Board Members present: Sandra Bishop, Dorothy Anderson, Peter Bartel, and Susie Smith. President Dyer was excused.

Others present: Randy Berggren, JoAnn Andersen, Tom Buckhouse, Dick Helgeson, Garry Kunkel, Roseanna McArthur, Jim Origliosso, Mark Oberle, Debbie Lawder, Jerry Hohman, and Krista Hince of the EWEB staff; and Patrick Lanning, member of the public.

Vice President Bishop called the Work Session of the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) to order.

OPENING

Consultant Brian McCarthy of Cameron/McCarthy/Gilbert Landscape Architects, presented a brief overview of the purpose of the meeting.

RECAP OF MARCH 29, 2000 WORKSHOP

Referring to EWEB's Board Operating Principles and Environmental Policy, copies of which were included in the meeting agenda packet, Mr. McCarthy reviewed those principles and concepts which he viewed as particularly applicable to the EWEB Headquarters Visioning process.

Referring to documents entitled

1. Preliminary List of Issues (Board Responses); and
2. Preliminary List of Issues (Staff Responses),

copies of which were included in the meeting agenda packet, Mr. McCarthy presented a brief overview of Commissioners' and staff members' ranking, in terms of relative importance, of EWEB Headquarters related issues. The issues ranked were included under the following four categories:

1. Physical;
2. Environmental;
3. Political; and
4. Economic.

ISSUES REVIEW

Referring to a document entitled EWEB Headquarters Visioning -- Revised List of Issues, copies of which were included in the meeting agenda packet, Mr. McCarthy explained that the list was revised and reorganized somewhat for the purpose of clarity and simplification. The Board made additional revisions to the document. These revisions were recorded by staff.

SITE DIAGRAMMING

Referring to four diagrams of the EWEB Headquarters site, copies of which were included in the meeting agenda packet, Mr. McCarthy reviewed the site in terms of

1. existing conditions;
2. area relationships;
3. site relationships; and
4. function relationships.

(The Board took a short break.)

GOALS BRAINSTORMING

Referring to a document entitled EWEB Headquarters Visioning -- Preliminary List of Goals, copies of which were included in the meeting agenda packet, Mr. McCarthy reviewed the list of goals, all of which fell under the following four categories:

1. Physical;
2. Environmental;
3. Political; and
4. Economical.

The Board reviewed and revised the document. Proposed changes were recorded by staff members.

GOALS RANKING

Mr. McCarthy requested that the Board rank the preliminary list of goals relative to one another. The results of the ranking were recorded by staff members. Mr. McCarthy said the goals would be placed in the order in which they were ranked, and distributed to Commissioners during its next Work Session on this matter.

The meeting adjourned at 9 p.m.

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Assistant Secretary President