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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall November 8, 2004 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Papd, Jennifer Solomon. Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. ITEMS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Ms. Taylor said she received a letter from a constituent regarding human waste in the Amazon Park area and requesting that rest room facilities be installed. She noted that the collector street issue in the Crest Drive area continued to be a concern for residents, and thanked City Manager Dennis Taylor for reschedul- ing the agenda item related to the classification of streets in that neighborhood. She hoped a context- sensitive design could be found, and that residents living outside the neighborhood using the streets would be required to share in the cost of improvements as it was her belief those individuals would benefit more from those improvements than those actually living on the streets in question. She also hoped the installation of more stop signs to slow traffic was considered. Mr. Poling noted an article in that day's edition of The Register-Guard regarding a bicycle bridge over 1-5 connecting Eugene and Springfield and a proposed bicycle path access to the proposed bridge through a residential cul-de-sac. He had been in contact with representatives of the Oregon Department of Transpor- tation (ODOT) regarding the situation, and those individuals agreed to do an on-site visit, talk to the residents, and consider possible adjustments to the route. He expected to hear more from ODOT in a couple of weeks. Mr. Poling indicated he would be missing some upcoming meetings due to some scheduling conflicts, and he would attempt to attend meetings via speakerphone when possible. He apologized that he might have to miss meetings. Ms. Nathanson referred to the subject of interdepartmental cooperation, and acknowledged and compli- mented the City Manager's efforts in getting the City's executive managers to work better together as a team on issues that affected more than one department. She expressed appreciation for the presence of staff from all impacted departments when the council discussed a particular ordinance or issue. Ms. Nathanson encouraged the manager to continue that practice. She thought it very important to take a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving. Ms. Nathanson said she had shared her pride about Eugene's experience in working with private telecommunications providers in a team setting during some remarks she made before the recent League of Oregon Cities (LOC) convention. She encouraged that such interdepartmental cooperation continue to be fostered. Mr. Meisner noted that improvements to the 3rd/4th Avenue connector were planned for the upcoming year, and noted the commencement of staging for those improvements, which he was pleased to see. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 8, 2004 Page 1 Work Session