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more analysis of his suggestion. City Manager Jon Ruiz said staff would return with more financial <br />information after it had a better sense of the programming to be located in a new city hall. <br />Mr. Poling suggested it would have been interesting to see what the design studio would have come up <br />with had it not been limited to renovation of the existing building. He approved of the proposed advisory <br />committee and thought its purpose was clear. He suggested it should include someone familiar with the <br />American with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee, a local historian who could help incorporate <br />elements of the current City Hall into a new building design, and someone with a proven background in <br />building design and energy efficiency. He preferred a committee that included members without a strong <br />opinion on renovation or new construction. <br />Mr. Pryor emphasized the need for the City to vacate City Hall. In regard to the advisory committee, his <br />most important criteria for committee membership would be thoughtfulness and an open mind. He did <br />not want a committee with members who came to the table with their minds made up. He acknowledged <br />that the City had been discussing the issue for some time but things had changed and he was encouraged <br />by the City's more realistic approach to the replacement of City Hall. <br />Mr. Clark was interested in Mr. Zelenka's idea about leveraging the money the City had in hand. <br />However, he would want the council to be clear about the problem it was attempting to fix and whether it <br />was a political problem or a financing problem. He feared that if the council attempted something too <br />grand it would end up with a political problem. <br />Speaking to Mr. Poling's suggestions for committee membership, Mr. Clark pointed out members of the <br />City's Accessibility Committee were familiar with the ADA. <br />Mayor Piercy encouraged staff to ask the Historic Review Board for its input. <br />Ms. Taylor agreed with the mayor. She asked that the advisory committee's minority opinions be shared <br />with the council as well as the majority opinions. She thought that it was a good idea to involve <br />employees. <br />Ms. Taylor said that resident Otto Poticha also had ideas about how the City could remodel the existing <br />City Hall while still remaining in the building. She recalled that many of the architects who participated <br />at all -day charette on a new city hall held in 2002 at The Atrium believed the City could remodel City <br />Hall, but when the council received the staff recommendation that fact was not mentioned. Mr. Penwell <br />recalled that all the ideas that were mentioned at the charette were included in the final report. <br />Ms. Taylor thought the proposed funding sources sounded good. She recommended that the City dedicate <br />the General Capital Transfer to City Hall for several years rather than one year because the structure had <br />been neglected for some time. She suggested the City consider grants as a funding source to preserve the <br />building because there were several grant sources dedicated to such purposes. She also recommended <br />staff consider using the EWEB Contribution -in- Lieu -of -Taxes (CELT) as a funding source. <br />Mr. Zelenka likened the proposed advisory committee to a department advisory committee with a specific <br />focus and short time frame that required knowledgeable members. He did not object to the proposed <br />committee and its composition. <br />Mr. Zelenka cautioned councilors against believing that remodeling was cheaper than new construction. <br />That was not always the case. He believed that remodeling City Hall would mean rebuilding City Hall. <br />He did not think remodeling was the most cost - effective approach and did not think the building was <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 22, 2011 Page 3 <br />Work Session <br />