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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Regular Session <br /> Council Chamber--City Hall <br /> <br /> June 27, 2005 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Bettman, David Kelly, Gary <br /> Papd, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor. <br /> <br /> COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the meeting of the City Council. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy welcomed everyone to the City Council meeting and reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. <br /> <br /> Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Solomon, moved to extend the time for the Public <br /> Forum by 10 minutes, given that 12 people signed up to speak. Roll call vote; the motion <br /> passed unanimously, 7:0. <br /> <br />Mark Rabinowitz, PO Box 51222, observed that oil now cost $60 per barrel. He noted that several <br />political leaders now admitted that oil was at peak production. He thought this presented several practical <br />issues for the Mayor's Sustainable Business Initiative (SBI) Task Force, and suggested these include a <br />moratorium on the construction of new highways and a diversion of the capital spending that would have <br />gone into the power plant proposed for Coburg, so that it would be spent on wind turbines and solar panel <br />production. He could not believe that building codes did not already require the inclusion of solar power <br />generation. He commented that the "Wal-marts of Mass Destruction" were destroying local economies <br />everywhere. He said numerous communities already banned big box stores. He opined that West 1 lth <br />Avenue, as one entered the city of Eugene, was ugly and a disaster and this type of development should be <br />stopped. He suggested that money potentially spent on a new parking garage should be channeled to provide <br />free bus service on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or spent on a Pike Place-type farmer's market that would <br />support the local foods business. <br /> <br />Additionally, Mr. Rabinowitz was ~astounded" that it was still legal to sell fireworks. He said two years <br />earlier the south hills ~nearly burned down" because young people were playing with fireworks. <br /> <br />In conclusion, Mr. Rabinowitz wished the council would pass an ordinance that prohibited stores from <br />selling pesticides. <br /> <br />Megan Mosely, 313 East 8th Avenue, stated that she owned property across from the potential location of <br />the Whole Foods Grocery. She supported the store because, according to research, the Whole Foods <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 27, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />