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<br />,4 <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />M I NUT E S <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />February 25, 1980 <br /> <br />Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called <br />to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7:30 p.m., February 25, 1980, with <br />the following Councilors present: Betty Smith, Scott Lieuallen, D. W. Hamel, <br />Eric Haws, Gretchen Miller, Brian Obie, and Emily Schue. Councilor Jack Delay <br />was absent. <br /> <br />I. INTRODUCTION OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE GOING TO KAKEGAWA THIS SPRING <br /> <br />Mayor Keller introduced the group of students who are forming the youth <br />delegation that will leave on April 29 to go to Kakegawa, Japan, Eugene's <br />sister city. He thanked them for coming. <br /> <br />II. <br /> <br />DOWNTOWN EMPLOYEES' PETITION REQUEST REGARDING <br />DOWNTOWN PARKING PROGRAM (Information Distributed) <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Mr. Henry stated that representatives from a downtown employees' group <br />wished to testify regarding the Downtown Parking Program. The Council <br />enacted several new amendments which were passed regarding parking fees <br />and violations. These actions were directed at improving the parking <br />program and this was reviewed by the Downtown Development Board. A <br />hearing was held in January and the program amendments went into effect <br />in February. Mr. Henry introduced Duane Bischoff, Parking Administrator, <br />Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineer, and Navarre Davis from the Downtown Develop- <br />ment Board. Mr. Henry stated it is the staff recommendation that this <br />matter be referred to the Downtown Development Board. <br /> <br />Public hearing was opened. <br /> <br />Speaking in favor of the petition: <br /> <br />Nita Robertson, 825 East Park, stated that there is a large group of <br />downtown employees who are unhappy in this matter. Her three major <br />objections to the current Downtown Parking Program were that there'is a <br />lack of available permits in the current parking areas, there should be an <br />increase in the number of parking permits and metered lots, and that they <br />had been provided with unworkable and unusable alternatives. She further <br />stated there are many employees who do not live on or near a Lane Transit <br />District route and that the current shuttle system which has been provided <br />by the City is not a workable solution for many people. She made the <br />following recommendations: 1) keep the free parking but place a two-hour <br />time limit per space; 2) better busing--some of the money taken from the <br />City's budget to police parking could be put to work helping LTD develop <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2/25/80--1 <br />