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Phasing Plan The phasing plan is designed to achieve the Civic While the order mad timing of the first three Ci~' Center vision by implementing a number of dis- components of the phasing plan xvill likely depend crete components over several years. As shown on a nmnber of factors.~ including funding and on the phasing diagram below these components public support, the reconstruction of City Hall of the larger vision are primarily the responsibility should be the last component for several reasons. of the City of Eugene and Lane County to inifi- The abili~7 to find temporaD~ space for the City's ate, but can incorporate the public and non-profit Municipal Court will affect the timing of the partnerships identified earlier, replacement of City Hall. The phasing plan identi- fies the current Federal court building as a poten- The components of the phasing plan that are pri- rial interim location for Municipal Court, once the marily related to the City of Eugene arc: Federal courts move from their current location to 1. Construction of a new Community Safety the new Federal Courthouse. Building 2. Rehabilitation of the Park Blocks (mad possibly Once EPD mad Municipal Courts are relocated the re-construction of the north Park Block on from the current City Hall, approximately 30,000 the site of the County's "butterfly'~ parking lot) square feet of other uses will remain. This 3. Potential participation with the private sector in includes the City Manager's Office, the City a parking garage along 8th Avenue, east of High Council Chambers, and the Human Resources Street and Risk Serwices Department. As these uses are 4. Reconstruction of City Hall on its current site, primarily general office functions, it will be easier including relocation of remaining programs in to find temporal.' leased space to use while City City Hall to temporal: locations during recon- Hall is undergoing reconstruction. One phas- struction of the building ing option xvhile City Hall is being replaced is to 5. Sale and redevelopment of City buildings locate these functions in any expansion space, or vacated xvhen offices are consolidated in the futnre Coun~ Sheriff's Office space, that could be new City Hall included in the new Community Safety building. The expectation is that an agreement xvith other Construction of a Community Safety Building agencies would enable Council meetings to be should occur relatively early in the phasing, as held in existing board meeting rooms or a similar the Eugene Police Department must be relocated ceremonial space. before reconstruction work can begin on City Hall. It is more cost effective to initially construct Improvements to the Park Blocks and participation a seismically sound fuciliB; to house EPD, mad in construction of a new parking garage at 8th and address the remaining City Hall uses after the relo- High are components of the Civic Center concept cation of EPD is completed, that can be implemented independently from the decisions on the Communib' Safety building and City Hall. Funding for Park Block improvements Civic Visioning Committee - Report and Recommendations June 2004 Page 26