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Ms. Taylor was pleased that the planning process described in Mr. Ruiz’s memorandum specifically stated <br />that any new facility be based in or around the downtown area. <br />Mr. Clark asked that the City Manager’s Office include a plan to retrofit and utilize the unused space in the <br />current City Hall facility. <br />Mr. Clark offered a friendly amendment to Mr. Poling’s previously stated motion to direct the City Manager <br />to request that EWEB include any directives or intentions to negotiate with the City for the use of their <br />administration building into their ongoing master plan process. Mr. Poling accepted Mr. Clark’s friendly <br />amendment to the previously stated motion. <br />Ms. Ortiz indicated her support of Mr. Poling’s previously stated motion and further noted that while she <br />was supportive of intentions to construct a new police patrol facility in the downtown area she would like the <br />West Eugene area to be considered as well. <br />City Attorney Glen Klein, responding to a question from Ms. Ortiz, said that the City of Eugene had the first <br />right of refusal for the EWEB administration building property. <br />Mr. Zelenka felt that the planning process described in Mr. Ruiz’s memorandum represented a <br />comprehensive plan for addressing a variety of City needs. <br />Mr. Ruiz, responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, noted that the only downtown sites that would be <br />considered for a new police patrol facility would be those currently owned by the City. Facilities Project <br />Manager Mike Penwell briefly described some of the City-owned sites that might be considered for the new <br />facility. <br />Mr. Zelenka commented that if the City were to vacate its current City Hall facility, the facility would then <br />need to be demolished as no one would want to undertake a remodel or refit of such a seismically <br />questionable structure. <br />Mr. Pryor noted he was prepared to vote on the motion as a whole rather than voting separately on <br />individual parts of it. <br />Mr. Pryor reiterated that the City could only spend the Facility Reserve Funds once and that those funds <br />should not be put on the table in any budget committee discussions for any uses outside of those for which <br />the Facility Reserve Fund was originally created. <br />Mr. Ruiz, responding to a question from Mr. Brown, noted that he would be returning to the council with <br />more concrete financial information regarding the planning process on April 15. <br />Mr. Brown noted his support of Option 2 from Mr. Ruiz’s memorandum and that the phased approach <br />described therein would engender greater trust among the public. <br />Mr. Zelenka noted a great deal of uncertainty in the preliminary costs presented by Mr. Ruiz and further <br />noted that the council would need clearer cost information regarding the project when he returned on April <br />15. <br />Ms. Piercy expressed that the planning process under discussion presented a strong direction for the City <br />and took care of a variety of the City’s future needs. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 11, 2009 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />