Eugene City moving away to the river front

With great caution and soul searching, I just can't relate to City Hall being in the EWEB building. I could be wrong but I think it will result in less civic engagement. It's a long walk from the downtown-- what little cultural and social center of gravity exists, as well as the entertainment and dining district. It could result in 20 - 40% decrease in attendance by people who come by bus. Anytime a transfer is required, adds 20 minutes to the ride. Our city is not an "hour" city. Big cities like Seattle run hourly. That's why our transfers are long. I sense, the EWEB location is great for automobile folks, the wards north of the river, and for those working so earnestly to build 5th Avenue, and now the Riverfront. I suppose it's great for automobiles from other parts of the city but they already have abundant parking near the Spilde center. I don't know... I just don't like the civic center torn out of downtown away from the Park Blocks or Spilde center. It's a lot easier to destroy civic engagement than to rebuild it, if it's gone. I just don't know... The whole EWEB building is a spectacularly bad piece of concrete that never should have been built there and maybe future generations will be better off if it were razed? Would anybody in their right mind build that sort of thing, today? Thinking, more, - Relocating and consolidating city departments together with council and Mayor to such an isolated place creates a risk of disconnection from the people. It creates a risk of Group-think (aka confirmation bias) within and among fulltime executives and staff, it is a real think that was recognized in WW2, creating weakness, losing campaigns because they marginalized important voices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink Of course City staff could project outreach messaging, to the people but the problem is whether people could project *our* views into the City Council, manager and staff without seeming like we're crazy. - What about all the boards and commissions? Already receding, needing to be closer to some sort of center IMO - The real issue is, how do people identify with a City when its buildings, people and processes change so rapidly? How do we develop a feeling of belonging?? It's a human thing, not a budget thing or a real estate thing