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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room-777 Pearl Street, Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> June 25, 2001 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Gary <br /> Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Pat Farr. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />A. Items from Mayor, Council, and City Manager <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly determined from Mr. Johnson that a memorandum regarding the City's efforts to buy <br />locally would be forthcoming. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson reported she had attended the last meeting of the Active Bethel Citizens (ABC), <br />which was well-attended and featured an interesting discussion on growth. She thanked the ABC <br />for inviting her. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson called attention to an article regarding pedestrian lights embedded in the street at <br />street level, and asked it be passed on to Transportation staff. <br /> <br />For the benefit of councilors who did not attend, Ms. Nathanson said that during the West Eugene <br />Transportation Charette she raised the concept of a defined portal or entrance coming from the <br />west into Eugene. She suggested that, through road design, the portal could be created, and <br />nonlocal traffic diverted off West 11th Avenue. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner noted five councilors attended the recent Oregon Liveability Conference. He asked <br />staff to pass on his thanks to Nan Laurence of the Planning and Development Department for her <br />assistance in organizing a design/review workshop he moderated. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner requested a report on the status of the East Bank Bicycle Path. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman had no items. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor said he had used Amazon Pool the first night it was open, and expressed appreciation <br />for the architecture, which mirrored elements of the airport and the new library. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 2001 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />