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comer of 8th Avenue and Oak Street as one of the Park Blocks. He indicated that the option would require asking voters for a $12.6 million bond measure. Mr. Carlson explained that Option C was included to show what a 20-year Community Safety facility, including Civic Center amenities and consolidation of all functions, would cost. Two financial strategies for Option C were provided; one strategy had a high level of internal funding and the other had minimal internal funding. Mr. Carlson concluded his review with Option D, which showed the cost of replacing all the functions in the existing City Hall and consolidation of other downtown City office uses, including two new buildings on current City-owned land. He said some additional internal funding was possible in that option based on future facility reserve contributions; however, the option would still result in a $70 million bond measure. Mr. Carlson said that all five options fit within the debt policy limits established by the Budget Committee, but Option D would leave the City with little debt capacity for several years. He said that staff recommended Option A+ and action had been tentatively scheduled for July 26, 2004, on a civic facility revenue measure should the council provide direction to proceed. Responding to issues that were raised since the July 14, 2004, meeting, Mr. Carlson said there were no designs for either the Community Safety Building or City Hall, but staff intent was to design the facilities with horizontal expansion capacity. Regarding the current City Hall building, he remarked that remodeling the fire station space for office use was not feasible due to the cost and the fact that it did not meet current seismic standards, although the Fire Marshal's space was usable. He said the existing police space could be remodeled for offices, particularly if use was intended for five years or less. He said that City Hall accounted for 52 percent of deficiencies in the last facilities report, while accounting for only 12 percent of space. Mr. Carlson commented that availability of the current Federal Building had been discussed with the General Services Administration (GSA) and GSA maintained the position that all space in the building was still needed for federal functions. The City remained interested in courtroom space at the Federal Building for the Municipal Court once the new Federal Courthouse was completed. The Federal Building did not meet current seismic standards, could not be used for police functions without substantial rehabilitation, and provided no secure parking currently on the site. Mr. Carlson reiterated that staff recommended the suggested motion be changed to reflect Option A+ instead of Option B and requested direction to prepare the appropriate resolution for the July 26, 2004, meeting. Mr. Poling observed that, ideally, Option D was the appropriate direction to plan for the future, but the cost was prohibitive and unlikely to be supported by taxpayers. He believed the City needed to move forward with a new Community Safety Building and supported Option A+ as the most realistic approach to achieving that goal. Ms. Solomon asked how much of Option A+ would be internally funded. Mr. Carlson replied that $29 million of a $36 million project would be internally funded. Ms. Solomon said the project would have considerable credibility if the City could contribute that amount. She said she had reflected on a number of reasons why Option D was desirable, but thought it was unlikely that most voters would support a new City Hall. She expressed strong MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 21, 2004 Page 2 Work Session