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M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room – City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> November 10, 2008 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Bonny Bettman, <br />Jennifer Solomon, George Poling. Betty Taylor participated by telephone. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. She noted that Ms. <br />Taylor would join the meeting by phone once the Items of Interest were completed. <br /> <br />A. Committee Reports and Items of Interest from Mayor, City Council and City Manager <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called for a moment of silence in honor of Veteran’s Day. She also acknowledged the recent <br />passing of Randy Papé and offered the council’s deep condolences to his wife, children, and grandchildren. <br />She noted that his brother, Gary, had been a member of the Eugene City Council from 1999 through 2006. <br />She lauded Randy Papé for being a long-term community leader in Eugene and throughout the State, having <br />served on the Transportation Commission and having been a passionate advocate for the University of <br />Oregon, as well as a leader for important causes such as the United Way Campaign. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked the public for a great voter turnout and especially for the support of the two city <br />measures, the road bond and the charter amendment for the auditor’s office. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman also thanked the voters. She expressed congratulations to everyone who had just been elected <br />or reelected. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka echoed the congratulations. He was especially pleased that the road measure had passed, <br />having worked on the transportation committee that helped to craft the language. He noted that the backlog <br />of road repairs would still take 40 years to address. He also commended the hard work of City staff, the <br />University of Oregon, and the Fairmount Neighbors, that brought about agreements to bring forward the <br />Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the arena project, which had been approved by the Hearings Official. He <br />said it had been a good process. He noted that the Fairmount Neighbors planned to meet on November 12 at <br />the Laurelwood Golf Course at 7:00 p.m. He added that he would participate in the City Council Work <br />th <br />Session on the 12 via telephone. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz related that she had attended the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement <br />(NACOLE) conference in Cincinatti, Ohio, along with Acting in Charge (AIC) Police Auditor, Dawn <br />Reynolds, and others. She thanked AIC Police Chief Pete Kerns for sending Sgt. Doug Mozan and another <br />officer to the conference. She appreciated their willingness to take time away from their families to help <br />make the community a better place. She noted that she intended to place a motion on the table later in the <br />meeting regarding the Elmira Road/Maple Street improvement. She also wished to note that the State of <br />Oregon Health Department planned to speak about cancer clusters related to the railroad pollution issue on <br />November 19 at the Red Cross office. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 10, 2008 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />