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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room-Eugene City Hall December 1, 2003 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gary Pap6, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon. President Gary Pap6 called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order in the absence of Mayor James D. Torrey. A. Items from Council, Mayor, and City Manager Ms. Bettman announced that the Eugene Middle East Group would hold a town meeting on December 3, 2003, at the Westmoreland Community Center to discuss racism and injustice. She announced that a celebration of the completion of the Walk A Mile program, a Food for Lane County program which partnered elected and appointed officials with low-income residents, was scheduled for December 3, 2003, at the Bowerman Building Heritage Hall. Ms. Taylor reported on the joint meeting of local elected officials with the Lane Board of County Commis- sioners to discuss road funds. She said there was no conclusive resuk, but the commissioners expressed willingness to share more funds with local jurisdictions if the funds were used for maintenance instead of new projects. She said there was a discussion of a gas tax and vehicle registration fee as potential revenue sources and the commissioners were interested in feedback by February 15, 2004. She suggested a council work session on the registration fee be scheduled. She added that the meeting was very congenial. Mr. Poling asked the City Manager for a status report on the ordinance which granted the University of Oregon Department of Public Safety authority to issue citations and on the diversion program for individu- als in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Mr. Taylor replied that a report would be provided as soon as sufficient data was available to evaluate the programs, possibly once students had left for summer break. Mr. Meisner offered his congratulations on the selection of a finalist for the position of police chief. He thanked Ms. Taylor for representing the City at the meeting with the County commissioners and said he was pleased that commissioners were willing to consider sharing funds. He reminded councilors that the annual Authors and Artists Fair at the library would occur on December 6, 2003. Ms. Solomon echoed Ms. Taylor's remarks about the transportation summit with the County commission- ers. She said she hoped the process would move along more quickly and an agreement could be reached by spring, but the meeting was a good start. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 1, 2003 Page 1 Work Session