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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Chris Pryor, Pat Farr. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br />March 1, 2011 <br />7 p.m. <br />Council President Betty Taylor presided over the council's interviews of the following candidates for a <br />vacancy on the Eugene Sustainability Commission: Jessica Bloomfield, Christopher Ruderman, Andrew <br />Serres, Arthur Farley, and Joshua Arthur. Each candidate was asked the following questions: <br />1. What prompted you to apply for the Sustainability Commission? Based on what you know <br />about the role of the commission, what skills, knowledge, and community connections could <br />you bring to help the commission be successful? <br />2. Please tell us about any experience you have working collectively with a group, highlighting <br />any that have played an advisory, coordinating, or oversight role for an organization or <br />agency. <br />3. What do you consider to be the most important issues to address in Eugene to enable the <br />community to become more sustainable in ways that encompass social equity, economic <br />prosperity, and environmental stewardship? <br />4. How can the Sustainability Commission be most effective in its role as policy advisory body <br />to the City Council? <br />5. Please share your views on how the Sustainability Commission can foster broad and diverse <br />community involvement in long -range changes to become more sustainable. <br />Ms. Taylor informed each candidate that councilors not present would listen to audio recording of the <br />interview, and that the council would make a decision on the successful nominee at an upcoming meeting. <br />Ms. Taylor adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />16 � <br />I/ut� <br />Beth Forrest <br />City Recorder <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council March 1, 2011 Page 1 <br />Boards and Commissions Interviews <br />