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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room-Eugene City Hall October 27, 2003 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gary Papd, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer Solomon, Nancy Nathanson, George Poling. Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. A. Items from Council, Mayor, and City Manager Ms. Bettman thanked the City Manager and Information Services Division for placing a statement on the City's Web site informing the public that when they communicate with the mayor or City Councilors via -e- mail their communications are considered public information. She also thanked the Chamber of Commerce for its sponsorship of the Business-to-Business Expo held at the Lane County Fairgrounds. She mentioned that she recently attended a lecture by Yolanda King at the McDonald Theater and thanked Betty Snowden for initiating the event. She said she presented Ms. King with a Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard sign and noted that Eugene had received favorable recognition for its renaming of Centennial Boulevard in a documentary that was shown nationwide. Ms. Bettman stated she had registered for the "Walk A Mile" program, which made politics personal by pairing elected officials with volunteers from the community. She said the elected officials would share activities with volunteers and attempt to live on a food stamp budget for a month. She encouraged other councilors to register for the program. She said the Eugene Tree Foundation was interested in creating a heritage tree program and asked the City Manager to follow up on the item with information on how the City could assist in those efforts. Ms. Taylor said she attended a performance by Molly Ivins, a political columnist, at the McDonald Theater and expressed her appreciation that the theater had been preserved for performances. She commented that many people were concerned over elimination of a coffee shop located at 29th Avenue and Willamette Street and expressed her regret at the loss of a local business. Mr. Poling announced that on October 30, 2003, at the Willakenzie School, there would be a meeting between neighbors and 4J School District officials to discuss the neighborhood's ideas about future use of the Willakenzie School site. He thanked the people who had applied for positions on the various boards and commissions. He said there were many excellent applicants and encouraged those applicants who were not interviewed to continue to apply. Mr. Pap~ commented that there had been several suggestions from councilors about ways to improve the MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 27, 2003 Page 1 Work Session