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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />May 16, 2012 <br />Noon <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the May 16, 2012, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br />Trude Kaufman Center <br />Recreation Division Manager Craig Smith reminded the council that the Trude Kaufman building had <br />been mothballed since January 2011. In July 2011 the council had been asked to provide input on the <br />future use of the facility and councilors expressed interest in maintaining the building as a community <br />resource. Staff had received input from many parties, including the Jefferson - Westside Neighbors, who <br />requested that the site be used for activities that created a sense of community and increased <br />neighborhood livability, with priority on services for youth and seniors. The use should not diminish <br />from neighborhood safety and livability. <br />Mr. Smith reviewed some of the uses proposed by interested parties, which included transitional living <br />quarters for returning female veterans, youth mentorship services, breast cancer recovery program, <br />domestic violence legal assistance, halfway house, park guild, community education center, Extension <br />Services headquarters, low- income housing for seniors, wet bed facility, Lions Club headquarters, and a <br />bed and breakfast. Mr. Smith said the building cost approximately $20,000 /year to maintain, with funds <br />coming from the Kaufman Trust. He reported that the property was appraised in 2010 for $495,000. The <br />facility's condition was fair and needed work would cost about $150,000 to $200,000. It was in a special <br />zone that required compliance with historic guidelines. <br />Mr. Smith reviewed three options for the future use of the building: 1) dispose of the property by selling <br />it at market value; 2) retain the property and create a Request for Proposals (RPF) process that met the <br />criteria identified by the Jefferson - Westside Neighbors and determined the most effective use of the <br />property as a community resource via a lease agreement that eliminated ongoing maintenance costs for <br />the City; and 3) retain the property and create an RFP process that considered the criteria identified by the <br />Jefferson - Westside Neighbors but did not limit the criteria to those standards and determined the most <br />effective use of the property as a community resource via a lease agreement that eliminated the ongoing <br />maintenance costs to the City of Eugene. Mr. Smith reported that City Manager Jon Ruiz recommended <br />Option 3. <br />Councilors asked questions clarifying the details of each option. The council was generally supportive of <br />the staff recommendation. Mr. Brown supported keeping the building in community use. Mr. Zelenka <br />supported using the criteria offered by the Jefferson - Westside Neighbors but did not want the Request for <br />Proposals to be limited to them. Mr. Poling agreed with Mr. Zelenka because he feared the criteria would <br />limit the number of responses, and suggested that the term "community resource" be more clearly <br />defined. Ms. Taylor expressed concern that the structure would no longer be in the use intended by the <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council May 16, 2012 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />