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BACKGROUND ON CITY EFFORTS The Mayor's Civic Facilities Visioning Committee address functional proximi~' to courts, the jail, has melded ongoing efforts to plan for future City and other City of Eugene offices; service deliveD' buildings with the development ofa comprehen- issues; and growth management goals. sive vision for Eugene's future civic center. The Task Force recommendation became the basis Council Committee on City Hall of a May 2000, bond measure that would have Alternatives funded both the Fire and Police facilities. After In September, 1999, the City Council created the defeat of this measure (54% to 46%), a combined Council Committee on City Hall Alternatives Police and Public Works facility bond measure (CCCHA) to recommend a plan for developing was placed on the November 2000 ballot. This options to relocate functions in Ci~, Hall in the measure also tailed 62% to 38%. event the current City Hall was chosen as the site for the new federal courthouse. While most of The Downtown City Space Plan the recommendations of this committee have been The needs identified by the Task Force were taken superceded by subsequent plans and policies, the into consideration in the development of the CCCHA represented the first serious look at the Downtown City Space Plan by a multi-discipline existing functional, seismic, and condkion deft- team of City stall'. In early 2001, staff presented ciencies in Ci~' Hall. The committee's key finding Council with the concept of developing a long- was that the existing City Hall is not an appropri- range plan for replacing downtown office space ate facility for housing public safct'y functions due with new buildings, and a number of short-term to the seismic vulnerability of its structural system, actions to create a safer, more efficient environ- Relocating public safety facilities from City Hall ment for public safety staff currently located in was identified as the committee's highest priori~,. City Hall. The City Council ultimately decided it was not In September, 2001, the Council addressed both in the City's best interest to sell City Hall to the near-term and long-term projects by directing that General Services Administration as the site for the relocation of EPD personnel from the basement of new federal courthouse. City Hall and relocation of Fire Station # 1 from Police and Fire Stations Task Force Following up on the recommendations of the previ ous committee, Mayor Torrey appointed the Police and Fire Stations Task Force in Janua~', 2000, to develop a recommendation to the Ci~, Council on providing safe, adequate facilities tbr Police and Fire. One of the most important recommendations of the task force was that the new Police facility should be located within the downtown area to best Fire Station I Civic Visioning Committee - Report anti Recommendations June 2004 Page ~o