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Speaking to Mayor Piercy's remarks, Mr. Valle said that Chief Kerns had been reaching out to different <br />groups to hear their concerns about the City's approaches to street gangs. He believed those discussions <br />were just the beginning of the City's outreach on the topic. <br />Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Brown, moved to approve the Police Commission's Fiscal <br />Year 2012 Work Plan. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br />Ward Redistricting <br />Division Manager Keli Osborn of the City Manager's Office and Jason Dedrick, Lauren Hammond, and <br />Sarah Zaleski of the Planning and Development Department were present for the item. Ms. Osborn, Ms. <br />Hammond, and Mr. Dedrick led the council through a PowerPoint presentation entitled Ward <br />Redistricting. The presentation outlined the principles driving redistricting, summarized past council <br />deliberations and public input, and provided an overview of the two redistricting scenarios and some <br />variations on the scenarios. Councilors asked questions clarifying the information presented. <br />Ms. Osborn requested council direction regarding its preferred scenario. She anticipated the council <br />would adopt a scenario in October. <br />Mayor Piercy solicited additional council questions. <br />Ms. Taylor thought downtown should be inside the boundaries of Ward 1 and that the Amazon <br />neighborhood should be included in Ward 2 because the residents in the area associated with each other <br />and shopped at the same places. She believed where people shopped was relevant to the question of ward <br />boundaries. <br />Mayor Piercy observed that in the best case scenario the council would never split up a neighborhood <br />association with ward boundaries but that was not always possible. That issue was the subject of much of <br />the input the City received. <br />Ms. Ortiz liked the boundaries for wards 6 and 7 as depicted in Scenario 1C. <br />Referring to Scenario 1D, Mr. Zelenka said he requested staff prepare the scenario, which included the <br />Amazon neighborhood in his ward, Ward 3, because of the common issues faced by that neighborhood <br />and other neighborhoods in his ward created by their proximity to the University of Oregon. He believed <br />the neighborhood had a natural affiliation with Ward 3. <br />Mr. Zelenka suggested the new realignment of the Cal Young worked best under Scenario 2 and solicited <br />comment from Mr. Clark and Mr. Poling. <br />Mr. Pryor expressed a preference for Scenario 1 with some adjustments. <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Poling about the evolution of the scenarios, Ms. Osborn explained that <br />Scenario 1C was derived from Scenario IA and 1B and Scenario 1D was based on the addition of the <br />Amazon neighborhood to Ward 3. Mr. Dedrick suggested a next logical step would be Scenario IE, <br />which he anticipated would be based on a combination of scenarios 1C and 1D. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council September 26, 2011 Page 3 <br />Work Session <br />