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occupants in the building, such as the Saturday Market. He noted that the Market was interested in forming a <br />coalition with NCS in order to move into the building. He thought they would be able to pay for improvements and <br />they would provide a long-term presence there. He stated that the location would allow their students easy access to <br />all of the satellite campuses because students used Lane Transit District (LTD) buses and the bicycle paths for <br />transportation. <br /> <br />Joyce Holmes Benjamin <br />, 1375 Olive Street, Apt. 502, stated that she was an attorney. She noted that she lived at <br />the Tate Building and was one of the developers along with Jean Tate. She was very interested in the NCS because <br />she was interested in education. She related that she had spent 22 years of her life on different boards of education, <br />including the State Board of Education, and she had spent 11 years working for the Department of Education in <br />Salem. She had sat in on NCS classes and thought they were doing an excellent job with the children. She <br />understood the school needed a home and believed the Pearl Street building was a good fit and would solve the <br />problem the City had in needing to make good use of the building. She said they had submitted a proposal to the City <br />Manager. She urged the council to commit to an interest in the proposal. <br /> <br />th <br />Sally Snyder <br />, 1134 West 8 Avenue, stated that she was a child and family therapist and her daughter was a senior <br />at NCS. She related that her daughter had started at South Eugene High School and it had not worked for her, but <br />the NCS had been “a great fit.” She said her daughter had flourished there and would graduate after the current <br />semester and begin classes at LCC in the spring. She urged the council to help the NCS remain downtown. She <br />related that in addition to access to transit and the bicycle path, being in the downtown area provided easy access to <br />the library and to art galleries. She added that parents also spent more time downtown because of having to transport <br />their children. She echoed the sentiment that the NCS would be a good match for the building. <br /> <br />Pauline Hutson <br />, 1025 Taylor Street, accused Councilor Pryor of making remarks at a work session on August 12 <br />that she perceived to discredit Residents for Responsible Rapid Transit (3RT). She quoted Councilor Pryor as <br />having said that some people were spreading “misinformation and scary stories” about the proposed west Eugene <br />EmX corridor project. She had taken umbrage at this remark. She averred that 3RT did not lie or make up stories <br />and anyone was welcome to go through their files. She asserted that the councilor had been “lying and making up <br />stories.” She found this to be unpleasant and upsetting and asked that it stop. <br /> <br />Herschel Henderly <br />, 1493 Queens Way, spoke in support of keeping the NCS in the downtown area. He asserted <br />that the NCS was important to the school system. He related the story of his son, who had difficulty focusing in <br />class and distracted other students. His son had transferred to NCS and he lauded the benefits it had provided for <br />him. He averred that the NCS teachers did a great job of handling a diverse group of young people. He stated that <br />his son had graduated the previous spring. He felt that the NCS provided a safety valve for the school districts <br />because kids who were disruptive in class caused no one to learn. <br /> <br />Lisa Anderson <br />, 1230 Arthur Street, said a neighbor had told her about the draft plan to put a bus line through her <br />neighborhood. She had spoken with her neighbors and none of them had heard about it. She asserted that LTD had <br />not notified anyone in her neighborhood. She had attended an LTD meeting to ask about a specific section of the <br />draft proposal for a route along the Amazon Canal and LTD staff did not know anything. She related that staff had <br />informed her that they would hold a meeting with the neighborhood in September and she was displeased that they <br />had not done so yet. She had asked staff repeatedly when the plan would be ready to present in a meeting and no one <br />every seemed to know. She was concerned that they would run a bus down a section of the bicycle path which she <br />believed would be costly to the taxpayers, harmful to wildlife, would require eminent domain, would take out low- <br />income housing, and would disrupt a peaceful neighborhood. <br /> <br />Darren Reiley <br />, 129-A North Polk Street, Executive Director of Peace Village, stated that he had worked as an <br />educator for 12 years. He had been working with Peace Village for eight years. He explained that Peace Village <br />offered non-violence education through summer camps and for the past five years Peace Village had contracted with <br />the Churchill Alternative High School and NCS to offer non-violence training to teenagers. He averred that they did <br />“good work” and offered young people non-violent alternatives to resolving their conflicts. He related that they had <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 14, 2009 Page 2 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />
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