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Mr. Poling concurred. He added that he liked the City Manager’s suggestion. He also wanted to take a look <br />at some of the new technologies for metering. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor observed that Mr. Poling’s comment assumed there would still be meters. She added that she <br />had reservations about business owners being allowed to determine the length of time for parking at the <br />parking meters. She opined that while it was good for the business owners to have people downtown, the <br />parking was for the people coming downtown. She asserted that some people were getting tickets before <br />their meter expired at the Saturday Market. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy suggested that the mission statement be revised to include the words “and customers” after <br />“meet the needs of business.” She noted that she had heard from some business owners that parking control <br />offices had told them that they could not plug a meter for a customer. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark verified that business owners had been discouraged from helping customers pay their parking <br />meters. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation for Mr. Petry’s work. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 1:07p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jon Ruiz <br />City Manager <br /> <br />(Recorded by Ruth Atcherson) <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 29, 2008 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br />