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Speaking to the composition of the committee, Mr. Brown preferred that it include people who wanted to <br />save the stadium. <br />Mr. Brown believed the City should use funds from the Parks and Open Space Bond to purchase the <br />property. He acknowledged there was no money to operate or maintain the facility. <br />Mr. Brown said that times were tight but they were also tight in 1938 when the community came together <br />to construct Civic Stadium. He believed that the community could come together again in support of the <br />stadium but not if the stadium was demolished. <br />Mr. Clark said 4J had a process that people went through in good faith. He was not comfortable asking <br />the district and the other two respondents to the RFP to abandon that process and embark on a new one. <br />He said perhaps a council committee could add wisdom to the decision on behalf of the community. <br />Ms. Ortiz indicated she could support allowing Mr. Brown to ask the board about its willingness to <br />participate in such a process. If the board was not willing to do so, she thought the council needed to let <br />the matter drop. <br />Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Farr, moved that the City Council, recognizing the value <br />that historic properties contribute to community character and livability, and being aware <br />of the needs of 4J school district, request the mayor to form a subcommittee to explore a <br />possible public /private /nonprofit collaboration for the repair and repurposing of Civic <br />Stadium and the redevelopment of the rest of the site. The subcommittee should include, <br />but not be limited to, members of the Save Civic Stadium group, one or more city <br />councilors, 4J board members and /or 4J staff. <br />Mr. Brown and Mr. Farr accepted a suggestion from City Attorney Glenn Klein to reword the beginning <br />of the motion as follows: <br />I move that the City Manager ask 4J whether 4J would be willing to accept input from the <br />City Council on use of the Civic Stadium site. If 4J indicates a willingness to accept such <br />input, the mayor was requested to appoint a committee to develop a recommendation for <br />the council regarding possible input to 4J. <br />Mr. Brown and Mr. Farr accepted a friendly amendment from Mr. Zelenka to add a representative from <br />the YMCA to the committee. <br />Mr. Poling indicated lie would be unable support the motion because the City was asking the district to <br />change the rules in the middle of the process. He believed that the composition of the proposed <br />committee meant that its recommendations were predestined and that did not represent a true public <br />process. <br />Mr. Brown and Mr. Farr accepted a friendly amendment from Mr. Poling to include Master Development <br />LLC and Powell Development Company as members of the committee. <br />Mr. Farr hoped that everyone came to the committee process with an open mind. <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Clark about the intent of the motion, Mr. Brown said he was not <br />trying to short- circuit the district process. He said the issue was one of timing; the council had missed its <br />window of opportunity to respond to the RFP because of its work on the school income tax. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council March 16, 2011 Page 6 <br />Work Session <br />