Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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department by some of the people in our community, it was about safety for the police department in general. He thanked everyone for coming and speaking. Councilor Clark also thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. He related that he accompanied Mr. Brown on the annual River Cleanup, which was sponsored by REI. He said much debris was left behind on the river banks by illegal campers. He remarked that in the previous year they had “only found five latrines” next to the water. He underscored that the community had extensive discussions about water quality issues and some of the things the City wanted to support as regulatory matters that would affect properties all across the community. He had brought this up before and wanted to reiterate that the City had a problem regarding what it was willing to allow next to the river, while the rest of the population was dealing with other problems that were not effectively addressing the homeless camping along the river. He wanted the City to address this in the budgeting process. He thought the St. Vincent DePaul program could be expanded. He wanted more than just a memorandum as he believed this to be a much more dramatic issue and felt the City could do a better job of protecting its river. Mayor Piercy recalled that Acting in Capacity (AIC) Facilities Division Manager Mike Penwell, had indicated that the seismic upgrade would cost $3 million. Ms. Medary clarified that Mr. Penwell had said it would be difficult to just spend $3 million, though this was the actual line item cost of doing a seismic retrofit on City Hall. She said the facility would be facing “some big ticket items” in addition to the retrofit. She noted that the last estimate for the entire costs had been $50 million and the estimate made in 2001 had been $20 million. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes - November 17, 2008, Work Session - November 26, 2008, Work Session - November 26, 2008, Executive Session - December 10, 2008, Work Session - January 12, 2009, Work Session - January 12, 2009, City Council Meeting - January 13, 2009, Joint Elected Officials Meeting - January 14, 2009, Executive Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Actions of December 3, 2008, and January 13, 2009 Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to approve the items on the Con- sent Calendar. Roll call vote; the motion to approve the Consent Calendar passed unanim- ously, 8:0. MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 9, 2009 Page 4 Regular Meeting