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December 9, 1998, City Council Lunch Work Session January 11, 1999, State of the City Mr. Torrey said that Ms. Nathanson requested the following change to sentence 3 in paragraph 1 on page 9 of the minutes of November 25 (italicized text added, struck text deleted): "She did not support including the term "advocating the neighborhood's position "and She suggested the following wording:..." She also requested that the last sentence in the paragraph be deleted. Mr. Torrey said that Ms. Nathanson requested the last sentence in paragraph 2 on page 9 be replaced by the following: "She understood that all ideas were considered and reviewed by staff." He determined there was no objection to those changes. Mr. Meisner referred to the minutes of the December 7, 1998, 5:30 meeting, and asked paragraph 9 on page 13 be changed as follows: Mr. Meisner said he objected to the proposed expenditure for Growth Management implemeP~afie~ communication tools when it had been agreed to delay and extend primary implementation of the policies through the Land Use Code Update." Ms. Taylor asked that sentence 3 in paragraph 3 on page 3 of the November 25 minutes be changed to read "She said that infrastructure or other monuments should be named afte~ for anyone, including Representative Peter DeFazio after, until he had died or left office." She also asked that sentence 1 in paragraph 4 on page 4 be revised to read "Ms. Taylor said that she liked Representative DeFazio ~,-,d ~,-,ow how h~rd ho wor~od." Mr. Farr objected to Ms. Taylor's proposed change to page 3 on the basis that the minutes should reflect what was actually said at a meeting, not what one wished one had said. The council agreed that the minutes would be pulled and a transcription prepared by staff for Ms. Taylor's review. Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to approve the minutes of the December 7, 1998, City Council Dinner Work Session, December 7, 1998, City Council Meeting, December 9, 1998, City Council Lunch Work Session, and January 11, 1999, State of the City, as amended. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0 C.Sidewalk Improvement Program Public Works Department Director Chris Andersen and Dave Reinhard, Public Works Department, provided a Powerpoint presentation on the City's current sidewalk program. Mr. Reinhard reviewed the program goals and history, cited recent program accomplishments, and showed the council a series of slides illustrating projects built under the program. Mr. Reinhard discussed unmet priority needs throughout the community, and contrasted those priorities to existing and projected program resources. He showed the council slides of areas throughout the city without sidewalks or with incomplete sidewalks. Mr. Reinhard reviewed a series of options for the sidewalk program prepared by staff: 1) continue program, no change; 2) use City crews to build sidewalks; 3) cap property owner costs; and 4) put the program on hold temporarily. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 17, 1999 Page 4 11:30 a.m.