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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Session Council Chamber--City Hall February 28, 2005 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Bonny Bettman. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Gary Papd. Council President George Poling called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. He noted that Mayor Piercy and Councilor Papd were in Washington, DC, participating in the United Front lobbying trip. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Councilor Poling reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. Bruce Miller, PO Box 50968, expressed support for the Lane Transit District (LTD) bus drivers in their current contract negotiations. He felt the drivers needed to have adequate health benefits. He noted LTD Chief Administrator Ken Hamm was in Washington, DC. He did not think this was appropriate given the grave nature of the negotiations. He suggested the bus drivers merge with the health clinic at Lane Community College (LCC). Lyndell Wilkin, 3065 Whitbeck Boulevard, said a recent subdivision had been built in the backyard of a house on her unimproved street. Historically, she explained, the road was gravel, maintained under the "grade and gravel program" until that program had been cut. At this point, the 17 homeowners served by the road assumed responsibility for the road. She stated that it had become difficult to control the dust and keep potholes patched. Working with City staff, she said, the neighbors had been able to pave the road. She wished to focus on the damage caused by the development. She stated that neighbors had met with transportation engineer Gary McNeel regarding the development and had been assured that the road would be brought back to pre-construction condition with an additional inch of overlay on it. She underscored that prior to the development the road was level. Now there were dips and standing water and a lot of cracking. She related that after the construction, the neighborhood still had confidence it would be remedied, but now had been informed that the road was old and no one would be responsible for bringing it back up to its previous state. Carol DeFazio, 1437 West 10th Avenue, spoke on behalf of the steering committee for the Chambers Area Families for Healthy Neighborhoods (CAFHN). She explained that the group's members had formed the committee in order to be effectively involved in the Chambers Node Revisited (CNR) project. She noted that one goal of the CNR project was the creation and adoption of zoning codes that "promote maintenance of the residential character in the area between 18th and 13th avenues and Polk and Garfield streets." She said MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 28, 2005 Page 1 Regular Session