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ATTACHMENT D MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall May 9, 2005 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Pap6, Bonny Bettman, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Piercy announced that May was American Wetlands Month. She noted that the West Eugene Wetlands Program was one of the largest wetlands restoration projects in the United States. Mayor Piercy reported that the federal Community Development Block Grant had been fully funded by Congress. Mayor Piercy announced that 2005 was the 50th year of service for McKenzie-Willamette Hospital. Mr. Poling thanked City staff, in particular Planner Allen Lowe, for conducting a tour of the city's mixed- use sites for the City Council and Planning Commission the previous Friday. Ms. Taylor noted that the previous day, May 8, was the anniversary of VE Day. She recalled that day, when she had walked from campus to downtown in bare feet and hugged everyone she encountered. Ms. Taylor said residents were complaining to her about the condition of the roads and asking why the City was not using the money from the gas tax for them. She indicated the need was greater than the demand. She anticipated she would hear more about Hilyard Street, which was too deteriorated to repair. Ms. Taylor suggested that the council employ the City's Facilities Reserve Fund to fix the roads as she considered that more urgent than a new City building. Ms. Taylor said that residents of Whitbcck Boulevard continued to be unhappy that their privately maintained road was not restored to the condition it had been in prior to new development. She said the City should either restore the road since it had authorized the work or force the contractor who damaged the road to do so. Ms. Taylor said that Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) was in the process of hiring a new director. She said a new Eugene representative was supposed to be added to the board because of the city's growing population. However, the board wanted to appoint another at-large representative, which was supposed to occur when there was an even number of members. With the new Eugene representative, MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 9, 2005 Page 1 Work Session