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Eugene City Council
Council Chamber —City Hall
777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Chris Pryor, Pat Farr.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka.
March 1, 2011
7 p.m.
Council President Betty Taylor presided over the council's interviews of the following candidates for a
vacancy on the Eugene Sustainability Commission: Jessica Bloomfield, Christopher Ruderman, Andrew
Serres, Arthur Farley, and Joshua Arthur. Each candidate was asked the following questions:
1. What prompted you to apply for the Sustainability Commission? Based on what you know
about the role of the commission, what skills, knowledge, and community connections could
you bring to help the commission be successful?
2. Please tell us about any experience you have working collectively with a group, highlighting
any that have played an advisory, coordinating, or oversight role for an organization or
agency.
3. What do you consider to be the most important issues to address in Eugene to enable the
community to become more sustainable in ways that encompass social equity, economic
prosperity, and environmental stewardship?
4. How can the Sustainability Commission be most effective in its role as policy advisory body
to the City Council?
5. Please share your views on how the Sustainability Commission can foster broad and diverse
community involvement in long -range changes to become more sustainable.
Ms. Taylor informed each candidate that councilors not present would listen to audio recording of the
interview, and that the council would make a decision on the successful nominee at an upcoming meeting.
Ms. Taylor adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Beth Forrest
City Recorder
(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
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