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Eugene City Council
Public Hearing
Council Chamber
777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon
September 15, 2008
7:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling,
Betty Taylor.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Alan Zelenka, Bonny Bettman.
Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order.
1. PUBLIC HEARING
An Ordinance Concerning a Council Employee Complaint Process; Adding Sections 2.400,
2.402, 2.404, 2.406, 2.410 and 2.412 to the Eugene Code, 1971; and Amending Section 2.486 of
that Code.
Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing and reviewed the procedures for providing testimony. There being
no one wishing to speak, she closed the hearing.
There were no questions or comments from councilors.
2. PUBLIC HEARING
An Ordinance Amending the 1999 Street Classification Map to Add a Newly Constructed Sec-
tion of Hilyard Street from East Broadway to Mill Street Which is Designated as a Minor Ar-
terial
Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing and reviewed the procedures for providing testimony. There being
no one wishing to speak, she closed the hearing.
There were no questions or comments from councilors.
3. PUBLIC HEARING
Annexation Request for Eugene School District 4J (A 08-1)
Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing and explained the procedures for providing testimony.
Jon Lauch, Facilities and Transportation Director for School District 4J, said he had also functioned as the
district’s property manager for the past 15 years. He said there was a need for the district to retain that
property and preserve it for a future school site because it was the only area within the district’s boundary
that had the potential for future growth. He said any future use or sale of the property should not influence
the decision regarding annexation; the annexation request met the City’s criteria and planning staff had
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recommended approval. Regarding rumors about disposition of the property, he said the district needed to
maintain property in the area of future potential growth and would consider alternate properties if it was in
the interests of that goal, including appropriate location, size and proximity to public services, but to-date no
property had been identified.
There being no one else wishing to speak, Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing and called for comments
from the council.
Councilor Poling asked Mr. Lauch to submit his comments and any additional information he had to the
council in writing. He asked if a date had been set for action on the ordinance related to the council
employee complaint process. City Manager Jon Ruiz said action was scheduled on September 22, 2008.
Councilor Poling, seconded by Councilor Clark, moved to keep the record open un-
til Friday, September 19, 2008, at 5 p.m. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0.
The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Ruiz
City Manager
(Recorded by Lynn Taylor)
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