CC Minutes - 09/08/08 Work Session

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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room – City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon September 8, 2008 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, George Poling, Mike Clark, Jennifer Solomon, Bonny Bettman (via telephone), Alan Zelenka (via tele- phone). Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order A. Committee Reports and Items of Interest from Mayor, City Council and City Manager Ms. Piercy announced the openings of the Mayor’s Art Show and the Teen Art Show. She said the Eugene Celebration would be September 12-14. She said she and Ms. Ortiz met with business owners regarding the problem of metal theft. She said that Columbus, Ohio had developed ordinances to address metal theft and hoped Eugene could do something similar. Ms. Ortiz said she had attended farewell parties for former City employees Angel Jones and Chris Beamud. She attended neighborhood meetings in River Road/Santa Clara and downtown. She reminded the public that the recruitment of citizens for boards and commissions was still open and encouraged people from wards 6, 7 and 8 to apply. Mr. Clark echoed Ms. Ortiz’s comments regarding boards and commissions and encouraged people from Ward 5 to apply. He attended the Human Rights Commission picnic and various neighborhood meetings. He also attended the Lane Workforce Partnership lunch and the grand opening of Kendall Toyota’s new sustainable facility. He said they were hoping for a gold LEED certification or possibly platinum. He asked the City Manager to provide a written response to his question about who had authorized advertising to fill the deputy police auditor position. Ms. Taylor attended Crest Drive and Southeast neighborhood gatherings. She also attended a meeting regarding field burning. She said a universal number where people could call with concerns was needed, particularly on weekends and evenings. She asked if people who had been convicted of some type of vandalism could be sentenced to a certain number of hours of cleaning downtown streets and sidewalks. Mr. Poling congratulated the City on completion of Willakenzie Park. He said the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) had considered a list of legislative concepts submitted by the League of Oregon Cities. He said the CCIGR identified four concepts as priorities for the City, one of those being measures to address metal theft. Mr. Pryor reviewed the number of openings on various boards and commissions. He encouraged people to apply. He assisted with patching potholes and emphasized that in addition to the bond measure to help with street repairs, the City was already actively spending almost $10 million annually on streets.