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governments. He asserted that such transit projects were good for businesses; they enhanced businesses along the <br />route. He further asserted that Portland’s experience was a great example of that. Mayor Piercy agreed. <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said the decision facing the community was a 30-40 year decision, not a decision for tomorrow, and <br />the community needed to consider greenhouse gases and the impact transit could have in reducing greenhouse <br />gases, which he maintained was significant. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said it was not enough to provide alternatives, but those alternatives needed to be convenient and <br />easy for people to use. He believed that EmX was successful for those reasons and would be successful in West <br />Eugene for the same reasons. <br /> <br />Mr. Eyster acknowledged the City’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gases, congestion, and reliance on fossil <br />fuels, and said EmX realized those goals and moved people cost-effectively while promoting businesses along the <br />way. <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br /> Civilian Review Board Annual Report Presentation <br /> <br />The council was joined by Police Auditor Mark Gissiner and Civilian Review Board Chair Kate Wilkinson. <br />Civilian Review Board members Steve McIntyre, Bernadette Conover, and Eric Van Houten were also present. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation for the remarks of the Civilian Review Board (CRB) regarding the work of <br />the Police Auditor, and said those comments made her feel like the City was making progress. She noted the <br />CRB’s request for a review of the ordinance that governed its operations. <br /> <br />Ms. Wilkinson highlighted the recommendations in the Civilian Review Board’s report, beginning on page 3 of <br />the Agenda Item Summary. <br /> <br /> <br /> Community impact case designations—now only the auditor could classify a case as community impact <br />case, which impacted how the board could handle a case; many members of the public had suggested that <br />the board should have a role in that decision or make the decision. Ms. Wilkinson acknowledged there <br />was no consensus on the board in regard to the issue. <br /> <br /> Information/disclosure—the board wanted to provide as much information as possible to the public, but <br />members of the public complained about not being able to see things such as the Internal Affairs report. <br />Ms. Wilkinson acknowledged the constraints of State law. <br /> <br /> CRB authority to order cases reopened—a CRB majority had voted to order the City to reopen an <br />investigation, which led to a legal opinion from the City Attorney that the board lacked that authority. <br />The ordinance allows the CRB to reopen community impact cases but was silent in regard to closed <br />cases. <br /> <br /> Exception of good cause exception to six-month filing deadline—the ordinance allowed the auditor to <br />make an exception without providing a definition of “good cause.” The CRB believed such a definition <br />was needed. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy left the meeting and turned the gavel over to Mr. Clark. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark expressed appreciation for the work of the CRB and noted that he and Ms. Taylor had the opportunity <br />to discuss such issues with Mr. Gissiner frequently. He noted the CRB report was prepared by the chair and vice <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council April 14, 2010 Page 5 <br />