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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br />January 11, 2012 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the January 11, 2012, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />Mr. Brown had attended the last Civilian Review Board meeting and observed a case review. He <br />commended the thoroughness of the board's review. He had also participated in some recent clean -up <br />parties at Civic Stadium and commended the work of Ed Peara, a long -time volunteer. <br />Mr. Clark commended the recent State of County event. He reported the Joint Elected Officials <br />Ambulance Transport Task Force continued to work diligently and anticipated it would forward its <br />recommendations to the council in four to five months. He recommended that councilors view the video <br />Ambulance Service: Matching Resources to Needs on the City's web site for a better sense of the issues <br />involved. <br />Mr. Poling said that Travel Lane County's newly formed Issues Committee would discuss the proposed <br />closure of the Gateway Postal Distribution Center. He reported that Harlow Serves, a partnership <br />involving the neighborhood organization, 4J School District, Holt Elementary School parents, <br />Willakenzie Evangelical Church, and North Park Community Church held a successful food drive. He <br />commended Harlow Serves as a great example of what neighborhood partnerships could accomplish. He <br />thanked Trader Joes for providing bags as well as all those who involved in the drive. <br />Ms. Taylor commended Mr. Peara as a model volunteer. She noted the e -mails the council had received <br />about a tree being cut to protect a sidewalk. She had also been contacted by a constituent regarding the <br />removal of a tree near the Campbell Center and suggested that there should be a process in place that <br />made it more difficult to remove trees because of their multiple values. Ms. Taylor had also been <br />contacted by residents concerned about the intrusion of commercial parking at the development at 17 <br />Avenue and Pearl Street into the street. She believed if the City granted the developer permission to <br />block the sidewalk, the permission should be withdrawn. <br />Ms. Taylor had attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities and <br />reported the board agreed to focus on things that affected cities of all sizes, such as unfunded mandates <br />and secure Community Development Block Grant funding. The board also agreed it was important to <br />keep immigration reform in front of Congress. <br />Mr. Zelenka reported on the recent University Area Neighborhood Livability Summit, saying the impact <br />from the University of Oregon (UO) was a unique issue for the neighborhoods surrounding the UO. He <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council January 11, 2012 Page I <br />Work Session <br />