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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber —City Hall 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon April 11, 2011 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka, Chris Pryor, Pat Farr. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the April 11, 2011, regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. She opened the forum. Mike Cetto, 1521 Copping Street, suggested that Eugene had reached a size that justified permit parking as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He advocated for better air quality in Eugene and increased air quality monitoring at street level, particularly around the downtown Lane Transit District station. He also called for Lane Transit District to burn cleaner fuels. He noted the temperature inversions experienced locally, which exacerbated pollution problems. Andrew Fisher, PO Box 5003, Eugene, Chair of the City's Historic Review Board (HRB), recommended that the City explore the option of renovating City Hall. He noted the HRB's interest in promoting the preservation of local Modern -era buildings such as City Hall. He expressed concern about the potential that City Hall could be demolished and called on the council to create a forum that allowed the HRB to participate in any discussions about the future of City Hall. Historic preservation was not an obstacle to development but could inform and guide development. Mr. Fisher said that the cost of renovation might be prohibitive but he believed the possibility should be examined. Eugene Drix, 307 -1/2 East 14` Avenue, suggested there was not much difference between "there" and "here." He was with the council "here," as were the people watching at home, who were also "there." He said people all want to get "there," but when they get "there," "it's here." He said he sought new ways to meet the future, which would be "here" soon. Drix recalled the recent Arbor Day Celebration in the West University Neighborhood and said the neighborhood had created a beautiful "there." He suggested "it was how we all look at the there" that was how "we are all together." He said a new City Hall would be "here" when it was done. It would be "our forum" and he hoped "we would all be here." He said that "here" and "there" were actually the same, and the more people realized that, the more connected they would be and able to realize future visions. Moshe Immerman, 2990 -1/2 Washington Street, requested that the council ask the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) to report back about the costs of monitoring air -borne radiation locally. He also requested that the council write a letter to President Barack Obama, the Oregon congressional delegation, and the nation's science advisors to ask them to begin phasing out nuclear power. Mr. MINUTES— Eugene City Council April 11, 2011 Page 1 Regular Meeting