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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room-Eugene City Hall September 12, 2005 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Bettman, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pape, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the September 12,2005, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation for the opportunity to attend the "privilege" training in which the council recently participated. Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation for City employees' response to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast area. She said many community members were involved with assisting the victims in what was becoming an enormous humanitarian effort. Mayor Piercy said she attended the opening of the Mayor's Art Show on September 9 and had selected as the Mayor's Choice a piece of art that represented new beginnings and lots of possibilities ahead. She encouraged the council to view her selection at the show. Ms. Solomon had no items. Ms. Taylor said she attended the Southeast Neighbors picnic the previous day as well as the labor union picnic on Labor Day, both of which she enjoyed. She said the labor union picnic reminded her of the need for the council to work on a living wage ordinance. She noted her attendance at a Cuthbert Amphitheater event following the neighborhood picnic, and said the music and the weather were both good. She was accompanied by two 13-year old boys who enjoyed the event as much as the adults in attendance. Ms. Taylor regretted that the City was charging $5 for parking at the amphitheater. Ms. Taylor said on September 25 she would attend the last meeting of the National League of Cities task force on the No Child Left Behind Act, at which members would be finalizing their recommendations for lobbying when the act comes up for renewal. She invited those with ideas about needed changes to the act to contact her. Mr. Kelly reported on the most recent meeting of the Lane County Task Force on Public Safety, on which he and Mayor Piercy served. He said that the County and municipal representatives reached consensus about the desirability of a mix of services to cover the shortfalls in a variety of areas. Those present agreed a reasonable first step was to attempt to achieve half of the needed funding, which was estimated to be $38 million annually. Representatives also reached consensus that a property tax was not the desired funding mechanism. Although the recent meeting was intended to be the task force's last, one more meeting would MINUTES-Eugene City Council Work Session September 12, 2005 Page 1