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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room — Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />August 9, 2010 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris <br />Pryor, Alan Zelenka, George Brown, members. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the August 9, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND <br />CITY MANAGER <br />Mayor Piercy reported on the Whiteaker neighborhood block party held on August 7, saying it was an amazing <br />event. Several thousand people attended. All the venues had been busy and many activities were held for both <br />children and adults. Later that same evening she had also attended the 2010 Valley Brews and Blues Festival at <br />Island Park sponsored by Springfield /Eugene Habitat for Humanity to celebrate the organization's completion of <br />43 houses in the Eugene - Springfield area. <br />Mayor Piercy thanked Eugene Police Sergeant Lisa Barrong and the Volunteers in Policing organization for their <br />work coordinating the local events associated with the National Night Out event. Councilors got to visit lots of <br />parks and meet with residents. Mayor Piercy said the event clearly demonstrated that there were children in <br />Eugene's neighborhoods. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that she had also attended Mobility International's "Wild Women" dinner, put on by the <br />organization's Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), to welcome the women who were visiting <br />from around the world to participate in leadership training. She observed that she had spoken to someone at the <br />Whiteaker block party who came to Eugene from North Carolina because of Eugene's reputation for access to <br />recreation. <br />Mayor Piercy said that an Envision Eugene meeting was scheduled the next day. She invited all residents to <br />participate. <br />Mayor Piercy noted that the council recess started on August 11, and the council would reconvene on September 8. <br />Mayor Piercy thanked Cottage Grove Mayor Gary Williams for hosting the recent Oregon Mayor's Conference <br />held in that community, and commended the conference as fun and well- organized. <br />Mr. Clark also thanked Sergeant Barrong and the Volunteers in Policing organization. He said they did a fantastic <br />job with the event. He said the event was a fun and positive experience and he believed the police enjoyed the <br />opportunity to visit different neighborhoods to discuss crime prevention. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council August 9, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />