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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br />February 27, 2012 <br />5:30 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the February 27, 2012, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY <br />COUNCIL, AND CITY MANAGER <br />Mr. Brown reported he had attended the Valentine Day's Party at First Place. The event recognized all <br />the facility's volunteers for their work. <br />Mr. Poling reported that Phase 1 of the Willakenzie Crossing affordable housing development was <br />occupied and applications were being taken for Phase 2. Phase 3 was currently under construction. He <br />believed the development would be a good addition to the community and neighborhood. <br />Ms. Taylor had received a constituent complaint about wild turkeys and questioned if there was <br />something the City could do. Mayor Piercy shared her own encounter with wild turkeys earlier that day <br />on Blair Boulevard. Mr. Zelenka also had turkeys in his ward and reported that United States Fish and <br />Wildlife personnel warned against feeding turkeys as a way to keep them out of residential <br />neighborhoods. Ms. Taylor said her constituent recommended the City pass a law banning the feeding of <br />wild turkeys. <br />Mr. Zelenka noted upcoming meetings of the Fairmount Neighbors and the West University Neighbors. <br />Ms. Ortiz reported on the most recent meeting of the Joint Elected Officials Ambulance Task Force, <br />during which members had seen examples of emergency responses. Ms. Ortiz, Mr. Farr, and Mayor <br />Piercy attended the recent National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) <br />dinner. Ms. Ortiz commended the youth performers from ACT -SO who performed at the dinner and <br />noted that Deputy City Recorder Sandra Stubbs delivered the benediction and opening prayers. She had <br />lunched with Mayor Piercy and the mayor of Littleton, Colorado to discuss immigration, and came away <br />with the need to focus on citizenship and English language learning. Ms. Ortiz reported that the <br />Opportunity Eugene Task Force had completed its work and its recommendations would soon be coming <br />to the council. <br />Mr. Farr noted that the Bethel Education Foundation was recently honored with an Outstanding Service <br />Award by the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG). He reported that the foundation recently held its <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council February 27, 2012 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />