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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />April 11, 2011 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the April 11, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A. ITEMS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: <br />Human Rights Commission, Travel Lane County, Human Services Commission, Lane <br />Council of Governments, Metropolitan Policy Committee, Public Safety Coordinating <br />Council, Sustainability Commission, Lane Workforce Partnership <br />Mayor Piercy reported on the Arbor Day Celebration held on April 9. She said that West University area <br />residents and City staff, as well as members of Alpha Beta Psi, the Eugene Tree Foundation, <br />NeighborWoods, and University of Oregon students participating in the Student Day of Service in <br />Campus Neighborhoods took part in the event. Trees were planted at West University Park and other <br />neighborhood locations. Mayor Piercy had accepted the City's 31 consecutive Tree City USA award <br />from Western Lane District Forester Dave Lorenz of the Oregon Department of Forestry. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that she testified on rail at the legislature the previous week and had attended a <br />meeting of the Oregon Department of Transportation's Flexible Funding Committee meeting. She also <br />attended the ground breaking for the new Bennett building downtown. <br />Mayor Piercy and Mr. Poling had attended the opening of "Camas Country Mill," a former grass seed <br />farm that was now raising winter red berry wheat for milling. She said the company's approach fit into <br />the City's food security planning. <br />Mayor Piercy said that a student delegation from Eugene's Sister City Kakegawa recently visited Eugene. <br />Mayor Piercy noted the upcoming ceremony for awarding of the French Legion of Honor to resident <br />Edgar Peara on April 14 at 2 p.m. at City Hall. The French government considered Mr. Peara symbolic of <br />the valor of all American troops in France during World War II. <br />Mayor Piercy concluded her report by clarifying for the benefit of the public that the City Council had not <br />decided to raze City Hall at its March 16 work session, but rather decided to examine several options with <br />the goal of staying on the present site. <br />Mayor Piercy called on the council for committee reports and other items of interest. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council April 11, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />