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Mr. Hyde briefly discussed CPC recruitment efforts and commented he had recently learned the City of <br />Eugene had adjusted the start and ending dates for its boards and commissions. He suggested that, while <br />the Eugene adjustment was not binding toward the Willamalane Park & Recreation District, it might be <br />applied to the CPC in some fashion. He further suggested that the CPC's recruitment and appointment <br />strategies be aligned with the Eugene schedule adjustments in order to avoid confusion and to maximize <br />efficiencies. <br />Mr. Hyde suggested he might coordinate with Mr. Cooper to determine how the Eugene schedule <br />adjustments might apply to the work of the CPC. <br />The CPC members briefly discussed the City of Eugene's current recruitment strategies for boards and <br />commissions and also discussed how those recruitment strategies might affect the terns of the current CPC <br />membership. <br />Mr. Hyde told Ms. Ferschweiler he would be in contact with her and the other CPC applicants once he had <br />the opportunity to investigate the Eugene schedule adjustments and their subsequent application to the <br />CPC in greater detail. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen reported the CPC currently had more applications than it had available positions. <br />Mr. Bjorklund understood that the Eugene schedule adjustments for boards and commissions would not go <br />into effect until 2010. <br />Mr. Cooper agreed that the recruitment issue warranted further discussion and suggested that the terms for <br />those CPC members up for renewal might be extended by the District. <br />The CPC members continued their discussion of their recruiting efforts and also briefly discussed how <br />both those efforts and the Eugene schedule adjustments would affect recruitment strategies for the <br />Willamalane Park & Recreation District and its associated groups. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen asked Mr. Bjorklund to have Mr. Richardson investigate the Eugene schedule adjustments <br />and return to them with more definitive information as to how those adjustments would or would not apply <br />to the CPC. Mr. Bjorklund confinned he would pass on Mr. Sonnichsen's request to Mr. Richardson. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen, seconded by Mr. Biggs, moved that the CPC extend the terms of <br />Willamalane appointees currently serving on the Citizen Planning Committee until <br />the terns matched the new parameters of the City of Eugene's boards and com- <br />missions. <br />Mr. Cooper, responding to a question from Ms. Mello, believed that there might be conflicts between new <br />parameters of the Eugene boards and commissions and the CPC. <br />Mr. Cooper called for a vote on Mr. Sonnichsen's previously stated motion. The <br />motion passed unanimously, 9:0. <br />New Business <br />Mr. Sonnichsen noted he had spoken with a community member, Zach Vischanoff, regarding the proposed <br />Oregon Research Institute (ORI) building near Riverfront Park. He noted that Mr. Vischanoff had serious <br />concerns about the parking lot currently planned for the ORI building and had asked that the CPC take <br />some sort of action on the matter. Mr. Sonnichsen further reported it was difficult to comment on the <br />exact specifications of the ORI building as their pen applications had not yet been submitted. <br />MINUTES — Citizen Planning Committee October 15, 2009 Page 9 <br />Whilamut Natural Area <br />