CC Minutes - 04/12/10 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room —City Hall 777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon April 12, 2010 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, George Poling, George Brown, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER Ms. Piercy thanked all who worked to make Project Homeless Connect a success. She said a delegation from Kakegawa, Japan visited recently. She reported on her participation in Arbor Day activities, the Park Foundation dinner, Human Rights Summit and a climate forum. She announced that a ceremony to recognize those who contributed to neighborhoods would be held on April 20, and she would hold a Mayor's one -on -one community conversation on April 27. Ms. Taylor commended the Arbor Day and Parks Foundation event. She reported on her meeting with the Police Auditor and attendance at the National League of Cities (NLC) conference. She said the NLC's concerns included improvements to the No Child Left Behind Act and immigration reform. She also participated in lobbying activities with the League of Oregon Cities. Ms. Solomon expressed her appreciation for the Lane County Prayer Breakfast. She attended a meeting of the Metropolitan wastewater Management Commission and also testified before the Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee about the difficulties residents who lived west of Highway 99 had crossing the railroad tracks and the highway to travel elsewhere in the community. Mr. Brown commented that the Police Commission had completed its Taser policy review and would be forwarding recommendations to the council and the Police Chief. He attended Project Homeless Connect and the Human Rights Summit. He said homelessness was identified as one of the three top concerns in Lane County and hoped that more resources could be devoted to the problem in the future. Mr. Poling attended a Travel Lane County board meeting and would be participating in afund- raising golf tournament to send McCornack Elementary students to Washington D.C. He said the merger of Eugene and Springfield fire departments was discussed at a recent Harlow Neighborhood Association meeting, followed by a presentation from Eugene Water &Electric Board (EVVEB) on the riverfront master planning process. He excused himself from the EWEB portion of the meeting as that issue would come before the council in the future. Mr. Pryor attended the Parks Foundation dinner and was impressed at the extent to which philanthropy was responsible for supporting parks. He toured sites for potential allocation of funds for low- income housing, as well as some recently opened facilities. He said the West Eugene EmX Extension Corridor Committee meetings were well attended and good information was being provided on possible routes. He MINUTES Eugene City Council April 12, 2010 Page 1 Work Session