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V. STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey thanked City Manager Jim Johnson and his staff for their work in arranging the <br />State of the City event. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey reviewed the City's accomplishments in 1999, specifically citing the passage of the <br />library and parks and open space measures. He briefly discussed the progress made in his <br />youth leadership program. Mayor Torrey also identified new initiatives, including the possible <br />opening of Broadway between Willamette and Chamelton streets, the new federal courthouse, <br />and resolution of service delivery issues in River Road/Santa Clara. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey discussed his goals for the upcoming year. His goals included resolution of the <br />police facility and fire facility siting issue, noting the establishment of a task force that would <br />make recommendations to the full council in May. He urged the council to keep the issue of the <br />police and fire facilities separate from the issue of a new city hall. Another goal was to establish <br />afterschool, weekend, and summer programs to provide activities for local youth. Mayor Torrey <br />announced that he had asked local nonprofit agencies, the school districts, and staff to discuss <br />what it would take to provide after school care for local youth by summer 2000. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey thanked those in attendance for coming. <br /> <br />VI.ADJOURN <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting at 1:15 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />James R. Johnson <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Kimberly Young) <br /> <br />MINUTES--State of the City January 12, 2000 Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />