Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT C M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber—Eugene City Hall May 27, 2008 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Bonny Bettman, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Alan Zelenka, George Poling. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. Bill Kievith , 3277 Onyx Place, wished to speak about potholes. He pointed out that the City of Eugene was built on clay soil that expanded and contracted with the weather. He averred that it took a better than average road to last for a long time. He felt the City did not invest the amount of money in roads that was needed. He asserted that the City had its General Fund but did not prioritize fixing roads. He found this difficult to accept. He recalled that the director of Public Works had indicated that the “level of service” for a pothole was three inches. He also had heard that 75 percent of potholes were located on unimproved streets. He did not want to spend large amounts of money to fix potholes on unimproved roads which he thought might need fixing on a monthly basis. He encouraged the council to get citizens involved and to educate them about the pothole problem and what it needed for resolution prior to placing something on the ballot. th Sarah Dailey , 650 West 12 Avenue, #209, wished to address Eugene Code 5.450 regarding skateboarding. She declared that she was a working person who regularly made the environmentally friendly and conscien- tious decision to skateboard to and from work. She also enjoyed skateboarding as a recreational pastime. She recently had become aware of the confusing nature of the skateboarding code due to the way it was being enforced. She related that recently her partner had been pulled over and ticketed for skateboarding on the sidewalk on Olive Street and Broadway. She said three weeks earlier she and her partner had been riding their skateboards in the street and had been stopped by a Eugene policeman, who explained that skateboarding was to be done on the sidewalk and was not allowed in the street. She explained the recent ticket for riding the skateboard on the sidewalk but the officer had insisted that skateboarding should only occur on the sidewalk. She related that she moved onto the sidewalk and saw a stencil on the concrete that indicated that skateboarding there was forbidden. She said it became clear that skateboarding laws were being interpreted and enforced unevenly and that there remained confusion even among police officers whether or not skateboarding was allowed on the street or the sidewalk. She referred to Section 2(d) of the code. She found it confusing as it indicated that no person should skateboard in the portion of the street designated for automobile traffic. She thought it could be interpreted to mean that a skateboard should not be ridden in the street at all or that it should be restricted to the portion of the street designated for bicycles. MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 27, 2008 Page 1 Regular Meeting