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and tried to follow the movements of the instructors. She felt she gained sisters and a home-away-from- home during the trip and thanked the Mayor and council for the opportunity, which she highly recommended to other students. Calista Pegeder , Eugene, described her experiences in Seoul and said many people either walked or took the subway, which was always packed. She said one of the first activities in Jinju was tae kwon do lessons from an instructor who was training to become a master. She had a wonderful time and it was an once-in-a- lifetime experience for which she was grateful. Ari Hirschstein , Crest Drive, Eugene, said he was amazed at how modern Korea was as his previous travel experience had been in third world countries. He described his visit to one of the largest shopping malls in Korea, which contained skating rinks and a theme park. He said a presentation during the visit to Jinju stressed the importance of technology and interest in being known and having influence at the international level. He visited a museum with many beautiful objects and ancient artifacts. He thanked the Mayor and the council for making the experience possible. th Dennis Gabrielson , South 10 Street, Creswell, said he was a City employee and member of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees). He spoke about the hostile work environment being created by mandatory furloughs. He asked if the council was aware of who City employees were out in the field. He said the combined years of service by employees who had been there five years or more totaled more than 7,000. He said the council did not see grievances, but the union was filing them. He felt the labor contract should be followed and as long as it was not he intended to file grievances. th Paul Conte , Ward 1, West 10 Avenue, Eugene, thanked the council for its action at the earlier work session. He was pleased with the invitation to members of the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) to the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA) process to provide input. Regarding the question about indeterminate designations, he would provide materials from the ECLA team that addressed the issue. He said that concerns about land deficiencies were not new and had been raised in fall 2008 when the process began. He said the planning director had assured the council there were experts on the ECLA team, but he questioned that expertise when redevelopment data was off by 200 dwelling units out of 722 on which the analysis was based. He said accurate data was easily obtained through building permits. Fred Hamlin , Eugene, expressed his admiration for the group of students who spoke. He spoke to the new program Eugene Counts and was encouraged with new revitalization efforts for the downtown area. He urged the council to return to the basics and clean up the downtown area first if the program was going to succeed. Laurie Rowe , Ward 4, Eugene, spoke to the agenda item related to approval of an affordable housing project on the Willakenzie site. She expressed concern that the zoning was residential - R-1, and calculated that would allow 42 units on the site; the proposal before the council was for 56 units. She felt that was too many units for the site and subsidies should make fewer units financially feasible. She said the City had indicated a desire to have “eyes on the park” as an element of a project on the site, but the proposal selected had fewer “eyes on the park” than the competing proposal, which also had fewer units. She questioned how an affordable housing project could place many more units on an acre than it was zoned for. Zachary Vishanoff , Ward 3, Eugene, thanked Councilor Taylor for supporting his suggestion that Planning Commission meetings be moved to the Library and broadcast. He had not received any responses from the Planning Commission about why the meetings should not be broadcast. He said during the commission’s MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 28, 2009 Page 2