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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> May 22, 2002 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: David Kelly, Gary Pap~, Nancy Nathanson, Pat Farr, Scott Meisner, <br /> Betty Taylor, Gary Rayor, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. He said that councilors had requested time to <br />comment on the election of May 21, 2002, and called for a round of comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner expressed his delight about the successful passage of the library levy measure. He <br />said that, with the concurrence of the City Council, he would send a letter of thanks to those who <br />worked on the campaign for their efforts in passing the measure. Councilors indicated their <br />endorsement of the letter. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman anticipated the fire bond measure would pass and noted the passage of the Library <br />levy, and thanked those who were willing to invest in the community. She also congratulated Mr. <br />Kelly and Mr. Pap~ on their re-elections. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said she was happy and amazed at the more-than-50-percent voter turnout and hoped <br />the fire bond measure would pass. She also congratulated messrs. Kelly and Pap~. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly expressed appreciation to the voters for the more-than-50-percent turnout and wished it <br />had been higher and that people were more involved in the democratic process. He concurred <br />with the remarks of Ms. Bettman. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said he knew all councilors respected the fact that it was a not an easy time for the <br />voters to support money measures. He thanked the citizens for their willingness to spend their <br />money to have a better city. He congratulated messrs. Pap~ and Kelly on their re-election, and <br />Mr. Farr on his success in the primary running for a house seat. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ also thanked the voters for supporting the City's money measures and for taking the time <br />to understand the issues that were involved. He said that it demonstrated again that the Eugene <br />electorate was intelligent and voted intelligently. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor congratulated the successful candidates, including his successor, George Poling. He <br />indicated that he planned to serve out his term in Ward 4 to the best of his ability and said that he <br />would be available to Mr. Poling to help him transition into office. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 22, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />