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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room-City Hall July 28, 2003 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gary PapS, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon (by telephone). Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. ITEMS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Torrey introduced guests from Eugene's Sister City of Irkutsk, Russia: Yuri Volkov, Vice Mayor and Alexander Tirskiiy, Chair of the Municipal Enterprise Board. He also introduced Eugene residents Yuri Pantioukhin and Galena Groza, who were acting as interpreter and coordinator respectively for the Sister City guests. Ms. Solomon was connected by telephone to the meeting. Ms. Nathanson gave notice of the Churchill Area Neighbors third annual potluck and picnic to be held July 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Youth Sports Park behind Churchill High School. She also distributed the text of a proposed motion relating to the Transportation System Maintenance Fee (TSMF) and stated she was interested in addressing the issue within the next week or two. She said that the circumstances under which the TSMF was adopted had changed dramatically. She noted that the County had not responded to the City's overtures last year to jointly resolve the problem, and now the State's situation had changed and Springfield had recently decided not to implement a TSMF. She hoped implementation of the TSMF could be delayed in order to approach Springfield and Lane County about developing a joint solution. Mr. Kelly stated he had received an e-mail from John Brown of the Police Commission relating concern over a garbage can fire set in the West University Neighborhood area. He said that there were witnesses who could identify the person who set the fire, but according to Mr. Brown there was no code section under which the person could be cited. He asked staff to research the matter to determine if there was a gap in the code that should be addressed. Mr. Kelly noted the significant amount of news coverage about the new federal courthouse design and lack of an access ramp. He expressed his concern as well and asked if the City could encourage the General Services Administration to consider including an access ramp in the design. He said it was unfortunate that the same level of access was not provided in a signature building as that provided in City Hall. Mr. Poling commented that the new park on Oakmont Way was under construction and would be a wonderful addition to the community. He encouraged councilors to visit the area. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 28, 2003 Page 1 Work Session