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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber--City Hall February 26, 2001 8p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Pat Fart, Scott Meisner, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman. CITY COUNCIL MEETING 1.PUBLIC FORUM Deborah Evans, 400 Kourt Drive, a member of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, thanked the council for its consideration of the Wet Weather Flow Management Plan and asked the council to accept the plan. She provided background on the planning process and highlighted some of the plan recommendations. Camilla Pratt, 120 West Brookway, a member of the citizen advisory committee (CAC) that had developed the Wet Weather Flow Management Plan, spoke in support of the resolution related to the plan included in the council packet. She reviewed the committee process and explained its rationale for the recommendations reflected in the resolution. Harry Dennis, 740 Fair Oaks Drive, stated he worked in the field of wet weather treatment, and asked the council to reject the CAC report. He did not think the plan succeeded in its goals because it placed too much reliance on the expansion of the treatment plan and not enough on repair of leaky sewer lines. He said the City already had a voluntary program for repairing sewers, but it was not used. He advocated for an emphasis on the repair of leaks in public and private sewers. Meg Trendler, Director of the Willamette Institute of Science and Technology (WISTEC), 2300 Leo Harris Parkway, spoke in support of the concept of the City's transfer of the building occupied by WlSTEC to the nonprofit agency. She said that the transfer would assist the agency and provide it with new opportunities to provide services for children. She asked the council to allow City staff and WlSTEC to work together. Bruce Miller, PO Box 50698, spoke in support of Ms. Trendler's request. He hoped WISTEC looked at other examples for fund-raising suggestions. He commended Symantec for its contributions to WlSTEC and hoped other companies would follow its example. He noted that the City was competing for federal funding with other communities and suggested that Eugene employ University of Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti in advocating for its funding requests when local representatives visited Washington, DC. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 26, 2000 Page 1 Regular Meeting