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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room, City Hall May 14, 2001 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman, Par Farr. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. A. Items from Mayor, Council, and City Manager Mr. Meisner had no items. Ms. Bettman had no items. Ms. Taylor had no items. Mr. Kelly asked that City Manager Jim Johnson and City Attorney Glenn Klein ensure that legislation related to the implementation of Ballot Measure 7 was reviewed by the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. Mr. Fart said a group of students from Quebec had recently visited the Bethel School District, and each student said the most enjoyable time they spent was the time they spent with the mayor. They left Eugene with the highest regard for City government. He thanked Mayor Torrey. Ms. Nathanson said she would be attending the Federal Communication Commission Local and State Government Advisory Committee later in the week, and asked City Manager Jim Johnson to identify the appropriate staff in the Eugene Police Department to contact about 9-1-1 and radio frequency issues. Ms. Nathanson raised a concern she had previously expressed about building codes that seemed to work against attractive infill design and reuse. She requested an update on legislative action intended to improve building codes while protecting public safety and achieving flexibility so the community could build smarter as it did infill and redevelopment. Mr. Pap~ arrived at the meeting. Ms. Nathanson reported she sent letters to the developers of the proposed new Home Depot and Wal-Mart stores requesting they consider better designs for those large-scale commercial developments. She hoped to MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 14, 2001 Page 1 Work Session