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<br />ATTACHMENT K <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />City Council <br />Council Chamber—Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> October 25, 2010 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, George Brown. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the October 25, 2010, regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. <br /> <br />Boyd Iverson <br />, 1872 Willamette Street, discussed the EmX project proposed by Lane Transit District <br />(LTD) in West Eugene. He supported mass transit for those who needed it and thought a mass transit vision <br />was a good thing. However, he believed that the West Eugene EmX route was less a vision and more of an <br />th <br />agenda. He did not agree with the conclusion that traffic was a bad thing. He said that the businesses on 7 <br />th <br />and 6 avenues existed because of the traffic that went past their locations and would not be in business <br />otherwise. Mr. Iverson said for a business to be successful, it must have customers, high visibility, ease of <br />access, and adequate parking. Limiting those factors meant that consumer-based businesses would fail. <br />The proposed EmX system affected those businesses negatively. He did not consider the streets involved to <br />be bad, although he acknowledged they were busy. He had seen nothing that suggested here was too much <br />th <br />traffic on West 11 Avenue, which continued to function adequately. He believed that if LTD’s proposal <br />went forward, it would kill jobs and businesses. <br /> <br />thth <br />Robert Rubin <br />, 2836 West 11 Avenue, represented a family that owned property on West 11 Avenue. He <br />acknowledged it was hard to turn down funds for a project but when the project was not in balance with the <br />th <br />costs it made it easier. He said that West 11 Avenue had good bus service. It was not Franklin Boulevard, <br />and there was no destination for the EmX route. He asked what problem LTD was trying to solve. He <br />pointed out that LTD had a budget problem and planned to cut services. Mr. Rubin said the proposed <br />service had fewer stops farther apart and it would be more inconvenient for riders. He noted the evolution of <br />th <br />Aqua Serena, a business on West 11 Avenue, and said it was a multi-generational family business that <br />could be lost because of the project. He did not think the project served the greater good of the community <br />and said if the federal money had not been available the project would not even be under discussion. <br /> <br />Jim Thomas <br />, 2296 Corinthian Street, representing the Eugene Faith Center, supported the EmX route as <br />visionary for the community. He said that LTD had worked with the church on the route plans that would <br />th <br />affect West 13 Avenue and as a result the church had lost curb cuts and access but LTD staff had <br />identified other visionary ways to access the church. He thought the existing system worked well. He was <br />proud of the City and said its future appearance was important to him. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council October 25, 2010 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />