The votes were in this sequence:
Ward 6 Councilor Greg Evans nominated Lyndsie Leech and voted for her. The other councilors voting for Leech were:
The City Council failed to appoint an Interim Ward 7 City Councilor at Monday’s work session. Click here for coverage by The Register-Guard.
Here were the votes:
The City Council will try again at their noon work session today.
Click here to read “A gambler’s guide to the Ward 7 appointment” in Whole Community News.
The seven city councilors interviewed five applicants the evening of Monday, December 5th. Each interview lasted 30 minutes and had the same seven questions presented. Each interview began with the applicant’s opening statement. Even if you don’t watch 2-1/2 hours of interviews, you can gain useful insight from viewing the few minutes of each opening statement.
The webcast is available at the link, below. The beginning runtime for each applicant’s interview follows the link. Click on any applicant’s name to view their submitted application.
https://eugene.ompnetwork.org/embed/sessions/257681/city-council-special-meeting-december-5-2022
12:35 — Janet Ayres
43:58 — Dan Isaacson
1:14:03 — Lyndsie Leech
1:39:13 — Barbie Walker
2:03:27 — Carol Zorn
Click here to view the applicants’ responses (or lack of response) to questions they were provided by the Steering Committee.
Click here to view all questions and applicants’ responses or non-responses.
Question 5. Addresses Daniel Isaacson’s opinion regarding the recall petitioners.
Question 6. Regards allowing homeless camping in City parks.
Question 7. Regards the number of hours applicants would commit to their duties as a city councilor.
Note: Applicants Lyndsie Leech and Carol Zorn have not answered any of the seven questions from the Steering Committee. Lyndsie Leech has advised the Steering Committee that she declines to respond to any questions. Carol Zorn has not responded to the Steering Committee request for an explanation for not engaging Ward 7 voters through the opportunities provided by Ward 7 Neighbors United.
The Steering Committee sent the following message to the seven city councilors who will appoint the Interim Ward 7 City Councilor.
December 5, 2022
Dear Mayor and City Councilors,
During the ongoing application and appointment process, Ward 7 Neighbors United provided multiple invitations for applicants to engage with Ward 7 voters.
Consistent with the goals of Ward 7 Neighbors United, we believe each applicant’s response (or lack of response) in the three regards listed below provide applicants’ actions, as well as their words, that city councilors should consider in deciding which applicant would best engage and effectively represent Ward 7 voters.
Here is the summary of applicants’ engagement via the opportunities provided by Ward 7 Neighbors United:
Janet Ayres responded by the original deadlines to all invitations to engage, including:
* Submitted the Ward 7 Neighbors United form describing her reasons for applying.
* Signed the Petition to City Council for a transparent process that reflects the opinions of Ward 7 voters.
* Responded to all questions from Ward 7 voters that were presented to applicants.
Barbie Walker has responded to all invitations to engage, including:
* Submitted the Ward 7 Neighbors United form describing her reasons for applying. (December 3rd)
* Signed the Petition to City Council for a transparent process that reflects the opinions of Ward 7 voters.
* Responded by the original deadlines to all questions from Ward 7 voters that were presented to applicants.
Daniel Isaacson has responded as follows:
* Submitted the Ward 7 Neighbors United form describing his reasons for applying (December 1).
* Declined to sign the Petition to City Council for a transparent process that reflects the opinions of Ward 7 voters.
* Responded on December 1 to all questions from Ward 7 voters that were presented to applicants.
Lyndsie Leech has responded as follows:
* Submitted the Ward 7 Neighbors United form describing her reasons for applying.
* Signed the Petition to City Council for a transparent process that reflects the opinions of Ward 7 voters.
* Declined to respond to any of the questions from Ward 7 voters that were presented to applicants.
Carol Zorn has not provided any response to the Steering Committee’s invitations to engage Ward 7 voters.
Respectfully,
Volunteer Steering Committee
Lawrence Siskind
Patti Swinehart
Jordan Locke
We encourage all Ward 7 voters to submit their questions to the applicants for appointment as Interim Ward 7 City Councilor.
Click here to submit your question.
The Steering Committee will verify that all questions are from Ward 7 voters and then present questions to the applicants. Questions may address one applicant, a selected set of applicants, or all applicants.
We encourage Ward 7 voters to review the applicants’ applications via links at:
https://ward7neighborsunited.org/applicants/
We also encourage Ward 7 voters to review the applicants’ responses to questions at:
https://ward7neighborsunited.org/responses/
The Steering Committee may edit questions for clarity and conciseness.
Here are the revised results of the seven city councilors “votes” for which applicants to invite for interviews. Five applicants were selected:
Janet Ayres (6 Votes)
Lyndsie Leech (6 Votes)
Carol Zorn (6 Votes)
Barbie Walker (5 Votes)
Daniel Isaacson (4 Votes)
NOTE: The Steering Committee has invited each of the five candidates selected for interviews to engage with Ward 7 voters over the next week.
Here are how the votes were cast – four votes required to be invited for an interview) (*)
| Applicants | Votes | Votes to interview |
| Janet Ayres | 6 | Randy Groves, Matt Keating, Greg Evans, Jennifer Yeh, Emily Semple, Mike Clark |
| Lyndsie Leech | 6 | Randy Groves, Matt Keating, Greg Evans, Jennifer Yeh, Emily Semple, Alan Zelenka |
| Carol Zorn | 6 | Randy Groves, Matt Keating, Greg Evans, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka |
Barbie Walker | 5 | Randy Groves, Mike Clark, Jennifer Yeh, Matt Keating, Emily Semple |
| Daniel Isaacson | 4 | Matt Keating, Jennifer Yeh, Alan Zelenka, Emily Semple |
| Thomas Hiura | 3 | Emily Semple, Matt Keating, Jennifer Yeh |
| Marlene Pearson | 2 | Matt Keating, Jennifer Yeh |
| Don Heady | 2 | Matt Keating, Jennifer Yeh |
(*) Note that Councilors Jennifer Yeh and Matt Keating voted for all eight candidates, as they stated they would at the City Council work session on Wednesday (November 30th).
At their work session today, the City Council voted to allow any councilor to modify their “interview ballot” by adding or deleting the names of any of the eight applicants who met the requirements for appointment as Interim Ward 7 City Councilor. Councilors must submit any changes by 5:00 PM today, November 30th.
Question 4.
a) Have you added your name to the Petition to Eugene City Council advocating for a transparent appointment process that reflects the opinions of Ward 7 voters? (Yes/No — respond “Yes” if you have signed the petition at any time prior to submitting your response.)
b) If you haven’t signed the petition, what is/are your reason(s)? (25 word or less)
| Janet Ayres | a) Yes. |
| Barbie Walker | a) No. b) I have not signed a petition? I do believe in transparency. I’ll look to see what can be changed so information is always readably available to everyone. |
| Thomas Hiura | a) Yes. |
Click here to see all questions and responses.
Today the City Recorder notified Thomas Hiura “I have concluded that the information you provided is sufficient to confirm your residency in the city for 1 year prior to the appointment date.”