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1983, Steve Dahl is acting president of the Youth Commission, Mr, Dahl is the youth pastor at Eugene Christian Fellowship and has worked extensively with e troubled teenagers at McClaren and other facilities in the state, Mr, Dahl has been a commissioner for one-and-a-half years, Ms, Miller said that the people on the Presidents Council are very active members of the community and knowledgable about their fields of expertise, Ms, Miller introduced Glen Potter, who has staffed the program for the past year, and Nancy Waggoner, WhD will staff the program in the future, Ms, Miller said she would like the discussion to focus on getting the program organized, linking the program to the City's agenda, and streamlining it for greater effectiveness, Ms. Miller referred the councilors to the materials in the packet, which commissioners will reference throughout the meeting. In an attempt to organize the program, the President's Council had established overall goals, Those goals were processed throughout all the commissions and extensively discussed before final adoptiDn, The goals clarify the purpose of the program and drive the work plan, All work plan items relate to one or more of the goals. Ms. Mi 11 er showed the counci 1 the program calendar, This calendar was established to help the Presidents Council see the relationship between each of the commissions and activities and assist staff in tracking activities that the commissions are involved in, Items in red are events; there is never more than one event in a month. The blue items are work items from the work plan; green items are code or bylaw requirements, Yellow items are planning or goals development. Ms, Miller referred the councilors to a copy of this chart e in the work plan for further reference, Ms, Mi 11 er said that staff will offer recommendations regarding program organization later in the meeting, Staff is ready to accept any suggestions councilors might have about this topic, Ms. Miller noted that staff had been working on the goal of linking the program more closely to the City's overall agenda, One of the reasons that the program was transferred to the Intergovernmental Relations Division is because the Joint Social Services contract is managed by IGR, Ms, Miller said there are many ties between Joint Social Services and Human Rights. The Presidents Council will be looking at these ties over the next year, Ms, Miller cited an item from the Six-Point Economic Diversification Program about making Eugene an attractive place for people to retire. The Aging Commission is interested in working with the Parks Department on this item, The Disabled Commission is interested in making Eugene handicapped-accessible so the handicapped will spend tourist dollars in Eugene and come here to live. A, Commission on the Rights of the Aging Mr. Taitel referred the councilors to the new cDmmission's new brochure in their packets, He said that the commission's action plan is included in the work plan, He encouraged councilors to read these materials, Mr, Taitel said that among the commission's activities was a forum on Social Security with four speakers from the Social Security Administration. The commission had e MINUTES--City Council Dinner Meeting September 8, 1986 Page 2