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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> December 14, 2005 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Papé, <br />Chris Pryor. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Bonny Bettman, Andrea Ortiz. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted that today’s meeting was the last meeting before the holiday recess. The next council <br />meeting would be the State of the City event on January 6, 2006. She invited all to attend the event. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reported that Santa Claus visited City Hall that morning to take care of a parking ticket; she <br />regretted that she had been unable to do anything about the ticket. <br /> <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: City Council Priority Issue—City Hall Complex <br /> <br /> The council was joined for the item by Mike Penwell of the Facilities Division and Jonah Cohen of Thomas <br />Hacker Architects. Mr. Penwell said he was seeking council direction for implementing Phase 2 of the <br />development plan phase of the City Hall Complex Action Plan. Staff had identified two basic approaches, <br />one that included more detail and more public process (Approach A) and a second that was more conceptual <br />in nature and had less detail (Approach B). Mr. Penwell noted staff’s recommendation for Option A, with <br />one of the additional services, the Generic New Versus Remodel Study. <br /> <br />Mr. Penwell acknowledged the cost involved with Approach A but said staff recommended the higher dollar <br />amount with the expectation it would result in more detailed information on which to base future council <br />decisions. It also included more public involvement to gauge and build community consensus. <br /> <br />Mr. Cohen briefly noted the input process associated with the development of the scope of service. He <br />referred the council to the Attachment E to the Agenda Item Summary (AIS), which was a preliminary task <br />list and schedule for phases 1 and 2. He reviewed the document. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted that Ms. Bettman and Ms. Ortiz were attending a conference on civilian police review <br />and could not be present for the item. She called for council comments and questions. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé asked for more information about the Generic New Versus Remodel Study. Mr. Cohen said that <br />the study addressed how the City Hall building, if retained, could be used. He thought it would be difficult <br />for the council to decide that without more information, so the consultants proposed to develop three distinct <br />scenarios. One scenario retained the current building in its existing form and was premised on a new <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 14, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />