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<br />EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
<br /> WORK SESSION
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<br /> EWEB Training Room – 500 East 4 Avenue
<br /> February 16, 2010
<br />5:30 p.m.
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<br />Board Members Present: John Brown, President; Rich Cunningham, Vice President; Ron Farmer, Bob
<br />Cassidy, Joann Ernst, Commissioners.
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<br />City Councilors Present: Kitty Piercy, Mayor; Mike Clark, George Poling, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty
<br />Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Eugene City Councilors.
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<br />City Councilors Absent: Alan Zelenka, Eugene City Councilor.
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<br />Others Present: Randy Berggren, Debra Smith, Sheila Crawford, Lance Robertson, Jim Wiley,
<br />Clay Norris, Tom Buckhouse, Gene Austin, Jeannine Parisi, Mark Freeman, Mike
<br />Logan, Cathy Bloom, Patty Boyle, Tom Williams, Felicity Fahy, Mark Oberle, Bill
<br />Welch, Will Bondioli, John Yanov, Megan Capper, Steve Mangan, and Judy Chase
<br />of the EWEB staff; Jon Ruiz, Ethan Nelson, Jeff Petry, Brenda Wilson, Beth
<br />Forrest, City of Eugene staff; Bob Parker, University of Oregon; Ruth Atcherson,
<br />City of Eugene minutes recorder.
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<br />President Brown convened the joint work session of the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) and the Eugene
<br />City Council.
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<br />Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the Eugene City Council.
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<br />Welcome and Agenda Review
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<br /> President Brown welcomed the Eugene Councilors to the table and asked those present to introduce
<br />themselves.
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<br /> Mayor Piercy noted that Councilor Alan Zelenka was out of town and not able to be present.
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<br />Steam Transition Project Update
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<br /> Ethan Nelson, City of Eugene Building and Permit Services Division, initiated the presentation of the
<br />Downtown Eugene Retrofit Program
<br />, with PowerPoint, hard copies of which were provided to everyone present.
<br /> He underscored that the three objectives of the Downtown Eugene Retrofit Program (DERP) were to transition
<br />existing steam customers off the system, to increase financing options, and to leverage and coordinate public and
<br />private resources. He stated that the federal funding sought to achieve two goals: to fundamentally and
<br />permanently transform energy markets in a way that made energy efficiency and renewable energy options the
<br />first choice and to sustain projects beyond grant monies. He said City of Eugene staff had worked in coordination
<br />with EWEB staff on a proposal for funding, and the proposal for assistance for the steam transition project had
<br />been included as a sub-applicant in a City of Portland grant.
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<br /> Mike Logan, Key Accounts Program Manager for EWEB, reviewed the project area. He stressed that the
<br />grant funding, if awarded, would aid in leveraging other funding mechanisms. He stated that efficiency retrofits
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