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ATTACHMENT F <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />February 22, 2011 <br />7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the February 22, 2011, public hearing of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC HEARING: <br />Fiscal Year 201-2-2107 Draft Capital Improvement Program <br /> <br />City Manager Jon Ruiz introduced the item. He said the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) was a <br />planning document that forecast the City’s capital needs over a six-year period based on various City- <br />adopted long-range planning documents. The Budget Committee recommended approval of the CIP to <br />the City Council on February 2, 2011. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />John Barofsky <br />, 2010 Hubbard Lane, advocated for adequate funding for maintenance for City parks, <br />buildings, and roads whenever possible. He generally supported the draft CIP and believed it would be an <br />excellent planning document for the future. Mr. Barofsky referred to the automatic car wash at the airport <br />and suggested that the City could hire four people for $60,000 annually for more than eleven years for the <br />cost involved. <br /> <br />There being no other requests to speak, Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. <br /> <br /> <br />2. PUBLIC HEARING: <br />An Ordinance Providing for Withdrawal of Annexed Properties from the Lane Rural Fire <br />District, the River Road Parks and Recreation District, and the River Road Water District <br /> <br />City Manager Ruiz introduced the item, which was an ordinance to withdraw annexed properties from <br />special districts. Action was scheduled for February 28, 2011. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />Dale Vergault <br />, 4670 Scenic Drive, Superintendent of the River Road Parks and Recreation District, <br />opposed the withdrawal of territory from the district. He asked the City to begin discussion with the <br />special districts of the formation of an urban services agreement between the two entities as required by <br />Oregon Revised Statutes ORS 195.065. The continued erosion of the district’s tax base through <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 22, 2011 Page 1 <br /> Public Hearing <br />