Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT C M I N U T E S City Council McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon August 9, 2010 5:00 p.m. PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, George Brown, members. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the August 9, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Piercy reported on the Whiteaker neighborhood block party held on August 7, saying it was an amazing event. Several thousand people attended. All the venues had been busy and many activities were held for both children and adults. Later that same evening she had also attended the 2010 Valley Brews and Blues Festival at Island Park sponsored by Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity to celebrate the organization’s completion of 43 houses in the Eugene-Springfield area. Mayor Piercy thanked Eugene Police Sergeant Lisa Barrong and the Volunteers in Policing organization for their work coordinating the local events associated with the National Night Out event. Councilors got to visit lots of parks and meet with residents. Mayor Piercy said the event clearly demonstrated that there were children in Eugene’s neighborhoods. Mayor Piercy reported that she had also attended Mobility International’s “Wild Women” dinner, put on by the organization’s Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), to welcome the women who were visiting from around the world to participate in leadership training. She observed that she had spoken to someone at the Whiteaker block party who came to Eugene from North Carolina because of Eugene’s reputation for access to recreation. Mayor Piercy said that an Envision Eugene meeting was scheduled the next day. She invited all residents to participate. Mayor Piercy noted that the council recess started on August 11, and the council would reconvene on September 8. Mayor Piercy thanked Cottage Grove Mayor Gary Williams for hosting the recent Oregon Mayor’s Conference held in that community, and commended the conference as fun and well-organized. Mr. Clark also thanked Sergeant Barrong and the Volunteers in Policing organization. He said they did a fantastic job with the event. He said the event was a fun and positive experience and he believed the police enjoyed the opportunity to visit different neighborhoods to discuss crime prevention. Mr. Clark said he attended the council’s August 6 Center Court development tour to view progress on the project. MINUTES—City Council Work Session August 9, 2010 Page 1