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Mr. Pap~ and Mr. Fart indicated that it was not their recollection the council would make the appointment. Mr. Meisner and Ms. Taylor recollected that the City was to make the appointment, not specifically the council. Mr. Kelly said that staff had indicated to the council on March 17 that it would return to the council with ideas on how the appointment would take place. Mr. Rayor noted the council's receipt of a petition for traffic calming on Cleveland Street and said he wanted to ensure that the project got into the queue. He asked that City staff contact the petitioners to let them know how the City process worked. Mr. Rayor said that he would like to have further discussion of the Sears building soon. Mr. Johnson said that the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the building was coming back to the council for its review. The council would review the RFP before any action was taken on the Sears building. He said that the decision to sell the building would be part of that discussion. Mr. Torrey noted that if sold, the money from the building must be used on the library because of the council's decision to assign all the proceeds of urban renewal to the library. Mr. Rayor noted his concerns that the addition of City office space to the library would threaten the entire project or result in cuts to other programs. Responding to a follow-up question from Mr. Pap~, Mr. Johnson said that the City would have to purchase the Sears building from the renewal agency if it wished to use it for other purposes. Ms. Nathanson said she was distressed by the amount of usable materials discarded by University students after the end of the term and asked if there was a way for the City to make sure the materials could be redistributed and reused. Ms. Nathanson reported that the Council/Board Wetlands Policy Amendments Committee had met to work out differences between the recommendations of the Board of County Commissioners and City Council as they related to the criteria for protection, restoration, and development in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. She believed the committee had made progress and had worked out, in concept, revised plan text the committee was ready to make available to the public for comment. She anticipated one more committee meeting before the public review occurred. Mr. Torrey expressed his appreciation to the manager for the work of Mike Redding of the City Manager's Office for his work at the legislature. He said that all councilors should be grateful for his work, which was very effective. Mr. Torrey said that he had recently returned from Russia and Japan, and residents of those countries had been very interested about the recent incident in Littleton, Colorado, as well as uncomprehending of how it could happen in a country supposedly as progressive and well- educated as the United States. He said he had been asked by residents of those places to ask the students what they would do if drug use was just beginning in their country and how they would stop it from reaching the point it had in the US. Mr. Torrey said that he would share pictures and his experiences about his trip at a lunch in May. B. Youth Leadership Program Reports The youth leaders introduced themselves and noted their ages and school grades attended. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 28, 1999 Page 3 5:30 p.m.