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Eugene City Council
Harris Hall, 125 East 8mAvenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Councilors Present: George Brown, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelerka, George Poling, Mike Clark, Greg
Evans, Chris Pryor, Claire Syrett
Mayor Piercy opened the April 17,2O13 City Council work session. Councilor Zc|eoku attended via
conference phone.
A. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY
MANAGER
00OTI0|yW: Councilor Brown, seconded hv Councilor Taylor made the following ouNbou:
"Because we value a government that is open, transparent and accountable, Council moves to
direct the City Manager to direct the City Attorney to examine any electronic or verbal or
communications held outside of public meetings by any elected or appointed government
official regarding the status of Mr. Jack Roberts' continued employment as the Director of the
Lane Metro Partnership and to provide to the Council as soon as practicable, an opinion
whether of any of the governmental jurisdictions that provide financial support to the Lane
Metro Partnership or any person otherwise connected to the Lane Metro Partnership may
have violated public meeting laws regarding said communications. "
Councilor Brown asked Councilor Poling to recuse himself from this item because of a conflict of
interest. Councilor Poling and City Attorney both indicated there was no conflict of interest.
Several councilors said they felt it was too soon to take any action and questioned whether the
City nf Eugene was the right agency to conduct aoinvestigation. The Lane Metro Partnership
Board of Directors will likely provide direction with regard to any change in leadership.
MOTION AND VOTE: Councilor Brown, seconded bv Councilor Taylor, moved 1n table the
vote ou the main motion tn another time. FAILED: 6:2, councilors Brown and Taylor infavor.
MAIN MOTION VOTE: FAILED 6:%,councilors Brown and Taylor iufavor.
Sarah Medory Denny Bcuud,Lt. EricKliubo and Billie Moser provided updates from
their respective departments un what's going noio downtown Eugene. They highlighted
development and redevelopment projects, public safety initiatives, and arts and cultural
activities that are io progress or being planned.
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Sarah Medary provided a brief forecast of upcoming items related to downtown:
• EWEB Master Plan
• Shedd expansion
• Downtown Exclusion Zone
• LCC non-smoking area
• Dogs downtown
The meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Michelle Mortensen
Deputy City Recorder
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