CC Minutes - 02/21/00 Work Session

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Mr. Fart said that the Human Rights Commission had heard a presentation from the City's diversity committees. He commended Mr. Johnson on the City's progress toward a truly diverse work force. He believed the HRC had begun to be more satisfied with the City's performance in this area. Mr. Meisner passed. Mr. Rayor mentioned a constituent contact from an Edgewood resident, who was experiencing erosion in an open creek created as an amenity for the development. The neighborhood association believed that upstream development was adding velocity to the creek, which had been stable for many years. He said that he would visit the site and attempt to identify the issues causing the problem, but he believed that the channels should be kept as natural as possible. Ms. Nathanson recollected her previously expressed concern that growth needed to be addressed at a countywide level, and her hope that Lane Council of Governments would sponsor a symposium on growth. The Planning Division had submitted a State grant to underwrite such a symposium. She requested a status report on any grant proposals that had been submitted to underwrite such efforts. Ms. Nathanson said she had asked about collaboration between the Public Works and Police departments in terms of locating street lights. She questioned the validity of using Police crime statistics in that effort given the under-reporting of property crimes now, and expressed a desire for better links between reporting and actual crimes. Ms. Nathanson requested tree survival rates for a planting on Amazon Creek in the vicinity of Bailey Hill Road, and asked if the City had a process to replace such trees or a link to a neighborhood program that did. Ms. Nathanson said she had enjoyed the Asian Celebration, terming it a great event. Mr. Kelly said he was pleased by the return of the monthly Police report, included in the council packets. He asked for follow-up on the situation in Rasor Park, and for follow-up on two assignments he had originated that had been on the council assignments list since April. Mr. Kelly commended the Asian Celebration. Ms. Taylor also commended the Asian Celebration. Ms. Taylor said that she recently attended a meeting regarding what Portland was doing to address the salmon listing, and expressed a hope that the council could consider the Key Waterways Ordinance sooner than planned. She expressed concern about the impact of development in the Amazon headwaters on the health of the creek, noting also the impacts from uses adjacent to the creek. Ms. Taylor said that she had been contacted by constituents arguing that the display advertisement regarding the police and fire facilities in the Sunday edition of The Register-Guard constituted advocacy. Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson, at the request of Mr. Lee, discussed Lane Council of Governments's application to the Land Conservation and Development Commission for a MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 21, 2000 Page 3 5:30 p.m.