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0TWND11W <br />Eugene City Council <br />Harris Hall, 125 East 8mAvenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />Councilors Present: George Brown, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelerka, George Poling, Mike Clark, Greg <br />Evans, Chris Pryor, Claire Syrett <br />Mayor Piercy opened the April 17,2O13 City Council work session. Councilor Zc|eoku attended via <br />conference phone. <br />A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY <br />MANAGER <br />00OTI0|yW: Councilor Brown, seconded hv Councilor Taylor made the following ouNbou: <br />"Because we value a government that is open, transparent and accountable, Council moves to <br />direct the City Manager to direct the City Attorney to examine any electronic or verbal or <br />communications held outside of public meetings by any elected or appointed government <br />official regarding the status of Mr. Jack Roberts' continued employment as the Director of the <br />Lane Metro Partnership and to provide to the Council as soon as practicable, an opinion <br />whether of any of the governmental jurisdictions that provide financial support to the Lane <br />Metro Partnership or any person otherwise connected to the Lane Metro Partnership may <br />have violated public meeting laws regarding said communications. " <br />Councilor Brown asked Councilor Poling to recuse himself from this item because of a conflict of <br />interest. Councilor Poling and City Attorney both indicated there was no conflict of interest. <br />Several councilors said they felt it was too soon to take any action and questioned whether the <br />City nf Eugene was the right agency to conduct aoinvestigation. The Lane Metro Partnership <br />Board of Directors will likely provide direction with regard to any change in leadership. <br />MOTION AND VOTE: Councilor Brown, seconded bv Councilor Taylor, moved 1n table the <br />vote ou the main motion tn another time. FAILED: 6:2, councilors Brown and Taylor infavor. <br />MAIN MOTION VOTE: FAILED 6:%,councilors Brown and Taylor iufavor. <br />Sarah Medory Denny Bcuud,Lt. EricKliubo and Billie Moser provided updates from <br />their respective departments un what's going noio downtown Eugene. They highlighted <br />development and redevelopment projects, public safety initiatives, and arts and cultural <br />activities that are io progress or being planned. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council April 17, 2013 Page l <br />Work Session <br />