Item B: Next Steps on Police Facility/City Hall

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for a consolidated City Hall including building on the existing City Hall site, acquiring the EWEB Administration Building, acquiring the Federal Building if the GSA decides to surplus it at some future date, or moving forward with an option that hasn’t yet been conceived. During this interim period, the Facility Reserve will need to be replenished in order to help fund future City Hall projects. Summary of Potential Moves and Use of Facility Reserve The following table lists functions currently located in City Hall with the approximate building area needed, where they would be relocated and how the Facility Reserve would be utilized to pay for or assist with up-front capital costs. Service Area Square Footage Project Cost Recommended Location Police Headquarters 66,000 s.f. $16 million 300 Country Club Road Downtown Public Safety Station 3,000 s.f. Mayor, City Council & Civic Campus Area including Council Chamber 5,000 s.f. $6 million Beam and/or WG Development CMO/Human Resources 12,000 s.f. Municipal Court 15,000 s.f. Other potential functions that may be considered for inclusion in the Beam/WG developments are Risk Services (3,300 s.f.), the City Prosecutor (1,700 s.f.), a combined training/conference room (1,500 s.f.), Police Auditor (1,400 s.f.), and City Recorder Archives (4,000 s.f.). More detailed information on the preferred location of specific functions, relationships to other public and private functions, and the financing plan will be developed and brought back to council as discussions with potential project partners progress. Options for Existing City Hall Site The last piece of the puzzle that needs to come together in order to complete the plan is deciding what to do with the existing City Hall site. Ideas for reuse have included letting the building live on as an arts center or home for non-profits. Others have suggested it be sold for market value with the proceeds used to begin replenishing the Facility Reserve. Still others have suggested the site be retained by the City as the future home for City Hall, but the building be demolished and replaced in the interim by a park, a parking lot (to generate revenue), or a combination of the two. Clearly additional conversations with the community need to take place and criteria developed in order to achieve a successful future use of the site. We propose additional public input opportunities on this topic be scheduled for late summer and early fall, if the council chooses to move forward with the option of vacating City Hall, with results and a recommenda- tion brought back to council in the fall. Please contact me at 682-5547 or by email at michael.j.penwell@ci.eugene.or.us if you have questions or need additional information. 55 Page of