CC Minutes - 11/17/10 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room — Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon November 17, 2010 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, George Brown. In the absence of Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy, Council President Mike Clark called the November 17, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mr. Clark reported that he attended a meeting with residents living near the Oakway Golf Course on November 9 to discuss their concerns about an application for an ATT cell phone tower. He met on November 10 with the president of the Santa Clara Community Organization to discuss neighborhood issues and the Envision Eugene process. Mr. Clark had also attended a public forum sponsored by the Eugene 4J School District Harlow regarding its budget situation. Mr. Clark announced the November 18 Police Commission meeting. Mr. Brown noted his attendance at the most recent Human Rights Commission meeting, which included a panel discussion /training on transgender awareness. He had learned of the difficulty transgendered individuals had in receiving medical care. Ms. Ortiz reported she had attended Mayor Kitty Piercy's EmX summit. She said that on November 11, she spoke to the local chapter of the Oregon Nurses Association to share her perspective on cultural competencies. Ms. Ortiz sent out a word of solidarity to the nurses on strike at McKenzie - Willamette Hospital. Ms. Ortiz announced that the Eugene Tree Foundation would plant trees on Bethel Drive on November 20. The event would be kicked off by remarks from the mayor at 9 a.m. and would end at a local business, Oak Shire. Ms. Ortiz said that she met with staff of the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency on November 17 to review organizational policies and procedures. Mr. Zelenka reported that he attended a meeting of the South University Neighbors focused on how parties impacted the neighborhood and what responses were available to neighborhood residents. Representatives of the Eugene Police Department had been present at the meeting. He had also attended a meeting of the Fairmount Neighborhood Association, during which attendees heard a presentation on the oral history of the neighborhood and discussed the Arena Parking District. Mr. Zelenka had attended a meeting of the Amazon Neighbors, which had a panel discussion about how to meet one's neighbors. He announced the Laurel Hill Valley Citizens meeting occurring on November 18. MINUTES— Eugene City Council November 17, 2010 Page 1 Work Session