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Mr. Brown thanked the members of the WEC for the material in their report and appreciated that certain <br />portions of that report specifically addressed the environmental restoration and protection of local wildlife <br />habitats. <br />th <br />Mr. Brown requested further information regarding the membership of the West 11 Avenue Corridor <br />Committee and asked which agency was responsible for any expansions in the membership of that <br />Committee. Mr. Inerfeld answered that LTD did a certain amount of recruiting for the Corridor Commit- <br />tee, but that they endeavored to keep the membership as balanced as possible between business and <br />community interests. <br />th <br />Mr. Brown maintained that many members of the public felt “shut out” of the West 11 Avenue Corridor <br />Committee process and hoped that the WEC, the Corridor Committee and other similar groups would work <br />to include a broader cross-section of community members. <br />Ms. Piercy commented that the WEC and other groups continually struggled to maintain adequate <br />community representation within their memberships. <br />Mr. Poling hoped that it would be made clear to the public that any funds dedicated to roadway mainten- <br />th <br />ance and improvements along West 5 Avenue would come from existing gas tax revenues and not from <br />any revenues expected to go towards any other project area. <br />th <br />Mr. Poling, responding to Mr. Brown’s earlier comments regarding the membership of the West 11 <br />Avenue Corridor Committee, noted that he had recently spoken with LTD Director of Development <br />Services Tom Schwetz who had assured him that LTD was actively working to balance the membership of <br />the Corridor Committee between members of the business community and representatives from local <br />neighborhoods. <br />Mr. Pryor believed that LTD was typically very open to input from the community with respect to how <br />certain public policies might be structured better. He did not anticipate any resistance from LTD with <br />th <br />respect to increasing the number of community or neighborhood representatives on the West 11 Avenue <br />Corridor Committee. <br />Ms. Ortiz agreed that it was very important for a wide variety of local business representatives to provide <br />th <br />input on the West 11 Avenue Corridor Committee and opined that LTD had not worked strongly enough <br />to include more local business leaders. Mr. Inerfeld responded that LTD was continuing its business <br />outreach efforts as well as its efforts to include a greater representation of neighborhood leaders and <br />property owners. <br />Mr. Inerfeld commented that the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) would be meeting in Eugene <br />on September 15 and 16 and noted that a discussion of the WEC recommendations was currently on the <br />agenda for that meeting. He noted that the OTC would be discussing the TIGER grant program during <br />their August meeting. <br />Ms. Piercy commented that the program for the September OTC meeting was expected to be much shorter <br />than their previous meetings. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council August 12, 2009 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />