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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> July 26, 2000 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bobby Lee, Betty Taylor, Nancy Nathanson, Pat Fart, Scott <br /> Meisner, David Kelly, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />A. Items from the Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner asked that councilors with suggestions for the Police Commission's work program <br />analysis get them to Eugene Police Department staff as soon as possible. The commission <br />would discuss the work plan at its August 4 retreat. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner called the council's attention to the date of the event commemorating the start of <br />construction of the new library, which is scheduled for Monday, October 30, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. <br />He noted that events for children would occur all day, and Lane Transit District would provide bus <br />service. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson raised the issue of the risk of fire in the south hills. She said prior to <br />Independence Day, she had discussed the City's ability to limit the use of fireworks in times of <br />severely dry weather with Fire Chief Tom Tallon and City Manager Jim Johnson. She was raising <br />the issue to demonstrate her concern about it, and asked the manager and Chief Tallon to <br />consider whether the City's ordinances and administrative rules were sufficient to address the <br />issue, and whether the City should do more, such as limiting the use of fireworks in certain <br />geographic areas during certain times of high risk. Ms. Nathanson noted that Eugene had <br />experienced some fires attributable to fireworks during the recent holiday period. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly shared Ms. Nathanson's concerns about the fire risk in the south hills and noted the <br />considerable amount of dry brush in the hills. He encouraged staff to plan ahead for the next <br />Independence Day. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart arrived at the meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said there currently was no convenient way for people to find out who was on <br />committees and commissions on the City's Web site. He suggested that the City's Information <br />Services Division be asked to provide some support to the City Manager's Office so that Web <br />pages were designed to be updated when the data base was updated. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 26, 2000 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />