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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber--City Hall May 8, 2000 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Pat Farr, David Kelly, Bobby Lee, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, Gary PapS, Gary Rayor, Betty Taylor. Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. I. CEREMONIAL MATTERS Mayor Torrey proclaimed the month of May as "Leave a Legacy Month." He encouraged all citizens to join in its observance. Mayor Torrey introduced Mark Snyder, Eugene's Urban Forester, who introduced Bob Johnson, Oregon Department of Forestry, who provided a presentation of the "Tree City Award" to the City of Eugene. He noted that 1999 was the 21st year that Eugene had won the award. He also noted that Eugene had earned the growth award. Mayor Torrey accepted the awards on behalf of the City. Mr. Snyder expressed his pleasure in participating in the well-deserved recognition of "NeighborWoods" volunteers who had helped in tree plantings in the City. Mr. Snyder said that NeighborWoods was an outstanding nationally recognized program. He introduced Chris Gerard, the NeighborWoods coordinator, who said that over 500 new street trees had been planted by NeighborWoods volunteers for the urban forest. He noted that the trees would be watered and maintained by NeighborWoods volunteers for the next three years. He added that NeighborWoods had planted over 6400 trees in the community to date. The councilors introduced the volunteer recipients for their wards. For Ward 1, Councilor Rayor introduced Nancy Ellenlocke, Randy Free and Bar Washburn. He noted that 61 trees had been planted in Ward 1. For Ward 2, Councilor Taylor introduced Kim Smith, Jeff Lanza, and Dennis Lueck. She noted that the volunteers had planted 75 trees in Ward 2. For Ward 3, Councilor Lee introduced John Klein, Daron Henry, and Tas Siezman. He noted that these volunteers planted 46 trees in Ward 3. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 8, 2000 Page 1 Regular Meeting