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hawletlAlmi Eugene City Council City Council Chamber —City Hall 777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon April 12, 2010 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Betty Taylor, George Poling, Chris Pryor, Jennifer Solomon. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. CEREMONIAL MATTERS Mayor Piercy announced that the first week of May each year was designated as Public Service Recognition week honoring the men and women who served America as federal, state, county and local government employees. She read a proclamation recognizing the contributions of public service employees and proclaiming May 4 - 10, 2010, as Public Service Recognition week. Ms. Piercy read a statement celebrating National Library Week and recognizing the role that libraries played in the community and the lives of its citizens. She welcomed Jim Olney, executive director of the Eugene Public Library Foundation. Mr. Olney presented a check in the amount of $1 00,000 on behalf of the Eugene Public Library Foundation. He noted that the foundation had raised almost $7 million over the past 25 years to support the Eugene library system. He commended the partnership between the foundation and the City and stressed the foundation's continuing commitment to the vital role of libraries in Eugene. Councilor Ortiz expressed her appreciation for public employees and for the Eugene Public Library Foundation's contribution. 2. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed procedures for providing comments. Bob Richards, Timberline, Eugene, director of Buckley Center, spoke to funding concerns for the center's services. He said two years ago funding for sobering and detoxification services was cut by 40 percent. Those services were critical to public safety and without them the police and other referring agencies would have nowhere to take intoxicated individuals, as the jails would not accept them. He said a funding swap agreement between the City and Lane County restored that funding through June 30, 2010, but if the services were to continue additional revenue to replace that funding would need to be found. He said there were discussions under way regarding inclusion of the services in a serial levy, but that would not be timely because revenue from the levy would not be available until 2011 at the earliest. He was approaching all jurisdictions to alert them to the need for funding after June 30 in order to continue sobering services until more permanent funding could be secured. Loren Sears, Loma Linda, Eugene, expressed his appreciation to the council for their service. He resided in the Crest Drive neighborhood and presented a petition signed by other residents of the neighborhood MINUTES Eugene City Council April 12, 2010 Page 1