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Eugene City Council
Work Session
Eugene, Oregon 97401
January 27, 2025
5:30p.m.
Councilors Present: Eliza Kashinsky, Matt Keating, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Greg
Evans, and Lyndsie Leech
Councilors Absent: Randy Groves
Mayor Knudson opened the January 27, 2025, work session of the Eugene City Council in hybrid
in-person and virtual format at 500 E. 4th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401, North Building.
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2)(t) (ORS 192.355(1) and ORS
192.355(2)) and ORS 192.660(2)(a)
2. WORK SESSION: Interim Police Auditor Discussion
MOTION: Councilor Keating, seconded by Councilor Zelenka, moved to
authorize Council President to negotiate and execute an extension to the
interim Police Auditor's employment agreement, that extension not to
exceed 44 days, 25 April 2025, plus the addition of one more paid plane
flight and all other provisions of the employment agreement are to
remain the same.
VOTE: 7:0 PASSED
IN FAVOR: Kashinsky, Keating, Zelenka, Yeh, Clark, Evans, and Leech.
OPPOSED: None.
3. WORK SESSION: Code Amendments to Stormwater Development Standards to
Implement NPDES Permit Requirements
City Manager, Sarah Medary, introduced Doug Singer, Development Services Manager, and
Jeff Gepper, Senior Planner, to present on the proposed stormwater code amendments.
Councilor Discussion:
• Councilor Clark-asked how many acres would be exempted from the revised
stormwater development standards; asked about the effect of the exemption
being removed.
• Councilor Zelenka -asked why previously exempted properties are not
considered consistent with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) requirements; asked when the new NPDES rules were issued; clarified
the previously exempted properties are inconsistent with the new NPDES rules
and need to be removed.
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• Councilor Kashinsky -noted most of the City falls under an exemption due to
slopes, bedrock, or high groundwater; asked about the impact of being out of
compliance with the permit conditions.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
City Recorder
(Recorded by Cherish Bradshaw)
Link to the web cast of this City Council meeting here.
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