The city understands perfectly what the PRESENT station's function is: a public event space.

The Amtrak station itself takes up a very small amount of space, essentially negligible in comparison to the size of the building. All it needs is enough space for ticket sales, baggage handling, and a little seating for people waiting for the 1 SW Chief and 2 River Runner round trips a day. Not sure, but at one point (before the River Runners) the Amtrak presence may have devolved to an Amshack though probably not as ridiculous as the bus shelter at Denair or what looked like a repurposed signal equipment shelter at Madera.