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<br />ATTACHMENT D <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />February 10, 2012 <br />9 a.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark <br /> <br /> <br />A. CITY COUNCIL RETREAT <br /> <br />The City Council was joined by members of the Executive Management Team: City Manager Jon Ruiz, <br />Assistant City Manager/Planning and Development Director Sarah Medary, Police Chief Pete Kerns, <br />Public Works Director Kurt Corey, Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director Renee Grube, <br />City Attorney Glenn Klein, Fire and EMS Chief Randy Grove, and Central Services Director Kristi <br />Hammitt. The executive team presented progress reports in the following areas: <br /> <br />Safe Community Police Chief Pete Kerns <br />Decreased property crime <br /> <br />Greater sense of safety (especially downtown) <br /> <br />Visible and accessible police presence <br /> <br />Better police/community relations <br /> <br /> <br />Sustainable Development Sarah Medary and Kurt Corey <br /> <br />Strategic job creation/decreased unemployment <br /> <br />Support for small and local business <br /> <br />Decision-making that weighs economic, social equity and environmental (triple bottom line) <br /> <br />effects <br />Increased downtown development <br /> <br /> <br />Accessible and Thriving Culture and Recreation LRCS Exec Director Renee Grube <br />Accessible to all incomes <br /> <br />Preserve strength in arts and outdoors <br /> <br />Invest in arts and culture as an economic engine <br /> <br /> <br />Effective, Accountable Municipal Government Fire Exec Director Randy Groves <br />Transparent and interactive communication <br /> <br />Public engagement that involves the community broadly <br /> <br />Stronger partnership between government entities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 10, 2012 Page 1 <br /> Retreat <br /> <br />