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the livability of adjacent neighborhoods. He said a seven-story building was being constructed at 19th <br />Avenue and Alder Street and it would be a 212-unit apartment complex with 40 parking spaces. He said <br />that was a concern to South University neighbors, but the building was consistent with the development <br />code. He felt that refinement plans should be a higher priority consistent with council's neighborhood goal <br />to protect livability through land use. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor thanked Public Works and the Planning and the Development Department for their efforts to work <br />with a constituent to resolve problems related to changes to his property. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz thanked those who had attended the State of the City event. She requested a work session related <br />to the memorandum from Brian Obie concerning the Fifth Street Public Market. <br /> <br />City Manager pro tem Jones reminded councilors of scheduled tours of the West Town on 8th Avenue <br />development. She announced that Public Works engineering was now conditionally certified for federally <br />funded transportation project development, making Eugene only the second local agency in the State to <br />receive certification. She said that three parks properties identified in the 2006 parks bond measure had <br />been acquired: Golden Gardens ponds acreage ($1.7 million), a key parcel to establishing a Santa Clara <br />community park in the Madison Middle School vicinity ($865,000) and a parcel significant to the further <br />development of Amazon Park ($579,000). She said the earned income tax credit program which the City <br />helped to promote had returned $7 million to Lane County last year. She noted that a joint session with the <br />Lane County Board of County Commissioners was scheduled for January 16; the meeting was for <br />discussion purposes only. She thanked Hult Center staff for its exemplary work during the run of <br />Riverdance, which was attended by 19,000 people. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she was pleased to see an award given to Michelle Mortenson recognizing her work <br />assisting citizens. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said that Project Homeless Connect was scheduled for February 7 and encouraged councilors <br />to participate in that event. She said that a local collaboration was under way to explore alternatives to <br />commingling for recycling plastic bags. <br /> <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: Adoption of the 2008 Federal Priorities Project List (United Front) <br /> <br />Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson presented the list of Eugene federal priorities proposed <br />for inclusion on the master priorities list for the United Front strategy. She said staff had identified projects <br />with federal funding opportunities and vetted those through the Council Committee on Intergovernmental <br />Relations (CCIGR) and based on those discussions a final list of proposed projects for the City of Eugene <br />was provided to the CCIGR, which approved forwarding them to the council for approval. She reviewed <br />each project on the list: <br /> <br />? <br /> Delta Ponds <br />? <br /> Metro Waterways General Investigative Study <br />? <br /> West Eugene Wetlands Environmental Education Center <br />? <br /> Forest Legacy <br />? <br /> Franklin Boulevard - Multiway Boulevard (NEPA request only) <br />? <br /> West Eugene Transportation Implementation <br />? <br /> Fire and EMS Simulator Lab <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 14, 2008 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />