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<br />ATTACHMENT D <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 15, 2010 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, <br />George Poling, Chris Pryor, George Brown. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND MEETING OF THE EUGENE URBAN RENEWAL <br />AGENCY <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the September 15, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br /> Recovery Zone Bonds and Downtown Site <br /> <br />City Manager Ruiz introduced the item, terming the proposal before the council a next step in revitalizing <br />Eugene’s downtown. Urban Services Manager Denny Braud of the Planning and Development Department <br />(PDD) and Finance Director Sue Cutsogeorge of the Central Services Department were lead staff for the <br />item. Mr. Braud introduced Rob Bennett Sr., Sara Bennett, and Rob Bennett, Jr. of Bennett Management <br />Company, Gene Swann of Wells Fargo Bank, Kevin Sauser and Esther Anunciado of Ankrom Moisan <br />Associated Architects. Interim PDD Director Scott Luell and Mike Sullivan and Nan Laurence of the <br />Planning and Development Department were also present. <br /> <br />Mr. Braud provided a PowerPoint presentation on the project details and the requested City Council and <br />Urban Renewal Agency (URA) actions. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy termed the vision an exciting one for moving downtown forward and stressed the importance <br />of downtown partnerships to revitalization and job creation. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy solicited council comments and questions. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark thanked staff for its work on the proposal. He suggested the purpose of a recovery zone bond <br />was to improve a blighted area. Mr. Braud indicated the community had latitude in how it defined economic <br />hardship as the bond was an economic stimulus tool. The findings accompanying the resolution made <br />reference to high unemployment and increased foreclosures. He confirmed, in response to a follow-up <br />question from Mr. Clark, that the boundaries of the recovery zone were acceptable to the federal government <br />and provided additional flexibility to the City. He added that most jurisdictions took a similar approach; he <br />cited Lane County as an example, saying it designated a recovery zone that encompassed the entire county. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 15, 2010 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />