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Community Safety Building; and the current costs of the City Hall would still be there. While it was possible the rental savings could offset the new costs, he said the savings would not likely be greater than the increased expenditures. Councilor Taylor opposed the motion. She opined that it was not the right time to place such a bond measure on the ballot. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman, Mr. Carlson explained that the $5.2 million in right-of- way revenues listed in the agenda item summary (AIS) was the franchise fee revenue that had been deferred revenue for several years. In response to another question from Councilor Bettman, Mr. Carlson assured her that the one percent allocated for public art in the new building was included in the total construction costs. Councilor Bettman asked what would happen should the bond pass and the at-risk revenue was not available. Mr. Carlson said it was hoped that the legal issues would be resolved by then. He stated that bonds would not be sold until there was a firm financing plan for the entire facility. Councilor Bettman then asked what staff would do should the revenue not be available. Mr. Carlson explained that staff would have to return to the council to determine whether to go forward or to backfill with another revenue source. Councilor Bettman asked what was planned, should the bond fail. Mr. Carlson responded that the current staff recommendation would be to proceed with the construction of a new basic police services building with existing resources. Councilor Bettman expressed her opposition to the motion. She called the bond measure short-sighted. She asserted this would build a police station with capacity for only ten years. She reiterated her preferred option that the bond measure finance both the police building and the Civic Building. Councilor Nathanson recalled that there had been a public meeting on this topic very recently. She supported the measure for the same reasons she had previously cited and declined to repeat them. She asked the City Manager to state once again the purpose of the bond in order to dispel any public confusion. She noted others had spoken as though the bond measure was only intended to pay for building a police station. Mr. Taylor stated that the bond was slated to pay for a 92,000 square foot building, including 77,000 square feet for housing the police services and 15,000 square feet for general office space to provide the opportunity for collocation of victims' services. He said it would also make improvements along 8th Avenue and would make the previously discussed improvements to the Park Blocks. He called it another step in the phased implementation of Civic Center vision, using the policy principles adopted at the last meeting. Councilor Nathanson underscored that the public was being asked for a relatively small amount of money in the perspective of what the entire project would cost and the money would pay for public amenities, for public improvements downtown, to make the downtown area greener, and to add a new approach for social services and public service. She felt it was a very different proposal from merely saying it was to build a police station. She called it an "incremental step to achieving everything we need." MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 26, 2004 Page 9 Regular Meeting