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supposed to occur when there was an even number of members. With the new Eugene representative, there would be an even number without an at-large member. She did not think it wise to add an at-large member and asked the City Manager to direct legal counsel to provide the interim manager of LRAPA with legal advice. City Manager Dennis Taylor indicated he would get back to her with a response. Mr. Kelly congratulated the owners of Opus 6, a new art gallery that had recently opened in the parking structure on 7th Avenue across from the Hult Center, noting that they had done a first-class job on the space. He encouraged councilors to visit the business, which he understood was made possible in part by a loan from the City's Business Development Fund. Mr. Kelly reported that the Human Rights Commission's Gender Identity Work Group held its second public information event on May 5. About 20 speakers offered testimony in a very supportive environment. The group would have it final meeting on May 11, and would decide at that time whether to forward any code changes to the Human Rights Commission. Mr. Kelly said the Region 2050 effort was about to make a "big splash" in the form of a full-color insert that would go into all area newspapers very soon. The insert would outline three broad alternative ways in which the region might grow in the next 50 years. A series of community meetings would be held in each jurisdiction. The Eugene meeting was scheduled to occur on September 22 at the Lane County Fairgrounds. Mr. Pap6 thanked Planning Division and Public Works Department staff for the tour of mixed-use sites. Mr. Pap6 called the council's attention to the March edition of American City and County, which mentioned Eugene in an article on green buildings. He congratulated staff on the recognition and hoped more would come as the City worked toward its green certification. Mr. Pap6 said he and Ms. Ortiz attended the a meeting of the Oregon Passenger Rail Advisory Committee meeting the previous month and it looked as though the second passenger train could be retained. Mr. Pap6 noted he was the City's representative on the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) Board, and alerted the council that a question had come up about the appropriateness of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce's commissioning work from LCOG with regard to a study it was performing of the residential land supply. He said he would try to get the board to consider what it should be doing with regard to contracting, although he believed the information that would be provided in the report was needed. Ms. Ortiz said that the River Road Community Organization was conducting a forum on annexation that evening at 7 p.m. at the River Road School. Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson would attend the forum. Ms. Ortiz said that at the meeting of the Oregon Passenger Rail Advisory Committee, a representative of Union Pacific Railroad promised to provide her with a contact number for the railroad. Ms. Ortiz said she recently attended an event advocating for 100 percent access to the medical community for the uninsured. She said the working noninsured poor were the biggest focus. Ms. Ortiz said she spent a couple of hours at Station 2 with some firefighters and visited with some 9-1-1 operators. She said the facility was fabulous, and she termed it a pearl in the community. She was happy to MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 9, 2005 Page 2 Work Session