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Capital Budget Highlights City Hall Complex Deciding on a vision for the future of Eugene's City Hall complex is an ongoing priority for the Council. While there are no capital funds included in the FY08 Capital Budget, the FY2008- 2013 Multi-Year Financial Plan and the FY2008-2013 Capital Improvement Program include the City Hall renovation or replacement as an unfunded project in 2010. The City Hall Complex Master Plan builds on previous efforts°'to provide safer, more efficient public spaces. The 2001-2002 Council Goals included an action priority to "Develop a .strategy and implementation plan for City downtown office and public safety facilities." There were two specific implementation items: develop a funding plan and timeline for relocation of the downtown Fire Station #l, and relocation of Police Department employees located in the basement of City Hall. Both of these items were completed in FY05. In spring 2001, the Council directed the City Manager to develop a Downtown City Space Plan, a financial strategy and implementation plan for replacement of City Hall and other downtown City offices.. with one or more new buildings. Two long-term goals identified in the Downtown City Space Plan were construction of a new Police headquarters building and replacement of City Hall. After defeat of a November 2004 bond measure that would have funded components of a Community Safety Building and Civic Street. improvements, the City Council directed staff to initiate the current City Hall Complex Master Plan to address all outstanding City downtown space needs. The Master Plan process began late 2005, when the Council approved the City Hall Complex Priority Issue Action Plan which identified-the--major policy issues to be addressed, the overall description of project phasing, the nature of work to be accomplished, resource needs, and pro- posedproject outcomes. This Policy Advisement Phase of the master plan was completed in November 2005. In mid-2006, Council directed the City Manager to proceed with Phase 2 -the Development Plan phase - of the City Hall Complex Action Plan. This phase of the master plan incorporated abroad community involvement process to develop direction on major policy questions, and culminated in a conceptual design reflecting the scope and location of buildings in a City Hall complex. In late 2006, Council directed that the Master Plan for the City Hall complex focus on a newbuilding at the site of the County's Butterfly Parking lot and adjacent properties. Council initiated the third phase of the City Hall Complex Master Plan in January, 2007. Specific projects to implement the City Hall complex will be identified and designs completed in this third development phase of the Master Plan. It is expected that a combination of internal funding and voter approved general obligation bonds will be required to finance future projects. All three phases of the Master Plan are funded from the Facility Replacement Reserve. 37