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Mr. Pap~ moved, seconded by Mr. Kelly, to call for the question. The motion to call the question passed, 8:0. The motion to appoint Tim Laue to the Police Commission passed, 5:4; Mayor Torrey casting his vote in favor of Mr. Laue to break a council tie, and Mr. Meisner, Ms. Taylor, Mr. Rayor, and Mr. Kelly voting no. B.Work Session: Discussion of Joint City of Eugene and Eugene School District 4J Parks and Open Space Mr. Fart, referring to the agenda item title, noted that the City was also working with the Bethel School District on the same issues. Public Works Department Director Chris Andersen introduced Public Works staff present. She also noted the presence of David Piercy and Bill Hurst of School District 4J. She distributed copies of the tabloid associated Ballot Measure 20-03, the City's Parks and Open Space measure. The tabloid described how the City would use the funds identified in the bond measure as clearly as possible so people understood the intent of the measure. Ms. Andersen said that not all the concepts were fully developed at the time of the election, but staff had been working to stay as close to the intent of the measure as possible. Ms. Andersen said that the concept of a youth sports complex was developed and identified for two potential locations, one in north Eugene and one in south Eugene. The idea of a youth sports complex was to bring together a number of multi-use athletic and recreation activities on one site. The complex would appeal to a wide range of age groups and types of athletic endeavors, including both team and individual sports. The complexes would serve multiple functions and would have park-like atmospheres. Ms. Andersen said that it was City's intent throughout the development of the measure to work with the school districts on such complexes at school sites. Ms. Andersen said that at the same time Ballot Measure 20-03 was passed, voters passed a bond measure for School District 4J allocated $3.5 million to the districts to deal with its athletic/sports field news. After the election, the City and school district staff began to discuss how the opportunity to collectively work toward common goals could be taken advantage of. Over the course of the last few months there had been several neighborhood group meetings and three design charettes for the Churchill/Kennedy site, Sheldon site, and Cai Young site. Those meetings involved both interested neighbors and different user groups. Ms. Andersen discussed the community use approach. She said that the school district was committed to community use of its athletic field development. She referred the council to a chart on the meeting room wall that listed opportunities for use currently being considered by the school district. Ms. Andersen distributed a document entitled "Churchill/Kennedy Facilities and Associated Activities." She noted the school district board was meeting later that evening to discuss the "four- field concept." The intent as described by the school district was that all four sites would be intended for public use. The fields at North and South Eugene High Schools would be available for a shared-use schedule. Ms. Anderson referred councilors to the meeting packet, which included rough cost estimates of the various program elements described on the site maps included in the packet. She said that staff identified a $4 million target for the youth sports complex part of the measure, and emphasized the MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 1999 Page 4 5:30 p.m.