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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall—777 Pearl Street <br />Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> October 26, 2009 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, <br />George Poling, George Brown, Betty Taylor. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY <br />COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy described her participation in National Make a Difference Day activities, related to fire safety <br />improvements. She announced that the Public Works Department had received the 2009 Transportation <br />Safety Award for its Bailey Hill Road project and Eugene had been designated as a gold level bike friendly <br />community. She reminded the public that the neighborhood survey could still be taken. She also reported <br />on her attendance at a performance at the Hult Center that connected with other people around the world on <br />the issue of climate change, a pumpkin-carving contest and a town hall meeting on domestic violence. She <br />met with visitors from Korea regarding their possible purchase of the Hynix facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark thanked the Chamber of Commerce for its Business-to-Business Expo, which was a very <br />successful event to encourage the local economy. He conveyed a request from the Police Auditor for the <br />council to consider the idea that whenever there was a community impact case the auditor would make a <br />presentation to the full council. He noted that he would be “principal for a day” at Cal Young Middle <br />School on October 27. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor also expressed his appreciation for the Business-to-Business Expo. He felt the recent community <br />forum went well. He said he attended the Explore Oregon tour at the University of Oregon and found the <br />information very interesting. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she had attended a symphony concert for fourth- and fifth-graders and the students were <br />very well behaved. She would be “principal for a day” at South Eugene High School. She asked to have <br />formation of a committee to review the City’s assessment policies as an item on a future agenda. She said <br />the Human Services Commission budget was stable thanks to federal stimulus funds, but funds for human <br />services, particularly for the homeless population, were still inadequate. She hoped the Intergovernmental <br />Relations (IGR) Committee would focus on legislation to establish homeless shelters throughout the state. <br />She said the IGR would begin reviewing bills that were supported, but not passed, during the last session <br />with the intent of seeing those bills in the 2011 legislative session. She said examples were bills related to <br />counties to enacting vehicle registration fees without a vote, right of return to an equivalent job after family <br />leave, increasing funding for footpaths and bicycle trails, and removal of the prohibition on real estate <br />transfer taxes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 26, 2009 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />