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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Shop <br />Bascom-Tykeson Room—Eugene Public Library <br />Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> June 20, 2007 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer Solomon, <br />George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br /> <br />1. WORK SHOP: City Council Goal – City Hall Complex <br /> <br />The council was joined for the item by Thomas Hacker, Jonah Cohen, and Dana Ing Crawford of Thomas <br />Hacker Architects, Ellen Teninty of T’N T Consultants, Galen Ohmart of Solarc, Doug Macy and Ken Pirie <br />of Walker Macy, Dave Wilson and Rick Rehfeldt of McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie, and Kyle Brown of J. D. <br />White Company. Police Chief Robert Lehner, and Glen Svendsen and Mike Penwell of the Facility <br />Management Division were also present. <br /> <br />Mr. Cohen reviewed the agenda. <br /> <br />Ms. Teninty shared the results of the public involvement effort, highlighting the consultant’s focus on <br />empirical public research and expanding the pool of people to be involved in the next round of public <br />conversation. The consultants had gone to places where people go, such as fairs, festivals, movies, parks, <br />sporting events, and shopping venues. She said another focus was on involving youth and Latinos. Because <br />input from those groups indicated a need for education about how government worked and how to become <br />involved, leadership training was planned for those populations at the locations the forum occurred. A ward <br />map would be made available at the leadership training along with contact information about the City, the <br />City Council, and neighborhood organizations. Materials were being translated into Spanish and made <br />culture-appropriate. She noted an example of that material. <br /> <br />Ms. Teninty reported that people indicated to the consultants that they were finding information about civic <br />affairs in their organizational newsletters, and the consultant was making contacts with additional newsletter <br />editors to expand outreach in that area. <br /> <br />Ms. Teninty noted Attachment A to the Agenda Item Summary, the public activities update. <br /> <br />Mr. Pack provided a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the empirical research that had been done and <br />acknowledged the contribution of California consultant Heidi von Szeiliski, who had considerable expertise <br />in Oregon surveys. Copies of the presentation were provided to the council. Councilors asked questions <br />clarifying the details of the methodology and the responses. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 20, 2007 Page 1 <br /> Work Shop—City Hall Goal <br /> <br />