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Mr. Pryor preferred to do the process right as opposed to fast. It would be an added benefit if it was <br />possible to complete redistricting in time for people to be certain of ward boundaries before they filed for <br />office. <br />Mr. Farr recalled the 2001 process being very contentious but did not expect that to be the case this time <br />given the slight changes in population that had occurred. He did not object to the council being the <br />decision -maker in the process, although he acknowledged the concern expressed by Mr. Pryor. <br />Mr. Brown also acknowledged Mr. Pryor's concerns but believed the task of redistricting was not <br />complicated and the council was a capable group and it could work with staff to complete the task. <br />Mayor Piercy thought the council had worked hard to build trust with the community and engaging the <br />community in the task would help to continue to build that trust. With total trust in the council, she <br />continued to prefer a committee with broad community representation. <br />Ms. Ortiz expressed appreciation for the discussion. She noted her own habit of soliciting a broad range <br />of constituent opinions on council decisions and hoped that the council would do extensive outreach if it <br />decided to move forward on its own. <br />Mr. Zelenka suggested the question of the ad hoc committee depended on its charge. He suggested that <br />such a committee could be modeled along the lines of the Community Resource Group. Its work could <br />inform the council's ultimate decision. He agreed the process needed to be a broad - community based <br />process to gain support for the ultimate decision. <br />Ms. Taylor did not think any citizen advisory committee formed for the process should include <br />councilors. <br />Ms. Taylor recalled that one of the criteria for the 2001 process was to make only incremental changes, <br />but she believed drastic changes had resulted from that process. Ms. Osborn shared a copy of the ward <br />map prior to the 2001. Mr. Brown requested a copy of the map. <br />Mr. Farr said the more people a councilor represented, the more diluted representation became. He <br />believed that Bethel was underrepresented on the council. <br />Mr. Clark acknowledged that under the law the council had authority over the matter, and hoped the <br />council avoided a situation where it created a committee that believed it had that authority. He wanted to <br />create a public process that allowed people to feel their advice was heard, but not that they were the final <br />decision makers. Mayor Piercy suggested that might be accomplished by a process that allowed people to <br />respond to a series of questions. <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Ms. Osborn briefly described how the City had projected <br />population growth resulting from annexations during the previous process. <br />Mr. Clark thought the current ward configuration did a good job of capturing communities of common <br />interests and would not require much change. <br />Ms. Taylor suggested that a connection to the University of Oregon represented a common interest, and <br />she believed if Ward 3 again extended across the river it would capture more of the University student <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council February 14, 2010 Page 5 <br />Work Session <br />