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MINUTES Joint Elected Officials Eugene, Springfield, Lane County Bascom - Tykeson Room — Eugene Public Library 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon May 26, 2011 Noon EUGENE COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. SPRINGFIELD COUNCILORS PRESENT: Hillary Wylie, Joe Pishioneri, Sheri Moore. LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:Faye Stewart, Peter Sorenson, Rob Handy, Jay Bozievich, Sid Leiken. SPRINGFIELD COUNCILORS ABSENT: Dave Ralston, Sean Van Gordon, Marilee Woodrow. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the Eugene City Council to order. Her Honor Christine Lundberg called the Springfield City Council to order. Board Chair Faye Stewart called the Lane Board of County Commissioners to order. I. Adjustments to the Agenda There were none. II. Census/Population Estimates Risa Proehl of the Population Research Center (PRC) at Portland State University distributed and reviewed a presentation entitled Oregon's Population Estimates as Developed by the Population Research Center. Those present were also provided with a document entitled Population Estimates, which provided answers to common questions about population numbers, a report entitled 2010 Census Profiles, Oregon and its Counties and Metropolitan Areas, and a document entitled The 2010 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) Program Frequently Asked Questions. Ms. Proehl briefly described the work of the PRC, how population estimates were used in Oregon, and the differences between the data sets used by the PRC and the United States Census Bureau. She then provided an overview of the PRC's estimate methods and how its estimates compared to the 2010 census counts. She reported that the Census Bureau used PRC estimates to adjust its population estimates. MINUTES —Joint Elected Officials— May 26, 2011 Page 1 Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield