Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT B M I N U T E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room—City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon January 11, 2012 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the January 11, 2012, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. COMMITTEE REPORTS Mr. Brown had attended the last Civilian Review Board meeting and observed a case review. He commended the thoroughness of the board’s review. He had also participated in some recent clean-up parties at Civic Stadium and commended the work of Ed Peara, a long-time volunteer. Mr. Clark commended the recent State of County event. He reported the Joint Elected Officials Ambulance Transport Task Force continued to work diligently and anticipated it would forward its recommendations to the council in four to five months. He recommended that councilors view the video Ambulance Service: Matching Resources to Needs on the City’s web site for a better sense of the issues involved. Mr. Poling said that Travel Lane County’s newly formed Issues Committee would discuss the proposed closure of the Gateway Postal Distribution Center. He reported that Harlow Serves, a partnership involving the neighborhood organization, 4J School District, Holt Elementary School parents, Willakenzie Evangelical Church, and North Park Community Church held a successful food drive. He commended Harlow Serves as a great example of what neighborhood partnerships could accomplish. He thanked Trader Joes for providing bags as well as all those who involved in the drive. Ms. Taylor commended Mr. Peara as a model volunteer. She noted the e-mails the council had received about a tree being cut to protect a sidewalk. She had also been contacted by a constituent regarding the removal of a tree near the Campbell Center and suggested that there should be a process in place that made it more difficult to remove trees because of their multiple values. Ms. Taylor had also been th contacted by residents concerned about the intrusion of commercial parking at the development at 17 Avenue and Pearl Street into the street. She believed if the City granted the developer permission to block the sidewalk, the permission should be withdrawn. Ms. Taylor had attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities and reported the board agreed to focus on things that affected cities of all sizes, such as unfunded mandates and secure Community Development Block Grant funding. The board also agreed it was important to keep immigration reform in front of Congress. MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 11, 2012 Page 1 Work Session