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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> October 25, 2004 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, David Kelly, Betty <br /> Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Gary Papd, Jennifer Solomon. <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey solicited items from the council. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said he attended Eugene Library Foundation member Tom Wiper's funeral service earlier that <br />day at First United Methodist Church. It had been a moving service. He thanked Council Coordinator <br />Lynda Rose for drafting a sympathy letter to Mr. Wiper's family on behalf of the council, and thanked the <br />councilors for signing the letter. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson had no items. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling reported that he and Mr. Pap~ attended the recent dedication of Bertha Holt Elementary School. <br />He commended the good behavior of the children in attendance, who sat on the floor attentively throughout <br />the entire ceremony, and noted that several members of the Holt family had been in attendance. He thanked <br />School District 4J for inviting him to the dedication. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said she consistently raised concerns about money available for preservation and maintenance <br />being spent on other transportation projects, and she recalled that the council agreed to focus its metropoli- <br />tan planning organization dollars on preservation and maintenance. She had opposed the Friendly-Monroe <br />bicycle project at the Metropolitan Policy Committee because of that policy; the mayor supported it. The <br />project, which was in her ward, appeared to consist of little more than signage. Ms. Bettman asked about <br />the source of the local match, and why the project, which was originally allocated $240,000, now was <br />allocated $175,000. She asked what happened to the rest of the money, and questioned the use of funds at a <br />time the council was discussing creating a new transportation maintenance fee. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked when the new Community Task Force would receive the racial profiling task force <br />report. She also asked about the date of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) meeting when the <br />homelessness update would be presented, or if the council could receive a similar update. City Manager <br />Dennis Taylor indicated he would follow up. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor had no items. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 25, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />