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MINUTES River Avenue Stakeholder Group Wastewater Facility Meeting Room - 410 River Avenue August 30, 2005 7p.m. PRESENT: Paul Hoobyar, Facilitator; Ann Vaughn, Mort Hyman, Santa Clara CommunityOrganiza- tion; Krista Rojas, Teresa Damron, River Road Community Organization; Chuck Meeker, Gordon Howard, Daniel Hill, Paul Spain, Clayton Austin, property owners; Yuri Samer, Eugene Bicycle Coalition; Peter Ruffier, Director Wastewater Division; Michelle Cahill, Mark Schoening, Chris Henry, Eric Jones, Lee Shoemaker, Eugene Public Works De- partment staff and 10 interested parties. ABSENT: Greg Austin, property owner. 1. Agenda Review/Approval Mr. Hoobyar determined the agenda to be approved and reviewed the meeting agreements. He reminded the group of their decision that public participation would be fulfilled by staff taking the report and decisions made by this group out to community organizations for input. Mr. Hoobyar pointed out that draft minutes from the meeting held on August 24 had been distributed to group members and asked members to review the draft for approval at the meeting scheduled for October 5. He noted that the minutes from the present meeting would also be completed and made available for review prior to the October meeting. Mr. Hoobyar noted that October 24 was the correct date of the City Council work session at which the results of the stakeholders' group process would be presented contingent on being able to wrap up the process on October 5. Mr. Hoobyar stated that two copies of the stakeholders' notebooks were available, one each at the Public Works offices on Pearl Street and Broadway Street. He added that it was also posted on the City's Web site. In response to requests, copies were also being provided to the Santa Clara Community Organization (SCCO) and to the River Road Community Organization (RRCO). Mr. Howard wondered if the council work session could be rescheduled for after October 31. Ms. Cahill agreed to look into this. Ms. Rojas recalled that crash statistics were largely from the intersection of River Avenue with River Road. She wondered if it would be possible to bring the intersection into the project. She thought the answer to this was likely negative and asked why this was so. Ms. Cahill replied that the intersection had already been modernized. She related that public comments regarding the intersection had been forwarded to the Traffic Division of the Public Works Department (PWD). She averred that some of the planned improvements to River Avenue would have a positive impact on the intersection. MINUTES-River Avenue Stakeholder Group - Public Works Department August 30, 2005 Page 1