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. IV. PROPOSED SIX-POINT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM/FY82-83 ACTION PLAN - (memo, entire report distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Susan Smernoff, Planning. Ms. Smernoff said that the recommendation of the Economic Diversification Task Team (EDTT) was for a four-part program addressing the areas of 1) Background Information; 2) Proposed Policy Foundation; 3) FY82-83 Action Plan for Economic Diversification; and 4) Objectives for Affecting Economic Growth and Program Evaluation. She said that the background information included information on principles of the program, history, principal committees, private/public sector roles, and the economic context of the program. She said that the EDTT had proposed a revision to the Economic Development Chapter of the Community Goals and Policies document. These recommendations will be made to the Community Goals Committee when in meets in the spring of 1983. Ms. Smernoff said that the action plan included six elements and noted that two of these elements, Business Assistance and Employment Training, and Destination Point Activities had specifically been identified in the council goal setting session as the primary focus for economic diversification activities for this fiscal year. Ms. Smernoff said that the efforts at evaluation would include research and reporting on the effects of the City's program on the economy over a two- or three-year period. Ms. Smernoff said that the EDTT recommended that the council adopt, by resolu- tion, the proposed program; that an executive summary of the program, including details of the action plan, be developed for distribution to the public; and that the proposed policy be forwarded to the Community Goals Committee. She amended the memo that had been distributed to councilors, which called for council adoption of only three parts of the program, and said that staff e and the City Attorney recommended that the council adopt the full program. Councilor Wooten spoke as a member of the Council Subcommittee on Economic Diversification. She said that committee was working on recommendations for development of a concrete program for use of the Community Development Block Grant funds that had been earmarked for economic diversification and a measuring device to determine the effect of the Business Assistance Team on businesses it has served. Ms. Wooten said that the group was also examining what role the City could play in fostering entry of area businesses into the export market, particularly with Pacific Rim countries. Ms. Wooten said the subcommittee was awaiting a report back from the City Manager outlining the marketing plan which would include information on the status of and on possible coordination of efforts with the Lane Economic Foundation. Councilor Schue said that she, with Councilor Hamel, served on the Eugene Private Industry Council, which was working particularly on the Employment and Training and Small Business Assistance aspects of the action plan. She noted that EPIC was working on a catalogue of public and private services available to businesses in the community. She said that the catalogue should be ready soon and that workshops on use of the catalogue would be held. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 13, 1982 Page 4