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ATTACHMENT D M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room – City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon March 10, 2010 12:00 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor, George Poling, Jennifer Solomon Mayor Piercy called the work session meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 12:00 p.m. WORK SESSION – COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, A. CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Ms. Piercy noted that Susan Muir was leaving her position with the organization for a position with the City of Mt. Angel. Ms. Piercy thanked Ms. Muir for her many years of service to the City of Eugene. Ms. Piercy noted that the recent United Front Partners trip had been very successful and had also been attended by representatives from Lane County, the City of Springfield and several other local agencies. She noted that there had been a number of productive discussions particularly with respect to local transit issues. Ms. Piercy noted that the City had hosted a high speed rail summit on March 9, and thanked Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson and LTD Board member Greg Evans for their efforts to organize that event. Ms. Piercy reported she had participated in a press conference earlier that morning regarding the U.S. Census and had urged members of the community to complete their census forms. Ms. Piercy noted that the federal census data was important to the federal funding process for various education, transportation and health care areas. Ms. Taylor noted that she had attended the high speed rail summit and commended the work of Program Coordinator Jessica Mumme who had also helped organize the event. Ms. Taylor further suggested that community members join the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) and that they also purchase personal automobile license plates since such revenues from those sales helped to fund high speed rail services. Ms. Taylor corrected earlier comments she had made regarding the Tigard-Tualatin School District. She commented that some community members were unhappy with the current repairs along Crest Drive and had requested a redesign of the remaining work. Ms. Taylor noted she had attended the recent Lane Workforce Partnership Board meeting and noted that they had been doing excellent work to increase employment opportunities in the area. Ms. Ortiz noted she had recently spoken twice at Lane Community College's volunteerism class. She commented on recent efforts to sign up children for the Oregon Health Plan. MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 10, 2010 Page 1 Work Session