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COUNCILORS PRESENT:
COUNCILORS ABSENT:
Eugene City Council
McNutt Room —City Hall
777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon
George Brown, George Poling, Alan Zelenka.
May 7, 2012
5:30 p.m.
Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Pat Farr
Council President George Brown called the May 7, 2012, session of the Eugene City Council to order.
A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS
The council interviewed Laurie Bernstein, Stephan Adams, Jim Wilcox, Ivan Campbell, Denise
Griewisch, Sasha Luftig, and Sarah Mazze for vacancies on the Eugene Sustainability Commission. 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. 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?
3. The commission is asked to advise the council on a policy that has the potential to provide
significant "green" results (e.g. energy efficiency, natural resource protection, etc) but appears
to have negative impacts to social equity in the community. How would you reconcile these
impacts? What priorities should guide the commission's position?
The council interviewed Robert Clark for a vacancy on the Budget Committee. Mr. Clark was asked the
following questions: .
1. Suppose that the City of Eugene is projected to experience a long -term financial deficit where
its expenditures are expected to exceed revenues for the foreseeable future. What policy
options would you consider to create a balanced City budget?
2. What City services do you consider to be the most important to the community in general and
to you personally?
3. Taking into account broad community input is an important part of the Budget Committee
discussions and decision - making. What types of information and community feedback would
you consider as part of analyzing and discussing the City's budget?
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Mr. Brown thanked the candidates and indicated that the council would make its appointments soon.
Mr. Brown adjourned the meeting at 7:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Beth Forrest
City Recorder
(Recorded by Kimberly Young)
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