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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> Hilyard Center, 2580 Hilyard <br /> <br /> September 27, 2000 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Pat Fart, Betty Taylor, Nancy Nathanson, Scott <br /> Meisner, David Kelly, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />A. Items From Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor raised concern over the recently constructed projections on Oak and Pearl streets. <br />She noted that she had complaints from many of her constituents and added that she thought the <br />projections were dangerous as well. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor also raised concern over construction projects being started without the proper <br />permits being issued. She called for more meaningful penalties to help stop the problem. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly took an opportunity to thank the volunteers for the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />Regarding the Beltline/Interstate 5 decision team, Mr. Kelly said that there had been a meeting <br />earlier in the week and the team took recommendations from a larger stakeholder working group. <br />He said that the alternatives for the interchange were narrowed from 11 down to 5 and the <br />alternatives for the Interstate 5/Gateway intersection from 18 down to 7. He noted that one of <br />the most significant political decisions was to drop all the alternatives that called for an access <br />road cutting through a nearby mobile home park that housed primarily senior citizens. He said <br />that the next step was for the Oregon Department of Transportation and CH2M Hill to work on the <br />remaining alternatives based on criteria that the larger group had come up with. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said that he had received complaints about a single homeless camper who was taking <br />part in illegal activities. He commented on the difficulty of removing an illegally parked camper. <br />He emphasized that the homeless camper plan worked very well and that most complaints <br />against homeless campers were unfounded but added that sometimes further action needed to <br />be taken. <br /> <br />City Manager Jim Johnson observed that some pockets of the City were more difficult in regard <br />to homeless campers. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that the homeless camping program in his ward had not worked. He said that <br />the program was created to limit camping and protect neighborhoods. He said that enforcement <br />of the camping ordinance was a complaint-driven process and noted that Police Chief Jim Hill <br />had agreed that when the neighbor involved was the City, police officers could initiate complaints. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 27, 2000 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />