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ATTACHMENT A MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall October 25, 2004 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Gary Pap~, Jennifer Solomon. Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Torrey solicited items from the council. Mr. Meisner said he attended Eugene Library Foundation member Tom Wiper's funeral service earlier that day at First United Methodist Church. It had been a moving service. He thanked Council Coordina- tor Lynda Rose for drafting a sympathy letter to Mr. Wiper's family on behalf of the council, and thanked the councilors for signing the letter. Ms. Nathanson had no items. Mr. Poling reported that he and Mr. Pap~ attended the recent dedication of Bertha Holt Elementary School. He commended the good behavior of the children in attendance, who sat on the floor attentively throughout the entire ceremony, and noted that several members of the Holt family had been in atten- dance. He thanked School District 4J for inviting him to the dedication. Ms. Bettman said she consistently raised concerns about money available for preservation and mainte- nance being spent on other transportation projects, and she recalled that the council agreed to focus its metropolitan planning organization dollars on preservation and maintenance. She had opposed the Friendly-Monroe bicycle project at the Metropolitan Policy Committee because of that policy; the mayor supported it. The project, which was in her ward, appeared to consist of little more than signage. Ms. Bettman asked about the source of the local match, and why the project, which was originally allocated $240,000, now was allocated $175,000. She asked what happened to the rest of the money, and questioned the use of funds at a time the council was discussing creating a new transportation mainte- nance fee. Ms. Bettman asked when the new Community Task Force would receive the racial profiling task force report. She also asked about the date of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) meeting when the homelessness update would be presented, or if the council could receive a similar update. City Manager Dennis Taylor indicated he would follow up. Ms. Taylor had no items. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 25, 2004 Page 1 Work Session