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MINUTES <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Process Session <br /> Classroom 2, Fire/EMS/Police Training Facility <br /> 1705 West 2"d Avenue <br /> February 8, 2005 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Gary Pape, Jennifer <br /> Solomon, George Poling, councilors; Greta Utecht, Alicia Hayes, facilitators. <br /> Mayor Kitty Piercy called the City Council process session to order. <br /> A. WORK SESSION: <br /> City Council Process Session <br /> 1) Introduction/Icebreaker <br /> Ms. Utecht and Ms. Hayes introduced themselves to the council. Ms. Utecht asked councilors to <br /> participate in a short exercise as an icebreaker. She suggested the councilors imagine they were, over the <br /> course of a dinner with friends ten years from the present, asked to share what one thing most symbolized <br /> their fulfilled public aspirations as a policy decision maker. <br /> Ms. Hayes cited, as an example, her service on the Human Rights Commission (HRC) which she had <br /> undertaken primarily to lobby for curb cuts in the Harlowe neighborhood. She said now there were curb <br /> cuts from one end of the City to the other and staff had improved upon the design. <br /> Ms. Utecht shared her experience working in the division that licensed local businesses, including garbage <br /> haulers. She related that, at the time, there was little motivation to recycle, but now thanks to her efforts <br /> and the efforts of others, all garbage haulers provide recycling services. <br /> Ms. Ortiz said ten years from now she still wanted to work as an Emergency Room Registered Nurse, but <br /> that in ten years the hospital and all City services would reflect every facet of society, every color, and <br /> they would be bilingual. <br /> Council, Public, and Government Affairs Manager Mary Walston stated that she was on the Board of <br /> Directors for Greenhill Humane Society. She said they were working on a low cost spay and neuter clinic <br /> and she hoped that in ten years there would be a reduction in unwanted animals as a result. <br /> Mr. Pryor aspired to foster a high level of trust in. City government and in the functionality of the City. <br /> Mr. Poling commented that he shared Mr. Pryor's aspiration, as did all of the councilors. He shared his <br /> vision of a 20-year supply of usable land and a computerized system that tracked it, in order to avoid the <br /> cost of a land inventory. <br /> Mr. Kelly said he would want to leave behind a vibrant 24-hour downtown, and an increase in affordable <br /> housing. He also wanted population growth to be absorbed without expansion of the urban growth <br /> <br /> MINUTES-Eugene City Council February 8, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Process Session <br /> <br />