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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber—Eugene City Hall February 13, 2006 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Papé, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, Chris Pyror. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. CEREMONIAL MATTERS On behalf of the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) Commissioners, Commission President Sandra Bishop presented several plastic water pitchers to the council. She was pleased that the council had chosen to use EWEB water rather than bottled water, and said that EWEB was offering the pitchers to other public bodies for use during meetings. Ms. Bishop said the council would be drinking the best water in the world. Organic Style magazine deemed Eugene’s water the best in the United States. She noted that EWEB was working closely with Mayor Piercy on her Sustainable Business Initiative and that use of the water pitchers was one small step toward a more sustainable community; it would take many such small steps for all to move to sustainability. Mayor Piercy expressed appreciation to EWEB for the pitchers. 2. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. She noted that 30 people signed up for the public forum, and called for a motion from the council regarding the allocation of time. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Ortiz, moved to limit the public forum to 60 min- utes and encourage speakers to be as brief as possible. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6;2; Councilor Solomon and Councilor Ortiz voting no. rd Steve Barnes , 491 East 53 Avenue, presented the council with a letter with 1,000 signatures opposing the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) plan to require Sheldon and South Eugene high school students to travel to Medford, Grants Pass, and Roseburg, to participate in games. For reasons of safety, academics, and fiscal accountability, he believed the proposal made no sense. He noted that school buses had no seat belts. Students would be pulled out of school for unnecessary, day-long road trips. With regard to fiscal accountability, he said the cost for busing South Eugene students would be $30,000. Mr. Barnes asked the council to make a statement in opposition to the OSAA proposal. MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 13, 2006 Page 1 Regular Meeting