upgrades <br />to City Hall to meet the life/safety standard, and (b) expanding Municipal <br />Court’s space to meet the court’s needs; <br />(2) To use appropriated but unspent city hall complex master plan funds to <br />complete an analysis of potential sites owned by the City but limited to <br />downtown, to determine the most suitable site for a police facility and <br />return with a final recommendation on that location; <br />(3) To develop a cost estimate for a phased police facility, rather than a patrol <br />facility with the first phase consisting of space for the patrol function - but <br />designed so that it could be expanded into a building for the entire Police <br />Department; and <br />(4) To investigate the willingness of EWEB to eventually sell its administration <br />building to the City for use as a city hall, and if there is such a willingness, <br />undertake and bring back to the council a preliminary analysis of the pros <br />and cons of using that building for city hall. <br />They City Manager shall return to the council with the information described above <br />by April 15. Until the council makes decisions - after receiving the information <br />described above, the City Manager should not include in his proposed budget the <br />use of any portion of the facility reserve. <br />Ms. Taylor thanked Mr. Ruiz and his colleagues for their work on the planning process and noted that while <br />she would rather vote on each point of the recommended motion separately, she would be happy to support <br />the motion as it provided for the creation of the safest facility possible. <br />Ms. Taylor further noted that she was glad that the plan called for all of the Eugene Police services to be <br />housed in one facility and felt it was strange that historically the Police Chief’s office location had been <br />separated from the officers under their command. <br />Ms. Taylor felt that the council and City staff should take into account the results of the previous ballot <br />measures regarding the facility reserves and that subsequently the public would need to be made aware of <br />the reasons and circumstances behind the council’s directives to staff regarding the construction of a new <br />police facility. <br />Mr. Ruiz, responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, noted that any specific directives to budget for seismic <br />upgrades to life safety standards into any planned facility would need to be incorporated when he returned to <br />the council with further information on April 15. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 11, 2009 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />