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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room — City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon <br />March 10, 2010 <br />12:00 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Alan zelenka, Betty <br />Taylor, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon <br />Mayor Piercy called the work session meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 12:00 p.m. <br />A. WORK SESSION — COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, <br />CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br />Ms. Piercy noted that Susan Muir was leaving her position with the organization for a position with the City of <br />Mt. Angel. Ms. Piercy thanked Ms. Muir for her many years of service to the City of Eugene. <br />Ms. Piercy noted that the recent United Front Partners trip had been very successful and had also been attended <br />by representatives from Lane County, the City of Springfield and several other local agencies. She noted that <br />there had been a number of productive discussions particularly with respect to local transit issues. <br />Ms. Piercy noted that the City had hosted a high speed rail summit on March 9, and thanked Intergovernmental <br />Relations Manager Brenda Wilson and LTD Board member Greg Evans for their efforts to organize that event. <br />Ms. Piercy reported she had participated in a press conference earlier that morning regarding the U.S. Census <br />and had urged members of the community to complete their census forms. Ms. Piercy noted that the federal <br />census data was important to the federal funding process for various education, transportation and health care <br />areas. <br />Ms. Taylor noted that she had attended the high speed rail summit and commended the work of Program <br />Coordinator Jessica Mumme who had also helped organize the event. Ms. Taylor further suggested that <br />community members join the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) and that they also <br />purchase personal automobile license plates since such revenues from those sales helped to fund high speed rail <br />services. <br />Ms. Taylor corrected earlier comments she had made regarding the Tigard - Tualatin School District. She <br />commented that some community members were unhappy with the current repairs along Crest Drive and had <br />requested a redesign of the remaining work. <br />Ms. Taylor noted she had attended the recent Lane workforce Partnership Board meeting and noted that they <br />had been doing excellent work to prepare potential workers for new opportunities in the area. <br />Ms. Ortiz noted she had recently spoken twice at Lane Community College's volunteerism class. She <br />commented on recent efforts to sign up children for the Oregon Health Plan. <br />Ms. Ortiz noted that a town hall event was scheduled for the weekend of March 13, 2010, at Willamette High <br />MINUTES Eugene City Council March 10, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />