Council unanimous in plan for Eugene City Hall
EUGENE, Ore. - A unanimous City Council voted 8-0 to invest $750,000 to come up with a plan to rehabilitate Eugene City Hall.
The council voted Wednesday in favor of a motion retaining the City Hall at the current location. The plan calls for keeping the central council chambers and as much parking, public art and other parts of the City Hall as possible.
The council had also enterained keeping the current building, entirely intact; or tearing down the entire building and starting new.
The project is expected to cost as much as $15 million.
Eugene City Hall has fallen into visible disrepair in recent years. A seismic audit by the state's department of geology also said the building had a high potential to collapse in the event of an earthquake.
Until the Eugene Police Department moved into office space across the river on Country Club Road, the department's crusiers were located in a garage on the bottom floor of the building. A major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could have caused the building to collapse on the police motor pool, according to state geologists.
They should turn it into a City Jail...
all a bunch of liars. Â "its so bad we can't and shouldn't use it or waste money fixing it."
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now that its vacant... well, we'll fix it with the money that we don't have.Â
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But we are going to ask you for new taxes and raise the current taxes on stormwater.
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(never mind we actually have the money, it just gets shifted from one account to another and another.Â
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The government actually calls this fraud.... but for the taxpayers.. they call us STUPID
It must be a hoot to spend city tax dollars any time they get the urge. how about quit spending money on city council persons pet projects. Its my money, the city council needs to put it to a vote.
They let violent criminals out of jail becasue there is not enough money and spend 750k to upgrade offices.
Perhaps City Hall should look into auctioning some of there "art" to help cover the expenses. They might even be able to keep some of it up after the sale if the new owner wanted to put it on loan to the city. Museums do it frequently.