Thank you, Andersons.  Moreover, there is a great opportunity  here for cultural as well as natural features of the area to highlight.  As the EWEB Master Plan discusses, the home of Wiley Griffon, Eugene's first black homeowner, is located within the current EWEB employees' parking lot.  In connection with the Mims House-- second home owned by an African American,  up the hill at 3rd and High,  as well as   the site of the later "Ferry Street Bridge" neighborhood across the river, there is a natural triangle  here to honor the lives of Eugene's Pioneer African-Americans. 

So, while I'd have preferred  a City Hall location in the center of downtown, problems with other sites, plus the attractiveness here,  have shown that this EWEB riverside location may be best after all.