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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 May 26, 2009 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. Carol Berg-Caldwell , 2510 Augusta Street, expressed appreciation for the organizers of the Taser Town Hall. She also appreciated that councilors Brown and Ortiz had attended. She thought it had been a “great evening.” She was glad that Councilor Ortiz had undertaken “some outreach” to “groups who might want to continue the conversation” in the community. She reported that the people who attended the meeting had continued for a half- hour after the town hall’s scheduled end. She believed there would be more town halls like the one held on tasers. She had been especially touched by the testimony provided by Jeff Salisbury, father of a young man who had been shot in front of his home by a Eugene police officer who had responded to a call for help there. She thanked those who had attended. Eugene Drix , Ward 3, said he was there to inspire everyone. He read a short poem he had written about Eugene. He said he was there to give Eugene a brand. He related that he had been to England for two weeks. He averred that the people in the village he had visited were “pretty much like us.” He stated that he lived in the West University Neighborhood. He had spoken with some of the homeless people who lived in that area, who he called No-Adds because they had no addresses. He related that homeless people were worried about crime. He believed the community was in a “mess of need.” He reiterated that there were two holes downtown and said he would like to fill a hole with art. He added that the way to give homeless people integrity would be to provide them with bathrooms. He closed by declaring his love for Eugene. Kathryn Schmieding , 823 Crest Drive, Ward 2, stated that she had lived on Crest Drive for 61 years. She had been heartened to hear that it would be repaired, but she was greatly concerned over the method of assessment. She said as a senior on a limited income, it would be difficult to come up with the amount she was going to be assessed. She believed the cost should be divided up among all of the people who use the street, including those who reside on the cul de sacs that can only access their houses from Crest Drive. Jozef Siekiel-Zdzienicki , 1025 Taylor Street, Ward 1, asked if anyone knew who they should talk to th regarding the proposed West 11 Avenue corridor for the EmX. He wondered if the councilors knew how many times City staff had met with the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), the Lane Council of Government (LCOG) Metro Waterways Study Group and the Lane Transit District (LTD) regarding the possible enhancement and “reconfiguration” of Amazon Creek. He declared that it would take more than 60 days to “digest” the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project when it came out in January, unless a person was already knowledgeable about the subject. He recalled that an LTD representative had spoken MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 26, 2009 Page 1 Regular Meeting