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Mayor Piercy closed the Public Forum. She thanked all of the supporters of Civic Stadium for coming. She especially <br />wanted to compliment Ms. Doxsee for her testimony. Regarding Mr. Sylvester’s suggestion, she clarified that the City <br />had tried to get an urban hospital in the downtown core, not unlike the examples he cited, but the hospital was not <br />interested in a “vertical hospital,” preferring a campus-style hospital instead. She also thanked Mr. Smith for sharing <br />the statistics regarding food stamp clients. <br /> <br />Councilor Poling supported saving Civic Stadium, but he wanted to emphasize that School District 4J was the owner <br />and would ultimately decide what they would do with it. He encouraged the Save Civic Stadium group to maintain <br />contact with Superintendent Russell. He had liked Mr. Hebert’s comment regarding the future. He said children were <br />the future and they could not shortchange them. He averred that if the school district decided to dispose of the property <br />for something other than Civic Stadium, it was important to remember that they were doing so for the future. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor wished to make it clear that she had given Mr. Vishanoff’s dollar to the Save Civic Stadium <br />representatives. She thought it was very important to try to save the stadium. She declared that school property and <br />City property were all property of the public. She felt they should do what they could to facilitate the best possible use <br />of the property for the public. Councilor Taylor said Mr. Brown was “absolutely right” in his testimony. She added <br />that she also had appreciated Ms. Doxsee’s testimony and the testimony provided by Drix. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark thanked Mr. Papé for his testimony, noting that residents of Ward 5 did not often come to testify <br />before the council. He related that he had received a lot of input regarding the Civic Stadium issue from the residents of <br />Ward 5. He acknowledged that the chances of keeping the Eugene Emeralds at the stadium were slim. He was willing <br />to work at finding a solution as long as it did not cost the City more than it could afford and did not cost the school <br />district an opportunity to get money needed for the district’s operations. <br /> <br />Councilor Solomon asked for a response from the City Manager regarding the double standard in terms of cleaning up <br />illegal camp sites on privately-owned land and on publicly-owned land. <br /> <br />2. CONSENT CALENDAR <br /> <br />A. Approval of City Council Minutes <br /> <br /> - November 19, 2008, Work Session <br /> - December 8, 2008, Work Session <br /> - December 8, 2008, City Council Meeting <br /> - November 12, Work Session <br /> B. Approval to Tentative Working Agenda <br /> C. Approval of Resolution 4963 Annexing Land to the City of Eugene (Koester/Haggard/Carroll [A 08- <br />4]) <br /> D. Approval of Reprogramming of Community Development Block Grant Funds <br /> E. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of January 21, 2009 <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calen- <br />dar. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark pulled Item C. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor pulled Item B. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the motion to pass Items A, D, and E of the Consent Calendar passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor did not see the planned work session on street assessments in the Tentative Agenda. City Manager <br />Jon Ruiz responded that it was scheduled for March 9. <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 26, 2009 Page 4 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />