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tem Jones indicated City Attorney Glenn Klein would respond to that later in the meeting. It was her <br />understanding the URA must be convened. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark congratulated the staff, coaches, and players of the successful football teams. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark thanked Representative Chris Edwards for attending a recent Santa Clara neighborhood meeting <br />with him. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said he attended a Lane Workforce Partnership meeting the previous week and noted his <br />request to the council to sign a letter asking the Oregon Delegation to support the Work Force Reinvestment <br />Act. He thanked the council for signing the letter, and shared statistics demonstrating the need for the <br />agency and its success. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka announced an upcoming job faire February 12 and March 13 at the Lane County Fairgrounds. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka announced the Sustainability Commission had its first meeting and he commended the quality <br />of its members. He said the next meeting was December 18 at 5:30 p.m. He noted that a company owned <br />by Commissioner Josh Skov was recently profiled in The Register-Guard. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said the University of Oregon’s arena scoping process had begun in earnest and the university <br />was working with the affected neighborhood groups. He planned to follow the process closely. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka noted Police Auditor Cris Beamud’s recent talk before the City Club. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka recognized outgoing County Administrator Bill Van Vactor for his many years of service. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor said that Lane County agreed to contribute $40,000 to the West Eugene Collaborative and <br />Commissioner Peter Sorenson would join the group. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon arrived. <br /> <br />ththth <br />Mr. Pryor reported on his participation in a bus tour of EMX corridor options, which included 6, 7, 13, <br />th <br />and 11 avenues. He said the tour was very useful. He anticipated more work to come as there were pros <br />and cons to each corridor. He encouraged councilors to contact Lane Transit District for similar tours. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz also recognized Sheldon High School’s State championship and noted it occurred under Coach <br />Marty Johnson, formerly of Willamette High School. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz thanked Linda Dawson for the information she provided to her regarding condominium conver- <br />sions and manufactured dwellings. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz said she attended the Mayor’s Summit on Over-representation of Minority Youth in the Justice <br />System in Portland recently and heard from a panel of youth who had been in the system and come out to be <br />productive citizens. She had been unable to stay for the Governor’s remarks because she had attended a <br />presentation by Enrique Morenos, founder of the Border Angels. She had been very impressed with his <br />remarks and said a local email group to support him had been started. She offered to share more informa- <br />tion with interested councilors. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2007 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />