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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Regular Meeting <br />Council Chamber—Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> June 25, 2007 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Chris Pryor, <br />George Poling, Bonny Bettman, Betty Taylor. <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. She announced that the <br />agenda item on eminent domain would be postponed for further study. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the public forum. <br /> <br />John Brown <br />, 101 East Broadway, Ward 5, thanked the councilors for their community service. He also <br />thanked City Manager Dennis Taylor for his work and for being a “member of the community.” He stated <br />that another river clean-up occurred over the weekend and it was attended by over 100 people. He was <br />uncertain how many tons of garbage participants had pulled out of the water and from the riparian area. He <br />asked the council to make a concerted effort and commitment to assist in monitoring the Willamette River, a <br />community asset. He said he had taken a member of City staff on a tour of campsites on city property and <br />there had been over a dozen of them. He asked how, in the grander scheme of things, the City could <br />consider the further acquisition of lands if it could not take care of what was already there. He related that <br />many people camp at the Bertelsen Slough and cause “irreparable” damage to the sensitive wetlands area. <br />He felt the government did not want to take responsibility for the illegal activity that was occurring on the <br />land. He heard from different agencies that there was not enough money or capacity to take action. He <br />asked the council to help in any way it could. <br /> <br />Joe Collins <br />, 2233 Hawkins Lane, PO Box 24411, reiterated his allegations of drug use at the condominium <br />complex he resided at. He felt he was not being responded to. <br /> <br />th <br />Drix <br />, 307½ 14 Avenue, thanked the council for the opportunity to speak. He believed that new ideas were <br />a “good thing.” He encouraged the community to be open to new ideas and new ways to look at problems. <br />He said the City Hall was a meeting place that was special to the community. He thought where the new <br />city hall wound up was not of great consequence. He suggested that Ya Po Ah Terrace could be a potential <br />location for a new city hall. Regarding the two “holes” in downtown Eugene, he suggested the community <br />could help to clean them up and volunteered to help. <br /> <br />Peg Morton <br />, 510 Van Buren Street, stated that she liked to walk as she was getting older. She related that <br />she had discovered the Amazon Headwaters Forest. She thought it was beautiful and went there nearly <br />every week. She did not think it should be in competition with other parks for money. She averred that <br />those spaces were needed for everyone who lived here. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 25, 2007 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />