CC Minutes - 10/25/10 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room — Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon October 25, 2010 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Chris Pryor, George Brown, Alan Zelenka. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the October 25, 2010, work session meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. She wished Councilor Clark and City Manager Jon Ruiz a Happy Birthday. A. Committee Reports and Items of Interest from Mayor, City Council, and City Manager Mayor Piercy invited citizens to join her and Mr. Clark for the Mayor's One -on -One at the Market of Choice on 1060 Green Acres Road between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on October 26. Mayor Piercy thanked Mr. Clark for chairing the October 20 council work session while she attended the "Railvolution" Conference in Portland. She said the conference, which addressed issues such as bicycles, pedestrians, transit, and transit - oriented development, was excellent. She thought the information shared at the conference would be useful to the council as it worked through the Eugene Envision process. She reported that the conference's bus tour of Eugene's EmX system could not accommodate all those who wished to take the tour, and the system received much positive feedback. Mayor Piercy noted the recent well- attended and well - received financial planning event co- sponsored by the City of Eugene, the United States Conference of Mayors, and the Mid - Oregon Chapter of the Financial Planning Association held at the Sheldon Community Center on October 23. Mayor Piercy reported that the Tamarack Wellness Center received the Gold Steps Award at the Business to Business Expo the previous week and she had the opportunity to discuss the award with the recipients that morning on KUGN. She congratulated Tamarack Wellness Center. Mr. Clark reported that the Cal Young Neighborhood Association would meet at 7 p.m. on October 28 at the Sheldon Community Center. The agenda included a discussion on public safety with representatives of Lane County Sheriff's Department. Mr. Brown reported that the Police Commission reviewed and approved recommendations from its Use of Force Committee regarding Policy 307, the Eugene Police Department's carotid restraint policy, and Policy 304, the shooting policy. He said the commission also heard a report on the department's approach to riots such as that occurred near campus in early October, and he commended the strategies used by the department. Mr. Brown reported that the Human Rights Commission had discussed a resolution it planned to forward to the City Council regarding the City of Eugene becoming a Human Rights City. MINUTES— Eugene City Council October 25, 2010 Page 1 Work Session