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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Workshop Council Chamber, City Hall 100 West 10th Avenue—Eugene, Oregon October 4, 2007 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Mike Clark. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz, Alan Zelenka. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. WORKSHOP: West Eugene Collaborative Interim City Manager Angel Jones introduced Emily Proudfoot, landscape architect and transportation planner with Public Works, to provide background information on the status of the West Eugene Collabora- tive (WEC) effort. Ms. Proudfoot said she was the WEC project manager and introduced WEC members Rob Zako, Mary O'Brien and Gerry Gaydos. She noted that Mr. Pryor was also a member of the collaborative. She said the purpose of the workshop was to present a background of the project and current activities and discuss how to move forward. She reviewed the project's background as set forth in the agenda item summary (AIS) and invited WEB members to share their perspectives. Ms. O'Brien stated that the WEC had 32 members representative of various government agencies, environmental concerns and the community at large. She said to some degree the group formed itself as an outgrowth of round table discussions of West Eugene transportation concerns and was not an agency directed or funded effort. She said a good faith effort to include all stakeholders was made and she was not aware of any interested parties that were excluded. She said government entities represented a large component of the collaborative because they would need to buy into the collaborative's outcome or provide technical support to the effort. She list four committees formed to address specific issues: Land Use and MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 4, 2007 Page 1 Work Session