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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> July 8, 2002 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: David Kelly, Gary Pap~, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Pat Fart, <br /> Betty Taylor, Gary Rayor, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />A. Items from the Mayor, Council, and City Manager <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson raised the issue of fireworks and fire safety. She said she had walked through her <br />neighborhood the evening of July 4 and witnessed many instances of illegal fireworks use. A major <br />house fire had occurred in her neighborhood the past weekend, which increased her concern about <br />fire risk. Ms. Nathanson asked how many citations the police issued on July 4 for illegal fireworks <br />use and, if citations had been issued, whether the media was made aware of those citations so it <br />could heighten public awareness of the illegality of those fireworks. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson noted the delay in the council's work plan activity related to examination of City <br />codes for possible changes to require fire-resistant building and roofing materials. The house fire <br />she witnessed had a cedar shake roof, which became fully engulfed. She asked about the time line <br />for the work item, and if staff had started outreach with homebuilders, realtors, and contractors to <br />share information about such fire-resistant roofing and building materials. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson requested information regarding the status of the humidity and temperature <br />monitoring device previously proposed to be purchased with telecommunications franchise fees. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor arrived. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Tom Tallon responded to Ms. Nathanson's questions, saying the City responded to 171 <br />calls for fireworks-related fires; 162 of those calls were police calls regarding smoke and noise and <br />generally no arrests were made because there was no one present to arrest there when the police <br />arrived. Thirteen of the calls involved dispatched fire apparatus, and of those, two were actually <br />fires. Citations were issued for one of the fires. Chief Tallon said that not many citations were <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />