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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Regular Session <br /> Council Chamber--City Hall <br /> <br /> April 11, 2005 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, <br /> Andrea Ortiz, Bonny Bettman, Gary Papd. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order and welcomed all those present. <br /> <br />1. CEREMONIAL MATTERS <br /> <br /> Presentation from New Zone Artist Collective and IMPACT Arts <br /> <br />Steve Lariccia said Mayor Piercy was the guest speaker at a fundraiser for the New Zone Arts Collective <br />and the IMPACT Arts. He thanked her for her kind words and presented a framed poster to her that had <br />been signed by all of the artists. He said the fundraising work had aided the New Zone Arts Gallery in <br />finding a new space. <br /> <br />Tom Higgins, president of the New Zone Art Gallery, thanked the City. He announced that the gallery <br />would reopen at its new location at 975 Oak Alley for the first Friday Art Walk scheduled for May 6. He <br />noted that the gallery had a Web site: newzone.org. He recommended that the councilors check out the site. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said she was honored to receive the poster and she looked forward to seeing the gallery in its <br />new location. <br /> <br />2. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. <br /> <br />Pauline Hutsui, 1025 Taylor Street, reiterated her opposition to the proposal to locate a hospital on the <br />Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) site. She pointed out that two lanes of the Ferry Street Bridge had <br />been closed for 90 minutes due to an auto accident on April 6. She was dismayed at how little attention was <br />being paid to the lack of access to the site, which she considered to be a critical issue. She felt there was a <br />high probability that emergency vehicles would run into problems if they attempted to use the bridge. She <br />noted that one car stalled on the bridge recently and caused traffic to be backed up for five blocks. <br />Additionally, she expressed concern about the increased rush hour traffic. She predicted it would create dire <br />circumstances in terms of reaching a hospital in a timely fashion. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />