CC Minutes - 10/24/11 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room —City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon October 24, 2011 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the October 24, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER Mayor Piercy said she attended the "Railvolution" Conference in Washington, DC, and promised to share more information about the many excellent presentations made at the event in the future. She had also attended her first meeting of the Oregon Passenger Rail Leadership Council and spoke on rail issues before the Cascade Collaborative in Portland. Mayor Piercy had attended a Bureau of Land Management meeting earlier that day at the Hilton Hotel regarding the West Eugene Collaborative. She and Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg had addressed the Women's Business Network earlier in the month. Mayor Piercy thanked Craig Weicker of the Financial Planning Association of Mid Oregon, Division Manager Keli Osborn of the City Manager's Office, and United Way for their efforts in putting on Free Financial Planning Day on October 22. She also recognized the hard work of Eugene Chief Pete Kerns and Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz in maintaining calm conditions at the site of Occupy Eugene. Mayor Piercy concluded by reporting that she had issued a proclamation that day in honor of Eugene Food Day. Ms. Taylor had attended the Eugene Ballet performance of October 23 and said it was wonderful. She also attended the Lane Work Force Partnership Executive Committee meeting, and reported that the partnership continued to focus on job training and had received some additional grant moneys. She said the partnership provided up to $5,000 per employee for on-the-job training to employers who paid $10 an hour for a minimum of 30 hours of week and agreed to retain the employees for a certain time period. Ms. Taylor said that residents living just outside the parking districts near the University of Oregon were experiencing spillover parking and could not find a place to park their cars on their own streets. Ms. Ortiz reported that she read to children as part of the recent "Smart Celebration." She was participating in a work group for Food for Lane County that would meet for six months to provide input into the organization's work plan. She had met with residents to discuss their concerns about the Rental Housing Code. Ms. Ortiz had sat in on a portion of the River Road SCRROL Community Forum and then participated in a Trainsong Neighbors meeting that Captain Rex Barrong of the Eugene Police MINUTES— Eugene City Council October 24, 2011 Page 1 Work Session