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At the same time the Civic Center Design Cha- a general obligation bond and said that after its rette was being organized, the Mayor appointed ihilure it became evident to the council that it m~ ad-hoc citizen's "Civic Facilities Visioning would be shogsighted to remm to the voters with Commi~ee" to develop a coordinated vision of the same question. ~e Mayor noted the council's civic needs downtown, and to recommend to the agreement that it was impo~ant to look at efficien- Council how to implement ~at vision. ~e Civic cies of scale ~d the potential of creating a civic Facilities Visioning Commi~ee's members include center containing multiple agencies that could representatives of a broad rm~ge of public agencies sense the entire community. He said that the eom- and private interests. ~e goal was to have recom- lnunib' should consider multi-use facilities and the mendations from the Committee to the Council possible co-housing of the Lane County Sheriff's by June, 2004. ~is veD' aggressive time line Office and Eugene Police Depa~ment. allowed only four months ibr the Commi~ee to address veo, impo~t public development issues. As a result, the Colnmittee had broad latitude to The first of four meetings of ~e Commi~ee was explore all elements of a vision of civic develop- held in February,, 2004. In order to take advantage ment in Downtown Eugene. of the work done on the Design Chare~e, Eric Gunderson of WBGS Architects and Planners pro- vided professional suppo~ to the Committee. Committee's Charge As stated by Mayor To~ey~ the Civic Facilities Visioning Commi~ee was foxed "to develop a coordinated vision of a civic center for Eugene~ ~d recommend how that vision could be imple- mented.' ~e mayor noted that, as the City ........ embarks on a multi-year process to eventually Horseshoe shaped replace City Hall~ it is extremely impo~t that ~e civic bui[dingsfi~cing needs and plm~s of other public agencies be incor- each other across 8th porated in the plam~ing process. The Collllllittee A~,enue~om the Design was also encouraged to use the recommendations Chare~e. and conclusions from the Civic Center Design Chare~e as a sta~ing point for ~e Commi~ee's work. At the first meeting of the Committee, Mayor Torrey recalled the City Council's attempts to fund the construction of a new police station through Civic Visioning Committee - Report and Recommendations June 2004 Page ~5