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Mr. Pap6 moved to amend the motion so that policy principle (2) indi- cated that the "civic promenade" began at Charnelton Street and not Wil- lamette Street. The motion died for lack of a second. Ms. Taylor asked why it was urgent to adopt the principles. Mr. Carlson replied that staff was trying to make forward progress. Ms. Taylor asked staff to determine how much space would be freed up if the Human Rights Commission could be moved into the Eugene Police Department and Fire and Emergency Services Department portion of the building once the departments moved out. Ms. Taylor expressed concern that adoption of the document would make the City Council "wedded" to it. She supported having proximity of services, but did not necessarily feel the services should include public safety. She did not want the City to commit to having the public safety activities next to the Civic Center. She asked if there had been any thought on whether just the services the citizens needed to use should be the services housed in the Civic Center. Mr. Meisner asked to what extent the City intended to talk to the County. He noted the County's recent purchase of a property to house the elections portion of local government. Mr. Carlson replied that the City had specifically included the LCSO and the county administrator on the Mayor's Civic Visioning committee to ensure this communication occurred. The motion, as revised and amended, passed, 7:1; Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Poling, moved that the council adopt Op- tion 1 for siting a City Hall and Community Safety Building. Mr. Kelly asked why it had been said at the public hearing that the 8th Avenue location was not the sheriff's preferred site for collocation. Mr. Carlson responded that he did not have the sense that the LCSO did not prefer the site, but rather, that it was a financing issue. He noted that part of the sheriff's facility was the intake center for the courts and this function would not work at the 8a' Avenue site. In response to a second question from Mr. Kelly, Mr. Carlson stated that the Good Times lot presented practical operational issues as it was adjacent to the raised viaduct. He said the site had received minority support in the design charette and also was too small. Mr. Kelly offered a friendly amendment that would retain the possibility of rebuilding City Hall and a future Public Safety building at the current block and a half City Hall site. The maker and the second accepted the amendment. Mr. Carlson pointed out that redevelopment of the City Hall site would make phasing of the construction difficult. Ms. Taylor said she could only support expanding City Hall. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 14, 2004 Page 4 Work Session