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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> October 28, 2002 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Gary Rayor, Gary <br /> PapS, Bonny Bettman, Pat Farr, Scott Meisner. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />1.PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Dal Ollek, President of AFSCME Local 1724, raised concern over contracting out custodial <br />services at the new library. He said the library deserved consistent and highly skilled custodial <br />staff that could be provided by the City of Eugene. He urged the council not to take chances with <br />such a valuable building. He stressed that City staff would work at a competitive cost and would <br />provide safer and better service. <br /> <br />Terry Connolly, Eugene Chamber of Commerce, thanked the council for the City's participation in <br />the Chamber's "Business to Business Expo." He added his thanks to City Manager pro tern Jim <br />Carlson for allowing department heads to attend the event as well. He expressed his hope that <br />the council would attend future events. <br /> <br />Bruce Miller, PO Box 50968, Eugene, commented that the council had been negligent in <br />revitalizing Eugene's downtown. <br /> <br />Mr. Miller also raised concern over the new council rule of having to have five councilors to <br />schedule an item for discussion at a meeting. <br /> <br />Terry Froming, 2886 Bailey Lane, raised concern over School District 4J's plan to build a new <br />school near Monroe Middle School. Speaking as a member of the Harlow neighborhood, he <br />urged the council to deny any application for construction. He raised concern over the loss to the <br />neighborhood of open space in Ascot Park. He said the loss of the park would be tragic for the <br />community. He urged the council to think carefully before allowing the new school at that location. <br /> <br />Dennis Gilbert, 1875 Jefferson Street, speaking as a member of the Eugene/Springfield Solidarity <br />Network, raised concern over the contracting out of custodial services for the new library. He said <br />citizens were concerned over the "hypocrisy" of local government since it was asking them to vote <br />to fund the library and make donations while at the same time jeopardizing the long-term care of <br />the library by replacing good permanent jobs with poorly paid temporary jobs. He stressed that <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 28, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />