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Mr. Kelly announced that at its October meeting, the Region 2050 effort completed its outreach around the Central County Area and the Region 2050 Policy Board and staff would craft a draft of preferred strategies for the region between now and the year 2050. He explained that the draft would be reviewed by each city twice, once prior to the adoption by the Region 2050 Policy Board, and again following presumed adoption in the form of a resolution or intergovernmental agreement. Mr. Kelly added that the Region 2050 meeting to be held on November 16 would include a presentation on legal parameters by Lane Shetterly, the Director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Ms. Taylor announced that the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority changed its name to the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, and that the agency was currently crafting goals and a vision statement. Ms. Taylor spoke to the visitors from Eugene’s sister city of Irkutsk and thanked them for allowing time in their busy schedule to attend the session. She voiced hope that a delegation from Eugene would be able to visit Irkutsk next summer. In conclusion, Ms. Taylor announced that the recent League of Oregon Cities convention was one of the best in recent memory, with an excellent session devoted to the arts. Mr. Papé echoed Ms. Taylor’s comments regarding the League of Oregon Cities convention and said an excellent resource, Dr. Bill Grace, discussed leadership ethics. He then cautioned that the council needed to pay special attention to 1) attempts to usurp the council’s authority with regard to the telecommunications franchise area; and 2) the State administrative rule around water rights, which would be somewhat complicated. He stressed that the issue around “no impact to the rivers” would be a dilemma. Turning to the subject of Ward 5, Mr. Papé thanked Mayor Piercy for holding a “one on one” meeting in that area which was very much appreciated by his constituents. Mr. Papé reported that a fence would be constructed on Holly Street and asked the City Manager to advise if a permit for that construction will be necessary. City Manager Dennis Taylor announced that he was elected to the Oregon City/County Management Association Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Papé, moved to accept the recommendation of the Eugene Police Commission to proceed with the next steps of the Civilian Oversight Model as set forth in its memo to the City Council on November 14, 2005: To conduct research from other communities with police auditors and based on a compilation of that data, present 1) elements to be considered in a job description for the police auditor position that were tailored to the responsibilities as proposed in the Police Commission’s proposal; and 2) a recommendation for a set of characteristics and qualifications to be considered for the police auditor position. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 14, 2005 Page 2 Work Session