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M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall—777 Pearl Street <br />Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> October 27, 2008 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, <br />Jennifer Solomon, George Poling. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. Committee Reports and Items of Interest from Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy congratulated the Eugene Airport for receiving a first place award from the International Facility <br />Management Association. She said an arts and business alliance had been launched and noted that the <br />council was receiving an electronic emergency services report. She noted that a record 21,723 calls had <br />been received and 12,192 patients were transported to medical facilities. She announced that Pam Berrian <br />had received the 2008 Telecommunications Award. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman announced that Alan Jacobs was presenting a free lecture on boulevard design on November 5 <br />and recommended attending to hear about effective transportation and economic development strategies for <br />development on streets. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said the Fairmount neighbors and University of Oregon came to an agreement on the proposed <br />basketball arena and thanked everyone who participated in the process. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark reported that the Human Rights Commission was developing its work plan for the upcoming year. <br />He attended the opening of Springfield’s Justice Center and said it was a beautiful facility. He inquired <br />about the status of his request for a report on Creekside Park. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she heard that two people had already been excluded from downtown under the exclusion <br />zone ordinance and wondered why the City did not just assign extra police to the area instead of excluding <br />people. She asked what the City would do for a person who had been excluded for 90 days if they were <br />ultimately found not guilty. City Attorney Jerome Lidz explained that although it was not a criminal <br />process, it was similar to someone being arrested and then released if found not guilty or the charges were <br />dismissed. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if anyone was tracking where people went when they were excluded. City Manager Jon <br />Ruiz said the police department was monitoring where people dispersed to downtown and in surrounding <br />areas. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 27, 2008 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />