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Mayor Piercy closed the Public Forum. She expressed her appreciation for the time people took to come and testify. She said while she did not know how much they would agree or disagree; she appreciated Mr. Siekel-Zdzienicki and Ms. Hutson’s input and their concern for their community. She related that the former Police Auditor had provided information to her regarding the taser cams. She hoped the City would consider purchasing them. Councilor Taylor thanked everyone for coming and providing testimony. She recalled that she had been saying that the street assessment policy was not fair for years. She opined that if the City “did it to everyone at once, there would be a revolution.” She believed that the loans from the City should be no- interest. She supported allowing people to wait to pay when the property changed hands and assessing people in the cul de sacs. Councilor Clark echoed appreciation for the people who spoke before the council. He agreed that in the best world there would be a great chain of evidence in both video and audio in those cases where a taser was deployed. He noted that he and the other Police Commissioners had spoken of this. He said the challenge of putting the cam on the taser was that it was only activated when the taser was pointed at the person; the lead-up to that point was missed, which sometimes provided some pretty important information. He agreed that having a better video record would be an improvement, but thought they needed to find a different way of capturing it. He hoped the Police Chief, and staff, were working on ways that could be done. Councilor Clark asked Mr. Schoening to remind him of the number of miles of improved roads versus unimproved roads there were in Eugene. He noted that he had voted ‘no’ on the Elmira Road project. Mr. Schoening responded that Eugene had approximately 500 miles of roads, 50 of which were unimproved. Councilor Clark surmised that 10 percent of the roads were subject to the assessment model, if the neighbors decided to improve them, but 450 miles of the roads had already been paid for by the homeowners. Mr. Schoening affirmed that the homeowners had either paid through assessments or in the purchase price of their homes. Councilor Clark said he would love to hear from the residents what would be fair to the people who had already paid the higher price of their home to live on an improved street. He also wondered if any studies had been conducted on whether home values had changed on an improved road. Mr. Schoening responded that such a study had not been conducted. Councilor Clark said he would also favor paying for the assessments upon the sale of a property, but this would mean the City would have to establish a fund to find the money in order to do so. 2. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes - April 8, 2009, Work Session - April 8, 2009, Executive Session - April 13, 2009, Work Session - April 15, 2009, Work Session - April 20, 2009, Public Hearing B. Approval to Tentative Working Agenda C. Appointment of Lane Workforce Partnership Board D. Approval of Community Development Block Grant Recovery Funds Allocation E. Adoption of Resolution 4978 Approving a Multiple-Unit Property Tax Exemption for th Residential Property Located at 362 East 12 Avenue, Eugene, Oregon (Midtown Terrace LLC, Applicant) F. Ratification of Intergovernmental Relations Committee Minutes of April 15, 2009, April 22, 2009, and April 29, 2009 MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 26, 2009 Page 4 Regular Meeting