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ATTACHMENT B <br /> <br /> MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> February 14, 2005 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Pap6, <br /> Bonny Bettman, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called the council' s attention to an article in the latest edition of Sunset magazine featuring <br />the arts in Eugene. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said he received an e-mail update from Oregon Department of Transportation Region 2 <br />Manager Bob Pirrie regarding the I-105 resurfacing project. He had learned that most of the work was <br />being done at night and the project was not affecting traffic yet. The overpass on Coburg Road would be <br />shut down in mid-April for 12 days, and traffic rerouted onto surface roads coming in and out of Eugene. <br />He encouraged people to plan ahead and take alternative routes to their place of destination. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling wished the State of Oregon a happy birthday. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman congratulated the City and the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) for entering into a sales <br /> agreement for the former Sears property. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman recalled that the council received an administrative order increasing land use planning fees. <br /> She appreciated the proactive increase, noting the subsidy to the service from the General Fund in fiscal <br /> year (FY) 2004 was nearly $900,000. She asked the manager to project the service's General Fund <br /> subsidy for FY2006 prior to the annual budget review. <br /> <br /> Speaking to the issue of the overpass closure, Ms. Ortiz asked those residents who were viewing the <br /> meeting to be more aware of emergency vehicles when they were traveling in the Coburg Road area <br /> during the time the roads would be impacted by construction. <br /> <br /> Mr. Pryor said he, Mayor Piercy, Ms. Taylor, and Mr. Pap6 attended a dinner for Congressman Peter <br /> DeFazio the previous night, which he characterized as successful. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor also wished happy birthday to Oregon. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor said that she received several constituent complaints that Animal Control had been patrolling <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 14, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />