Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room – City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon November 24, 2008 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Bonny Bettman, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Betty Taylor. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. A. Committee Reports and Items of Interest from Mayor, City Council and City Manager Ms. Piercy called the work session meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. Ms. Piercy thanked the Lane Community College Culinary School as well as the other participants in the upcoming Whiteaker Community Thanksgiving Dinner event. Ms. Piercy noted that the City had recently welcomed a visiting delegation of Japanese educators and students to Kelly Middle School and the Eugene City Hall. Ms. Piercy congratulated the 400 area students and youth leaders for their efforts at the recent Hope in Action conference held at the First Christian Church which was conducted to provide students and youth leaders the opportunity to discuss and develop sustainability initiatives in the community. Ms. Piercy noted the upcoming Mayor’s One-on-One event at the Friendly Street Market on November 25, 2008. She noted a welcoming dinner for the delegation from Eugene’s sister city Kakegawa, Japan to be held on November 25, 2008 and invited the council members to attend. th Ms. Piercy reported that the Eugene Youth Symphony would be celebrating its 75 anniversary on November 25, 2008, and offered her congratulations. She noted she had received a notice that the Oregon Housing & Community Services State Housing Council had approved funding for three affordable housing projects in Eugene. Ms. Solomon commented that the committees overseeing the Elmira and Maple Street improvement projects would be holding discussion meetings on December 2 and 16, at the Fairfield Baptist Church. She encouraged council members interested in the status of the projects to attend. Ms. Ortiz noted she had recently attended a conference on disproportionate minority contact involving several programs from all over the State. She noted that Lane County had not been represented at the event and that she would be contacting the Lane County Board of Commissioners to gather statistical information regarding disproportionate minority contact in the community. Ms. Solomon commented she had attended a meeting of the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) on November 21, and further noted that Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken had sent a letter to the Lane County Board of Commissioners indicating Springfield’s intention to withdraw from LRAPA. Ms. Solomon commented that she had MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 24, 2008 Page 1 Work Session