Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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MINUTES ATTACHMENT A Eugene City Council \Vork Session l\.tcNutt Room----Eugene en.y Hall September J 2. 2005 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Donny Bettman, Da\id Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pape, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the September 12. 2005, work ses~,i~m of the Eugene City Coundl to order. A., COMMITTEE REPORTS AND lTEi\lS OF INTEREST FROMMA V'Of{. CITY COUNCIl.,. AND CITY MANAGER tAaynr Piercy expressed appreciation for the oppnrtunity to attend the "privilege" training in which the ~~ouncd recentiy participated. 1\113yor Piercy expressed appreciation for City empl()yecs' response to the victims of 11urricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast area. She said many community members were inVOlved ''liJh assisting the victims in what "vas becoming an eH<:.;rmous humanitarian dlixL Mayor Piercy said she attended the opening of the Mayor"s Art Show on Sepk1'nber ') and had selected as the Mayor's Choice a picce of art that represented new beginnings and lots ofposslbiJities ahead. She enc~)uraged the council tovievv her selection at the show, Ms, Solomon had no items. Ms. Taylor said she attended the Southeast Neighbors picnic the previous day aswell as the t<Jhor union picnic on Labor Day, both of \vhich she enjoyed, She said the labor union picnic rcmmded her of the need for the council to \'lurk on a Jiving wage ordinance. She noted her attendance at a Cuthbert .Amphitheater event following the neighborhood picnic, and Said the music and the weather were both good. She was accol:opanied hy two 1J-year Old h)ys who enjoyed the event as much as the adults in attendance. Ms. Taylor regretted that the (:ity was charging $5 for parking at the amphitheater. Ms. Taylor said on Septenlher 25 she \I/Otl1d attend thc last meeting of the National Le<1gue of Cities task fnrce on the No Child Len Behind Act, <Jt \vhich members ,vould be finalizing their recommendations for lobbying when the act comcs up f()f renewal. She inVited those with ideas about needed changes to the act to contact her. !vk Kelly reported on the .most recent meeting of the Lane County 'fask Force nn Public Safety. on which he and Mayor Piercy served. He said that the County and municipal representatives re<Jchcd consensus about the desirability of a mix of services to cover the Shorti:1Hs in a varidy of areas. Th()sc present agn:,cd a reasonable Jlrst step was to attempt to achieve half nfthe needed fundlng, which was estimated to be $38 million annu<JlJy.Represelltatives also reached consensus that a property tax was not the desired funding mechanism. Although the recent meeting was intended to he the task force's last. one morc meeting would occur on September 2;;) to discuss what sort of funding mechanlsm would be w,ed. Those MINUTES-Eugene City Council \Vork Session Septemher 12, 2005 Page 1