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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> October 22, 2007 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, <br />Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the special meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br /> <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, <br />AND CITY MANAGER <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted the recent Oregon Recreation and Parks Association conference in Eugene. She said the <br />interested parties recently came together for what she termed a ‘very preliminary’ conversation about the <br />future of Civic Stadium. Since the last meeting, she had welcomed the mayor of Eugene’s sister city, <br />Kakagawa,, and said the visit had been a wonderful experience. Mayor Piercy reported that she had also <br />th <br />visited the Food for Lane County dining room on 8 Avenue, opened the Western Oregon Women’s <br />Conference, and presented the Voles Step Sustainability award at the Eugene Chamber of Commerce <br />Business Expo to Autohaus, a firm she commended for its great jobs and benefits and environmental <br />stewardship. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor also recognized the visit of the Kakegawa delegation and said the council had had a nice lunch <br />with delegation members. He noted that kudzu was considered a nuisance in the United States but was <br />considered a useful plant species in Japan. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor reported that he and Ms. Ortiz attend the Bethel Neighborhood Watch Summit the previous week. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor said the Human Services Commission (HSC)) was in the process of redesigning its organizational <br />structure and had considered consolidating into a single board to manage the Community Health Center <br />oversee multiple human services functions. The Board of County Commissioners had not been comfortable <br />with that approach and the HSC was now considering a separate Community Health Center function. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor noted the council’s reception of a letter from a broad spectrum of citizens regarding the <br />implementation of House Bill 3337. He suggested that rather than consider the bill’s implementation <br />onerous, the City consider the passage of the bill an opportunity to accomplish something larger. The letter <br />asked the City to consider taking a larger look and consider accomplishing several tasks related to the <br />inventory. He suggested the information could also be employed by the West Eugene Collaborative. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka reported that he had been out of town since the last meeting at a conference in San Diego. He <br />complimented Mayor Piercy and Ms. Bettman for their presentations on KLCC the previous day. He noted <br />he had attended the South University Neighborhood (SUN) meeting and heard a briefing on Eugene 08 and <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 22, 2007 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />