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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall May 24, 1999 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Scott Meisner, Betty Taylor, Bobby Lee, David Kelly, Gary Rayor, Gary PapS. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Nancy Nathanson, Pat Farr. Mayor James D. Torrey called the council to order at 5:30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Mr. Rayor read a statement in support of Bicycle Commute Week, citing reasons for bicycling. He encouraged the council and citizens to bicycle that week. A.Action: Appointment to Human Rights Commission Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Taylor, to nominate Robert Zenuch, 3214 Coraly Avenue, Eugene, 94024, to Position 3 to complete the term of Favore Miller, who resigned; the terms ends of May 31, 2001. Mr. Meisner observed that the council had recently made five appointments to the Human Rights Commission; following those appointments, Ms. Miller resigned from the commission. The council was able to take advantage of the pool of applicants from that recent appointment process. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 5:0, Mr. Pap8 not yet having arrived at the meeting. B.Work Session: Graffiti Removal Program Jeff Lankston, Public Works Department, reminded the council of its recent work session and direction to staff to prepare an ordinance related to graffiti removal. He defined graffiti, and reviewed the details of the ordinance prepared by staff and the proposed abatement procedure associated with the ordinance. Mr. Lankston reviewed graffiti programs operated by other cities. Mr. Lankston reviewed three options for action for the council to consider: 1) maintain the existing City-paid abatement program; 2) make revisions to the proposed ordinance and conduct a public hearing; and 3) forward the proposed ordinance to the public hearing process. He recommended the third option. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 24, 1999 Page 1 5:30 p.m.