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