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Ms. Taylor noted her continued support for a balance of day and evening meetings but said if the council choose to change its meeting times it might wish to consider adding two Monday night meetings and retaining one Wednesday lunch meeting. Mr. Pap~ said that some business constituents had contacted him about the potential of changing the schedule for the Coburg Road bed improvements to avoid further conflict with the bridge improvements. Mr. Johnson said that he and Mr. Kelly had attended the Harlow Neighbors' recent meeting, and the residents indicated by a ratio of 4:1 that they preferred to go ahead with the improvements during the upcoming summer. Mr. Lyle said staff was developing a letter to send to residents and businesses about the City's plan to move forward in 1999, and intended to meet with individual business owners and residents to discuss how it might be accomplished and their concerns. He said that he would provide the council with the proposed citizen involvement process, and indicated the council would receive a copy of the letter sent to residents and businesses. Mr. Kelly concurred with Ms. Taylor about the need to retain a mix of evening and day meetings but wanted to ensure that the first week of each month remained free of meetings and feared the addition of more Monday meetings would eliminate that possibility. Ms. Nathanson said that she had secured information from Kansas City about its Livable Cities Program and believed that there was some information the City could take advantage of. She provided the information to the City Manager for dissemination to the appropriate staff. Ms. Nathanson said that graduates of the Citizens Academy had written letters to the council saying that their new skills and understanding were not being used for the community's benefit. She provided staff with information on the Sioux City Police Department's volunteer program. Ms. Nathanson provided the council and youth leaders with an article from Nation's Cities regarding a collaboration between the City of Tualatin and Tualatin youth in constructing a skateboard park. Ms. Nathanson said she had read an article entitled Making Sure Teenagers Count, which described a Yuma, Arizona effort to develop a questionnaire about how youth connect with the community and their needs. The survey was developed in collaboration with youth, and youth served on a panel reviewing and analyzing responses. She provided the council and youth leadership with copies of the article. Mr. Torrey called the council's attention to some roses placed before him and said they represented his commitment to some developmentally disabled youth in the community. The rose represents a slogan: R = Respect; © = Others; S = Self; E = Environment. Mr. Torrey endorsed that message. Mr. Torrey requested staff comment regarding the City's progress on graffiti removal. Mr. Johnson said that the City was requested by an interested citizen to hire staff to do graffiti removal. Staff was responding to that request and would provide the council with a copy of the response. Mr. Torrey encouraged the council, as members of the Budget Committee, to give consideration to the request. He noted that window etching was a major cost for business owners. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 24, 1999 Page 2 11:30 a.m.