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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Saul Room - Atrium <br />99 West 10 Avenue — Eugene, Oregon <br />May 14, 2013 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, George Brown, Betty Taylor, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor, <br />Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark, Greg Evans. <br />Council President George Poling called the May 14, 2013, session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br />A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS <br />The council interviewed William Whalen, Christopher Wig, and John Brown for vacancies on the <br />Civilian Review Board. Each candidate was asked the following questions: <br />1. What can you tell us aboutyour activities, personal attitudes and life experience that would <br />demonstrate you can make objective decisions about complaints against the police? <br />2. What contacts, positive or negative, haveyou had with police or in the criminal justice system? <br />3. One ofyour neighbors is a Eugene officer. He knowsyou're on the CRB. Recently, he asked you <br />a hypothetical question about whatyou think an officer should do in a particular situation. <br />What would be your response to his question? <br />The council interviewed Bob DenOuden, John Orbell, Carolyn Stein, Mary Clayton, Sarah France, <br />Deveron Musgrave, and Howard Saxion for vacancies on the Sustainability Commission. Each <br />candidate was asked the following questions: <br />1. What prompted you to apply for the Sustainability Commission? Based on whatyou know <br />about the role of the commission, what skills, knowledge and community connections could <br />you bring to help the commission be successful? <br />2. City Council has adopted goals for climate action including reducing fossil fuels, reducing <br />greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to climate change. What role can the <br />commission play in advancing these goals and supporting the implementation of our Climate <br />and Energy Action Plan? <br />3. The commission is asked to advise the council on a policy that has the potential to provide <br />significant "green" results (e.g. energy efficiency, natural resource protection, etc.) but appears <br />to have negative impacts to social equity in the community. How would you reconcile these <br />impacts? What priorities should guide the commission's position? <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council May 7, 2013 Page 1 <br />Boards and Commissions Interviews <br />