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Ms. Solomon arrived. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said that he had walked by the new Northside School site that morning and viewed the <br />equipment being prepared for the construction that was to commence the next morning. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly recalled the council's General Fund and Community Development Block Grant <br />contributions to the Planned Child Center. Because of funding problems, that project would not <br />go forward. He requested a staff memorandum indicating that the funding was being returned to <br />its initial sources. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon had no items. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ said that he recently visited the new city hall in Boise, Idaho and had been impressed <br />with its accessibility and appearance. He hoped that Eugene could have a new city hall soon. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ congratulated the manager on his memorandum regarding his recommendations for a <br />council goals session and hoped the council proceeded as outlined. <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor had no items. <br /> <br />B.WORK SESSION: Annual Joint Meeting with the Eugene Planning Commission <br /> <br />The council was joined by Eugene Planning Commissioners Adell McMillan, Charles Rusch, Ann <br />Marie Levis, Jon Belcher, Mitzi Colbath, and Richard Duncan. Commission President McMillan <br />called the council's attention to the commission's annual report, and highlighted completed items. <br /> <br />Ms. McMillan called the council's attention to the proposed draft work program for fiscal year <br />2004. She said that the work program was very full, and consisted mainly of items that the <br />council had asked the commission to do. She highlighted several work plan items, including <br />revision of the nodal development overlay zone standard, site-specific nodal planning, completion <br />of periodic review and the Downtown Plan, and the High-Density Infill Examples and Education <br />Project. <br /> <br />Ms. McMillan drew the council's attention to the work program of the Historic Review Board, a <br />subcommittee of the Planning Commission. She said that the work program was very similar to <br />past years. This year the board did not request project funding. It recently completed the Modern <br />Context Statement and she anticipated that mostly routine work would occur in the coming year. <br /> <br />Ms. Levis discussed several commission recommendations for process improvements. She said <br />that among its objectives, the commission was seeking better communication with the council. <br />She said that the commission agreed that in addition to staff memorandums to the council, the <br />commission would take the initiative to write its own memorandums explaining its positions. She <br />commended the work done by staff but said the commission was seeking to give the council a feel <br />of its discussion. The commission also proposed to have a commission representative present at <br />council meetings to serve as a resource when commission recommendations were discussed. <br />She said that the last recommendation was for each commissioner to adopt a councilor. Each <br />commissioner would select one or two councilors with whom to keep in touch on various issues. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 14, 2003 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />