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M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> December 10, 2008 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Bonny Bettman, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea <br />Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy recognized the work session as Ms. Bettman’s last official City Council meeting and noted the <br />cake and flowers presented to Ms. Bettman to recognize her service to the City of Eugene. She noted some <br />of the civic and community events that had occurred during Ms. Bettman’s tenure. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman thanked the mayor and those present. Councilors offered their thanks to Ms. Bettman. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy recognized Ms. Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz said she had recently been walking in her neighborhood and <br />noticed the extremely long line for food at St. Vincent de Paul. As a member of the Human Services <br />Commission, she was aware that food supplies were down, the need was up, and the quality of food boxes <br />was down. She asked the council to consider donating $25,000 out of its Contingency Fund to Food for <br />Lane County (FFLC) to recognize the increased community need. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Zelenka, moved to donate $25,000 from the Contingency Fund <br />to Food for Lane County. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz suggested the possibility that the council could offer the community a challenge to match the <br />amount. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling believed the current economic times argued for the motion. He liked the idea of a challenge <br />match. He was a strong supporter of FFLC and encouraged the City’s other governmental partners in Lane <br />County to make some sort of donation given that the agency served all of Lane County and the need was <br />being felt all over the county. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor agreed with Ms. Ortiz as to the need for the donation. He also liked the idea of a challenge. He <br />believed it was up to the City to provide support for people in the community who needed it. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy emphasized that the City had not received a request for funding from FFLC. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman agreed with the remarks of Mr. Pryor and supported increasing the available food supply for <br />the community’s needy. She asked if St. Vincent de Paul received its food from FFLC. Ms. Ortiz indicated <br />the agency received a percentage of the food that went into its food boxes from FFLC. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz accepted a friendly amendment from Ms. Bettman to direct that the money was to be used to <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 10, 2008 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />