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Eugene City Council
McNutt Room —City Hall
777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon
February 10, 2012
9 a.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling,
Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark
A. CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
The City Council was joined by members of the Executive Management Team: City Manager Jon Ruiz,
Assistant City Manager/Planning and Development Director Sarah Medary, Police Chief Pete Kerns,
Public Works Director Kurt Corey, Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Director Renee Grube,
City Attorney Glenn Klein, Fire and EMS Chief Randy Grove, and Central Services Director Kristi
Hammitt. The executive team presented progress reports in the following areas:
Safe Community Police Chief Pete Kerns
• Decreased property crime
• Greater sense of safety (especially downtown)
• Visible and accessible police presence
• Better police /community relations
Sustainable Development
Sarah Medary and Kurt Corey
• Strategic job creation/decreased unemployment
• Support for small and local business
• Decision - making that weighs economic, social equity and environmental (triple bottom line)
effects
• Increased downtown development
Accessible and Thriving Culture and Recreation LRCS Exec Director Renee Grube
• Accessible to all incomes
• Preserve strength in arts and outdoors
• Invest in arts and culture as an economic engine
Effective, Accountable Municipal Government Fire Exec Director Randy Groves
• Transparent and interactive communication
• Public engagement that involves the community broadly
• Stronger partnership between government entities
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Fair, Stable and Adequate Financial Resources Central Services Exec Director Kristie Hammitt
• A long -term sustainable budget
• New or expanded revenue sources
• Accessible and transparent financial information
The Executive Management Team shared updates on several topics, including streets and infrastructure,
the Diversity and Equity Strategic Plan, the work of the Council Committee on Human Services Funding,
the Opportunity Eugene Task Force on Homelessness, downtown revitalization efforts and public safety,
ambulance funding, and community trends in demographics and employment. The council discussed
organizational strategies and desired outcomes related to the topic areas. The council took a walking tour
of several downtown projects (including LCC and downtown lighting efforts) right after lunch.
Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting at 2:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Beth Forrest
City Recorder
(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
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