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<br />ATTACHMENT I <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 />May 7, 2012 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, George Poling, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Pat Farr <br /> <br /> <br />Council President George Brown called the May 7, 2012, session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS <br /> <br />The council interviewed Laurie Bernstein, Stephan Adams, Jim Wilcox, Ivan Campbell, Denise <br />Griewisch, Sasha Luftig, and Sarah Mazze for vacancies on the Eugene Sustainability Commission. Each <br />candidate was asked the following questions: <br /> <br />1. What prompted you to apply for the Sustainability Commission? Based on what you know about <br />the role of the commission, what skills, knowledge and community connections could you bring to <br />help the commission be successful? <br /> <br />2. What do you consider to be the most important issues to address in Eugene to enable the <br />community to become more sustainable in ways that encompass social equity, economic <br />prosperity and environmental stewardship? <br /> <br />3. The commission is asked to advise the council on a policy that has the potential to provide <br />significant “green” results (e.g. energy efficiency, natural resource protection, etc.) but appears <br />to have negative impacts to social equity in the community. How would you reconcile these <br />impacts? What priorities should guide the commission’s position? <br /> <br />The council interviewed Robert Clark for a vacancy on the Budget Committee. Mr. Clark was asked the <br />following questions: <br /> <br />1. Suppose that the City of Eugene is projected to experience a long-term financial deficit where <br />its expenditures are expected to exceed revenues for the foreseeable future. What policy <br />options would you consider to create a balanced City budget? <br /> <br />2. What City services do you consider to be the most important to the community in general and <br />to you personally? <br /> <br />3. Taking into account broad community input is an important part of the Budget Committee <br />discussions and decision-making. What types of information and community feedback would <br />you consider as part of analyzing and discussing the City’s budget? <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 7, 2012 Page 1 <br /> Boards and Commissions Interviews <br /> <br />