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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> Council Chamber--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> June 19, 2002 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: David Kelly, Gary Pap~, Nancy Nathanson, Pat Farr, Scott Meisner, <br /> Betty Taylor, Gary Rayor, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey introduced visitors Catherine Klotz from Germany and Hannah Marika Matrunin from <br />Finland, who were spending the day with him learning what it was like to be a mayor in the United <br />States. He said that Ms. Klotz was currently teaching at the University of Oregon and Ms. <br />Matrunin is a graduate student. He encouraged the council to talk with the visitors to hear their <br />perspective on what the City should be doing. <br /> <br />Toby Potter, State Vice Commander, American Legion, introduced the 2002 Beaver Boys State <br />Mayors. The mayors introduced themselves, identified the Boys State town they represented, and <br />noted their home town and high schools. Matt McLaughlin, Beaver Boys State staff and <br />representing American Legion Post 158 of Tigard, noted the mayors had recently completed their <br />junior years in high school and they were a "great bunch of boys." He thanked the council for <br />hosting the Beaver Boys State mayors. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey noted that he recently returned from a meeting of mayors in Madison, Wisconsin, <br />and had learned that the community of Madison had many of the same issues as Eugene had. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor entered the meeting. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called a brief recess. He reconvened the meeting at 12:10 p.m. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 19, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />