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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Community Forum <br />Council Chamber—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> September 17, 2007 <br /> 7 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer <br />Solomon, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the Eugene City Council Community Forum to order. She under- <br />scored the value that the City Council placed on community input. <br /> <br /> <br />1. COMMUNITY FORUM: <br />City Manager Recruitment <br /> <br />Assistant City Manager Pro Tem Scott Luell stated that the council had convened to receive input from the <br />community on the qualifications a City Manager should possess and for the job description. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules for speaking and opened the Community Forum. <br /> <br />st <br />Bob Peters <br />, 1444 East 21 Street, expressed confidence that those hiring the next City Manager would <br />know what genuine qualification that person would need. He believed that in order for the City to be truly <br />involved it needed to make the neighborhood association program function. He averred that it needed to be <br />enabled so that all of the neighborhood associations would have adequate support from the City for all of <br />what they do. He felt the City needed a City Manager who was used to working with the neighborhood <br />associations. He also thought the City should recruit someone who was competent and able to withstand <br />“what may seem to be unreasonable and severe criticism.” <br /> <br />th <br />Charles Snyder <br />, 990 West 12 Avenue, said if the City was going to make neighborhood groups function it <br />would need to find someone to manage it that had a proven record of doing that sort of thing. He thought <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 17, 2007 Page 1 <br /> Community Forum <br /> <br />