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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room — Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />July 26, 2010 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, <br />Chris Pryor, George Brown, members. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the July 26, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY <br />COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br />Mayor Piercy thanked Mr. Clark for presiding in her stead at the previous week's Wednesday council <br />work session while she participated on a panel at the Oregon Transportation Commission meeting that <br />discussed the roles of various levels of government in local decision - making. She had also attended the <br />quarterly meeting of the Oregon Metropolitan Planning Organization Consortium (OMPOC) in Corvallis. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that she heard and enjoyed a speech by Robert Kennedy Jr. at the McDonald <br />Theater on the topic "Our Environmental Destiny." <br />Continuing, Mayor Piercy reported that she had participated in a "thought leaders" breakfast for School <br />District 4J to discuss solutions to the district's looming budget deficit. She had also attended a celebration <br />commemorating the passage of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the Hilyard Center to <br />recognize the difference the act made to Eugene and the work the community had done in regard to <br />supporting those with disabilities. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that the Track Town Kickoff was scheduled to occur later in the week. <br />Mayor Piercy announced that Sponsors, Inc. would hold a building dedication for its new facility, <br />Roosevelt Crossing, at 4 p.m. on July 29. <br />Mayor Piercy reported that she would participate in a town hall in company with Lane County <br />commissioners Rob Handy and Peter Sorenson on the future of the fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. on July 30 at <br />Harris Hall. <br />Mayor Piercy noted that the Oregon Mayors Association Summer Conference was being held in Cottage <br />Grove on July 29 - 31. <br />Mr. Clark reported that he had recently attended one of the Wednesday evening "Summer in the City" <br />events held downtown and thanked Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services staff Billie Moser and Isaac <br />Marquez for their work in facilitating the event. He said they had brought all types of events downtown, <br />including a skateboarding competition that he attended with his son and a dodge ball tournament in which <br />several City employees, including Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary, participated. He had enjoyed <br />those events as well. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council July 26, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />