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<br />ATTACHMENT C <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />City Council <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> September 8, 2010 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Alan Zelenka, Chris Pryor, George Brown. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the September 8, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br /> <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY <br />COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted the recent Eugene Celebration and thanked the councilors who participated in the event <br />and commended the contributions of City staff and DEMI. She expressed relief that the explosion caused by <br />th <br />a fire in an underground utility vault at 11 Avenue and Pearl Street had not occurred while people were <br />present for the Celebration Parade. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy acknowledged the recent celebration of Labor Day and recognized the contributions of <br />organized labor in shortening the work week, stopping child labor, advocating for safe conditions in the <br />work place, and advocating for the right to bargain. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reported that two efforts were underway to preserve the soon-to-be vacated United States Post <br />Office on Willamette Street. The Lane County Historical Museum was interested in the property, and the <br />organization POEM was interested in preserving the building for an art museum. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted a recent newspaper article about the Envision Eugene process. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy noted her receipt of e-mail messages regarding near misses between speeding vehicles, <br />bicycles, and pedestrians. She reported that City of Eugene was recently recognized as the sixth safest city <br />in the country in regard to traffic accidents. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy also reported that she, Ms. Ortiz, and Mr. Clark had met with Oregon Representative Peter <br />DeFazio and Representative James L. Oberstar, Chair of the House Transportation Committee. The <br />congressmen had heard a presentation on the Franklin Boulevard project. She hoped that the needed federal <br />funding for the project would be made available. Mayor Piercy said she would meet later that day with <br />other Lane County mayors regarding the newly formed Area Commission on Transportation in preparation <br />for a presentation to the Oregon Transportation Commission. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 8, 2010 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />