Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Speaking to Ms. Bayliss’ comments, Mayor Piercy said she was not completely apprised of all the facts but wished to acknowledge that Ms. Bayliss had spent considerable time trying to make the council aware of the issues involved in her situation. Councilor Ortiz asked City Manager Ruiz to discuss how the lack of parking revenues downtown would affect the downtown public safety strategy, and also asked the status of the second CAHOOTs van. City Manager Ruiz said in regard Councilor Ortiz’ first question, the Urban Renewal District had $20 million to pay off the parking garage debt, which would free the debt service for the garage to pay for police officers. The removal of the parking meters had no impact on the strategy. Speaking to Councilor Ortiz’ second question, Councilor Zelenka reported that Chief Kerns had indicated to him earlier that the second CAHOOTS van would be ready and in use by January 2011. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approval of City Council Minutes - June 7, 2010, Joint Meeting of the City Council and Eugene Water & Electric Board - June 9, 2010, Work Session B. Approval of Tentative Working Agenda C. Resolution Annexing Land to City of Eugene (Eugene Airport) D. Resolution Granting 20-Year Property Tax Exemption for Lamb Building Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Councilor Brown pulled item C. Councilor Ortiz pulled item D. Roll call vote: The motion to approve the Consent Calendar without items C and D passed unanimously, 8:0. Referring to Item C, Councilor Brown clarified the details of the stormwater discharge with Planner Steve Ochs. Councilor Clark asked if the annexation request contained unimproved roads. Mr. Ochs said no. Roll call vote: The motion to approve Item C passed unanimously, 8:0. Referring to Item D, Councilor Ortiz requested more detail about the project in question. Becky Wheeler of the Planning and Development Department described the project and said the grand opening for the Lane Building was November 8. All were invited to attend. Councilor Zelenka did not generally vote in favor of property tax exemptions because he thought they were generally unnecessary but the program in question would not have been built otherwise without the exemption, and it was the type of housing the City needed to encourage to overcome some of the constraints the community had in regard to land supply. He applauded the proposal. Mayor Piercy observed that the project was one of the things the City did to prevent people from becoming homeless. Roll call vote: The motion to approve Item D passed unanimously, 8:0. MINUTES—City Council October 11, 2010 Page 5 Regular Meeting