I'm glad at least someone in Eugene can still do a bit of math.  As the only criticism that could be levied at Christian Hill's excellent journalism was his failure to do the calculations for all the dots.  More disheartening is that reasonable alternatives now finally under consideration, are also likely to be harpooned by staff to demonstrate that building a new building still makes the most sense from an economic perspective.  Unfortunately, local design professionals have a considerable amount of their future at risk regarding future work for the city if they don't deliver the expected metrics.

And yet the decisions that staff have asked the council to make, and the timeframe allowed for them to even acquire some expertise to render an informed opinion have been staged in an attempt to either steer them towards a preferred option or overwhelm them with minutia, essentially disabling any decision processes.  Some changes in management seem greatly needed.