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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br />July 25, 2011 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the July 25, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A. ITEMS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />Ms. Ortiz reported that the Board of Directors of the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency ( LRAPA) <br />postponed its evaluation of Director Merlin Hough to September because the board had a bare quorum at <br />its July meeting. She noted that former City employee Jeannine Parisi had joined the board and had asked <br />Commissioner Faye Stewart to ask the Board of County Commissioners whether Lane County would be <br />willing to direct the fines imposed by LRAPA to the LRAPA budget rather than to the Lane County <br />budget. That action could require legislative changes because of the manner in which LRAPA was <br />structured. <br />Mr. Zelenka arrived. <br />Mr. Brown reported that the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) received an <br />update on the poplar plantation at its last meeting. The MWMC had sent a Request for Information (RFI) <br />to 34 wood products businesses in Oregon and Washington to determine their needs with the goal of <br />finding uses for the trees other than pulp, which had a low return. The RFI sought out companies <br />interested in using the materials for another purpose for which there was added value. Mr. Brown <br />concluded by reporting that the MWMC had considered an appeal to a contract award for relining the <br />sludge lagoons from the second low bidder and decided in favor of the low bidder. <br />Mr. Pryor provided an update on the Sustainable Cities grant, reporting that the Lane Council of <br />Governments (LCOG) used the feedback from those attending the May 26 Joint Elected Officials meeting <br />to refine the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the Lane Livability Consortium. <br />Springfield staff presented the revised MOU to the Springfield City Council, which declined to <br />participate. Mr. Pryor acknowledged that put the grant in some jeopardy. He advocated for more <br />discussion about what he believed was the main issue of concern, that of the relationship between LCOG <br />and its other partners. He reported he intended to meet with both elected and executive members of some <br />of the jurisdictions involved in the MOU to learn their perspectives and to discuss with them how the <br />relationship could be improved. Mr. Pryor would share his findings with the LCOG Executive <br />Committee and Board of Directors. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that the City had reached out to its sister city of Kakegawa after the earthquake in <br />Japan and received a letter from the mayor of Kakegawa thanking the City for its sympathy and indicating <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council July 25, 2011 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />