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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon January 12, 2009 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. ACTION: Election of City Council Officers for 2009 Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to elect Councilor Zelenka as Pre- sident of the City Council for 2009. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. (Councilor Solomon had not yet arrived.) Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to elect Councilor Clark as Vice President of the City Council for 2009. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Councilor Solomon arrived at 7:31 p.m. 2. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. th Deb Frisch , 3003 West 11 Avenue, recalled 2008. She believed that she should take “partial credit” for the departures of the former police chief and former police auditor. She felt that money for the arena was tantamount to embezzlement. She was pleased to see that the conditional use permit for the planned University of Oregon basketball arena would be appealed. She related her belief that convicted murderer, Diane Downs, had been wrongfully convicted and incarcerated. She added that she was pleased that the City’s former Internal Affairs officer had left the City to work for the University. She called for the resignation of the current Acting in Capacity (AIC) Police Chief, Pete Kerns. She was dismayed at how the bomb threats made to local private schools had been handled. Zachary Vishanoff , Ward 3, averred that Councilor Zelenka and University President, David Frohnmayer, had gotten the arena “stuck in the mud.” He said he had brought homework for the council. He explained that a committee had previously gone through an enormous amount of work and had held a public hearing. He thought the new Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee (PAORC) should review it. He had felt stonewalled by the former committee. He suggested that the City Manager’s Office provide a binder containing all of this information so that members of the public could peruse it. He believed that the Fairmount Node, which he described as a project that was supposed to happen with the University, the City, and the University Foundation “in collusion with each other,” would not work out. He said he would send MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 12, 2009 Page 1 Regular Meeting