Item 4A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Ortiz said she could not support delaying action until a new city manager was hired, but would favor allowing more time for outreach to the unions and the public. She also wanted Ms. Solomon to have the opportunity to comment and vote on the matter. Ms. Taylor stated she would support the motion to postpone. She agreed that priorities should be examined and that could be accomplished in work sessions without changing the entire process. Mr. Clark agreed that the issue was being presented to the council with little lead time and while he was in favor of taking a different look at the budgeting process, he wanted Ms. Solomon at the table and therefore would support a motion to table, but not to delay action until a new city manager was hired. Ms. Taylor asserted that any significant change in how the City did business should be delayed until a new city manager was hired. Ms. Bettman spoke in support of her motion, stating that a complete restructuring of service provision and budget should wait until the leadership chosen by the council was able to take the organization into the future. The motion to postpone consideration of the matter failed, 5:2; Ms. Bettman and Ms. Taylor voting in favor. Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Clark, moved to table the item and direct the mayor and the city manager to schedule it for further discussion by the council in a timely manner before the council’s winter break. The motion passed, 5:2; Mr. Pryor and Mr. Poling voting in opposition. Mr. Zelenka left the meeting at 12:50 p.m. B. WORK SESSION: City Council Priority Issue: City Hall Complex Ms. Jones introduced Jonah Cohen of Thomas Hacker Architects to present the subject. Mr. Cohen introduced Becca Cavell, who would be replacing Dana Ing-Crawford on the project. He reviewed the previous phases of the police patrol facility site selection process. He asked Mike Penwell, Facilities Project Manager, to provide an update on his research into the availability and suitability of sites D, E and F. Mr. Penwell stated that the owner of site D was not interested in selling. He said the owner of site F would not be available until next week and there were more improvements on that site than on the others, which would likely mean a higher cost. He said site E was owned by Lane Transit District (LTD) and the RideSource facility was located on the north portion of the site. He indicated that LTD was willing to make three to three and a half acres of the site available for development; that would be suitable for the patrol facility and the suggested motion was written to focus on site E for those reasons. MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 17, 2007 Page 5 Work Session