Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATIACHMI~NT G l\'llNUTES Eugene ('ity Council Regular Sei::::;ion Counc.il Chamber---..City HaJI f\ugust 8, 2005 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George l\,hng, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Hcttrnan, David Kelty, (Jary Pare, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, i\n.dre.a Ortiz. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the meeting of the Eug.~ne City COl,.H1t.iL 1. PUBLIC .FfiRUM Mayor Piercywekomed everyone to tht;~ City Council meeting and: revk:,wed the rules of the Public Forum. GerlT Gaydt)s, 440 EH~.;t Bn;adway Stred, Suite 302, spoh: in ~upp()rt of the enterprise zon.e. .He recognized that its merits had be;::~n amply deha1t.:::d. He telt this indicated. that good. pe.ople c~m. di~ahYfee zm the i:mrKnianC(~ of many thingi;, including tax incenti\les, He believed the enkrpri.:;;e zone to be important tbr both the busines~ cnmmunity and the community at..hrge ai; it would help in(~reasl..~ the tax bas<~ and fund public scr\!!ces. He appreciated the risk Mayor Piercy took in looking for a compromise bet~Ne{:-:n th(~ City and the County. He commended Hyn:ix Senrkondw:tor, Incorporated, and expressed appr;;::dation to the Connty Com!l1issioner~ for their drmt~ toward resolution.. He said it was Vt::ry important to provide adequate johs fnr the wmmnn:ity. H;;:: not~d the tirne he recently ~;;pent with Unitcd. \;\/ay looking ~!t ways to do so and 10 I mprovt; the el;;onomy. I-le opined that the eOl.wdi' S sr!ppl"l'rt of the enterprise zone would be hdph:l in that -regard, IVhyor Piercy acknowledged that County COmmii;:3ioner Faye Stewart was present. Zacbary Vorhies. 1693 .MIlJ Alky, suggested there be a parking fee w'aiver f~1r p~"),)pk who dri.nk and th;::~!l choose not to dri ve. He related t.hat, according to Mot.hers Against Drunk Driving (MAUD}, the State ofOrcgon recorded 5 i 2 tmni;:.>rdated death:> in 2003, ofwhkh 40 percz~nt were alcohol.fehted, He shared that he er~ioyed hi~ right to drink and that he mad.e the f{:spo:n1"ibk dedsion. not to d.rive if he drank too much. He al1egi.-"{l that the (:ity of Eugene aggres:3ivdy tkkete<.l. cars <md that his veh:icle recently \.vas Impouwkd. lIe com.tnenkd that $82 wa~.; a lot of money to a college student. l-h;: telt there should be a WaY of getting one'::; fees dropped, such as showing re<;t:ipti:: frnm a drinking establishment tn dClDnnstn'lk tl4'!t a eat was parked iHegally hecau::;e of 11 re$.pnn.sibk choice nnt to drive after having imbibed too much alcnhoL Sara Fay, 2033 Sixth Avenue, S{'~dttk, Washington, spoke on h.)half of the Pa;;;ili-.:-l-kmsing Advisors. She thanked the City Cm.mcil t~)r its ::;up0)r( of affordabl.e housing ;;1l1d fur its 1;;()nsidemtioH of a property tax ex{:)m.ption for the R~dwood. Park Apartments on the. corner of 18th Avenu;;:: and Bertelsen Road. She said Redwood Park would be converted to 100 pertent afklrdabk hoti.9ing after substM1tbJ renovations.. MINUTES. .--- Eugene. City Cmmcil August S, 2005 Pa~w 1 Reguhr Session ...................................----.--------------...------.. ----............ ............................................................................----..--............