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CAT member Pat Johnston informed the board and council that the CAT’s largest disagreement in its dealings with <br />staff was that the CAT was committed to moving forward with the RMP on a consensus model. <br />Ms. Johnston briefly noted, for the benefit of the board and council, the CAT’s expectations of any consultants that <br />might be hired to address the RMP. <br />CAT member Dave Hauser commented that the CAT was a high-functioning group and was taking the job that it had <br />been charged with by the board and council very seriously. He noted that the CAT had been working with City <br />representatives such as Carolyn Weiss and Tom Larson to gather input on the millrace and local transportation <br />issues. He added that the CAT was becoming fully equipped to provide thoughtful suggestions and background <br />information to EWEB and the City of Eugene. <br />Ms. Johnston noted that the CAT had also been collaborating with University of Oregon students and faculty to <br />determine the best course of action regarding the RMP. She added that collaborations with, and solicitations for, <br />input from members of the community would be initiated once the CAT had chosen its consultants. <br />Mr. Oberle distributed a copy of the RFQ schedule, noting that public hearings regarding the RMP would be <br />scheduled once the CAT had hired consultants to help them design the public input process. <br />Ms. Piercy noted that, on advice from City Attorney Glen Klein, both the board and the council would be somewhat <br />limited as to how detailed a discussion they could conduct regarding the RMP as any such discussion would most <br />likely involve future land use issues and concerns. Mr. Klein added that the council, the board and the CAT <br />members were welcome to discuss the process of the RMP but that they should not discuss any matters of specific <br />substance. <br />Mr. Klein, responding to a question from Mr. Clark, commented that a discussion of substance would involve any <br />specific references to what the RMP would actually look like. He noted that such substantive discussions would <br />most likely affect any Metro Plan amendment that might come before the council and, as such, would not be <br />appropriate for the joint work session between the City and EWEB. <br />Mr. Clark thanked the EWEB Board, staff and the CAT members for their efforts regarding the RMP. <br />Mr. Clark asked for an update on EWEB’s long-term plans for its current administration building with respect to its <br />new Roosevelt Operations Center currently under construction. EWEB General Manager Randy Berggren responded <br />that there was still no specific schedule for moving EWEB’s administrative operations from its current location. Mr. <br />Berggren added that it was currently uncertain how EWEB’s present headquarters might be retrofitted once <br />construction of the Roosevelt Operations Center had been completed. He added that EWEB was beginning the <br />process of working with its consultant partners to determine the best way to proceed regarding the current <br />administration facility. <br />Mr. Clark noted that he had at one time suggested that the current EWEB building be retrofitted into a new city hall <br />facility for the City of Eugene, but that there had not been a great deal of support for the idea from the rest of the <br />council. He asked if EWEB might have any interest in continuing a discussion along those lines. Mr. Berggren felt it <br />would be inappropriate for him to comment directly on any positions EWEB might have regarding turning the <br />building into a new city hall, but noted that the EWEB board would most likely be willing to continue the discussion. <br />Mr. Simpson commented that the RMP and the inter-agency collaboration between EWEB and the City represented a <br />unique opportunity for cultural and economic growth in the community. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 19, 2008 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />