Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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She stated HuH the renovation would add 16 ne'<v units hringing the total oflo-w . income unih in that pr~k<;t to 23:2- She indicatd that the tnmsaction was :;;cheduled to dose in September o;nd asked tbat th(~ ~mmciJ apprc,ve the prop~rty tax o.emption. Zacbaxy VisbtUloff, Patter::;on St.red. ~~xpressed hope that everyone would pmtkipah~ in a rmhlk f{)wm regarding the propo$.ed baskdbaH arena to he built on the oW Williams Bakery site. lIe asked ifthe coun;:;:i.l eO'uld <xme:;;pond ekctronkaHy and confirm a dMe. O'n which to hOld the brum or fixmns. He remarked that it seemed the burden to organize this lay on his shoulders. He SUK?ested a stoff person help hiro detenniw.::: a date that would aHow i;tu.dems to attend. lk thought the "gwund..truthing" that c(mW happen w<mld save the City .from a "land w:;e quagi.uire.." Ml. Vi::;hanoff ask<xl the c(>undl to Googl\.c search 'Gendic Doping 2008 Olympkc:..;' in order to see that the City had a "prohlem coming '>'lith the 01 ymp1c::;." He encouraged the council to think .about what wouJ.d happen if the Olympk trials were held in Eugene in 2008. T\-1ayor Piercy exp1<tined that the next thn:~e people lutd corne to her most n;:cent OHe~t)tH:m.e meeting and she had invited them to speak at the Public Forum, Olga Grt:'{~()v.a, ] 743 Ferry Alley, spoke on. b~half O'f the ShtVl<;. Home, a new n.on..proflt organization in Eugene. She stated that ttK mission of the organi7;lJion \VM to promote cllltlrral diversity in. the cmnmunity through a variety of programs that Vlere dos.e1y related to Eadem European culture::;, life, and eduGational system::;. She said ,~oU{ses would be offered in. Sl.avi.c langll~tges, Bast~'TIl Europeml hiSh:HY, natural scien.ces, theat<;T, art, music, and adaptation st;rvices for rocent immigrants. She noted that some clasi;t:'s would be hdd for sen.ior dtizGli; as well. She hoped the organization ,'<fould bring together people of dift"'~rent ages, including children, and broaden cultural <rwareness. She averred that the programs would give young peopk eon^~tnB:1ive activities in which to participate, She i;tHted that Slavic Hom,-~ was largdy dependen.t on gnmts and donat:ion::; and that anyon(~ \vho wish<Si..i to help was. welcome, She kit the work of the Slavic Home woutd. be impossibk wiLho1.,t City Cmmz::.il :-mpport Sh\.~ added that the urganization WOUld focus on how to giobalize hu::;in~$s ideas ;;'\nd ~~s(;..'tbJish cmmnunity organizations such as the. Rotary Club in East{.'ffi Eur~}pe.. lrina G.dgorian Best., 3&08 Peppf~rtn::eDriH\ sought help and support for the establishment of social. ::;erviceprograms.at the Slavic Home, She 'wGl1den:~d if the bullying ofa Jrx::d :.:;chod hoy of East em European de",cent coul.d have been prevented if he had a place to go to tBJk .ahO'ut what wa", happening to him.. She avem:~d Hwt the irmnif.,'fant popuiation from th.at area wa~ gre.wing and needed help with translation and !earning to a{:,~ess servkes. She noted, a:.:; an example, th13.t Head Start had infbnnation avad.abIe O'nlyin Englii;h and Spani::;h. She hoped to be .ahle to help people make a successful tmnsition into the diveThe community of Eugene.. She i;aid :;;hewould meet with poTents and drildren and would be avaibbk to med with trww. at their children's sehools to help with parenHeacher conferences" 1:1e. She .<.tbn intended to Grganize actiyitks .at the Slavic Home to keep dlildn::-:n inte:rcst.xl and o(;cu:pkd after schooL Sht;: t;:xperienc<Si..i.firi;t-hand how desperately a liaison WHS needed between wc!al service providGS and the Rl1::;siu1:Hpeaking community, Sht; shared that she had been volunteering her time but it lwd hecorne more dit1kuH given the growt.h in population. In order to develop the p.l\\.,'Tam, the appropriate blll1ding needed w be found. She. stressed that everyone would he welcmn.e in 111,;: Slavic Home and 1:',he hoped it would foster a gre-ater understa:nding be.tween Cl.Jltllre~, M.atvey A, lvasltov, 1956 WmxhonLoop, explained that tht; Slavic Hom.e was ane~v organizatiO'n incorporated i.n April 2005. He underscored that the organization's prirnary need wm:; a location f.x its .MJNrrrES-Eugene City O.:nmcil August 8, 2005 Pa~w 2 Regular Ses::;ion ..................................................----.................. .......~ . ............................... ....... ....-.. ............ ..