Approval of Consent Calendar - Eugene Water & Electric Board

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Work SessionFebruary 6, 2007Page 6Mr. Helgeson assured the Board that Mr. Maloney and EWEB’s Legislative Lobbyist JasonHeuser were doing everything they could to “get a handle on” the bill.In response to a question from Commissioner Farmer, Mr. Helgeson recommended askingMr. Heuser for a more detailed sense of the legislative atmosphere around this bill. He sensed thatEWEB was positioned to work with it. Mr. Berggren added that Mr. Heuser had indicated thatEWEB’s perspective was important to the legislators.Vice President Simpson asked if there was anything the Board could do to expedite thelegislative process. Mr. Helgeson responded that a large part of the delay was due to the backlog ofbills stuck in legislative counsel. General Manager Randy Berggren noted that Mr. Heuser hadattributed the delay in part to the complicated nature of the legislation.President Menegat adjourned the meeting at 7:20 p.m.__________________________________Assistant Secretary_______________________________________President
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARDREGULAR BOARD MEETINGEWEB BOARD ROOMFEBRUARY 6, 20077:30 P.M.Commissioners present: Mel Menegat, John Simpson, Patrick Lanning, Ron Farmer, and JohnBrown.Others present: Randy Berggren, Dick Varner, Tom Buckhouse, Debra Smith, Jim Origliosso,Marty Douglass, Lance Robertson, John Yanov, Deborah Brewer, Mel Damewood, Jay Bozievich,Matt Northway, Jim Maloney, and Krista Hince of the EWEB staff; Ruth Atcherson, City of Eugeneminutes recorder.President Menegat convened the Regular Meeting of the Eugene Water & Electric Board(EWEB).AGENDA CHECKVice President Menegat determined that there were no changes to the agenda.PUBLIC INPUTSang Huinh, 1470 Mesa Avenue, spoke regarding the proposed building at the RooseveltBoulevard site. He pointed out that Midstate Electric Cooperative had built a 53,000 square footLeading in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Standard building for $7.5 million. Hesaw a big gap between the current projected cost of the facility planned for the Roosevelt site and theMidstate building. He wanted to know how EWEB had arrived at this figure and how it could bejustified. He averred that if EWEB really wanted to be sustainable and was serious about thephilosophy of sustainability, it should rebuild on the current site. He had heard that EWEB wasmoving its operations facilities because it was running out of space. He questioned this given thatthe Energy Outlet building was being leased out and EWEB was not using it. He said if EWEB wasserious about running out of space it should use what it already owned.Jean-Marie Moore, 2470 Olive Street, expressed hope that the EWEB Board and staff hadstudied the information presented in the attachment entitled Information on Proposed Path to theCollege Hill Reservoir, provided by the Friendly Area Neighborhood Association committeeworking on alternatives. She said the committee had worked hard to provide alternatives to make thereservoir continue to be an open space that worked and also to ensure the water supply would remainsecure.Eugene Organ, no address given, spoke on behalf of the Lane Independent Living Alliance(LILA) Center for independent living. He said LILA had communicated to EWEB regarding accessto the reservoir on College Hill. He had been a resident in the neighborhood where the reservoir hadbeen located before being a wheelchair user and at that time had visited the top of the reservoir. He
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