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ATTACHMENT E MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall November 22, 2004 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pap6, Jennifer Solomon. Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. ITEMS FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mr. Poling congratulated the City of Springfield on being chosen as the location of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' new call center and acknowledged the efforts of Eugene officials and City staff whose work on the project also contributed to the successful outcome. He expressed his appreciation to outgoing councilors Nathanson and Meisner for their assistance to him over the past two years and thanked outgoing Mayor Torrey for his help and guidance, as well as his many contributions to the community. He wished them all well in their future endeavors. Mr. Pap6 reported that he had recently attended the United States Green Building Council's annual conference in Portland and encouraged councilors to participate in the next conference in Atlanta, Georgia. He described some of the workshops that related to development appropriate to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards and said the LEED program would be expanded beyond buildings to encompass certifications of parks, subdivisions, and communities. Ms. Taylor requested copies of any information, particularly about land use issues or projects, that was distributed to neighborhood associations and leaders in her ward. She expressed concern that context- sensitive design for streets such as Crest Drive and Storey Boulevard would be done by administrative order and the council would not be involved. She requested that those actions come before the council. Mr. Kelly said that the Arterial/Collector Street Plan allowed future revisions to design standards to be done administratively. He said that given the level of public interest and input on that topic it would be useful to bring it to the council for discussion, even if ultimately it was adopted administratively. Mr. Meisner requested a memorandum from staff on the status of the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) project and when the City could expect to recover its investment. Mr. Pap6 said he would submit questions on the ORI project that he wanted answered in the staff memorandum. Mayor Torrey related that he attended an event to benefit the arts at the Fifth Street Public Market during which he was asked why the City did not change the name of 5th Avenue to 5th Street and 8th Avenue to 8th Street. He asked City Manager Dennis Taylor to research the implications of calling the streets 5th Street Avenue and 8th Street Avenue inside the downtown area. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 2004 Page 1 Work Session