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~ and City staff are promote passage of budgets and other important issues. He reminded the EAF that a support group to advocate the passage of bUdgets and other financial measures is still needed. If town hall meetings are needed, e that should be done if time allows. Public opinion is needed especially at goal-setting time. C. Process Ms. Cox solicited councilors' opinions on the process of relating the EAF to City Council and to city government. Councilor Miller said a councilor could be assigned to attend meetings occasion- ally on an informal basis to act as liaison. Ms. Hudzikiewicz said Ms. Bellamy currently is providing that liaison. Councilor Smith said that Ms. Bellamy's working with EAF is important and that having a councilor work with EAF is also needed. Councilor Wooten said Ms. Bellamy could maintain a relationship with EAF. As projects are taken on, the projects could have a councilor liaison assigned to those particular projects. Mr. Fenstermacher said that does not address the problem of what to do when the project is initiated by EAF. A constant contact person is needed. Councilor Obie said action should move in the direction of comments made by City Councilors and EAF. The issue of a liaison will be on a City Council agenda before January 1. D. Membership Ms. Hudzikiewicz said a membership fee is being considered. Councilor Hamel questioned the validity of asking members to pay a membership fee. Council or Obie said a source of people for membership could be those persons who apply for e positions on various boards and commissions of the City of Eugene. He recommended that letters be sent to them. II. DOWNTOWN COMMISSION Mr. McCoy introduced the commision's work plan, which includes four elements: The Downtown Plan, marketing and promotion, operation, and parking and trans- portation. Mr. Schott said he expects the adoption of the Downtown Refinement Plan in 1983 or early 1984. He outlined the four phases of the Downtown Plan work program. The overriding concern is citizen involvement. The Downtown Commission wants to develop a plan that can evolve into some action. Ms. Bennett said, regarding the marketing and promotion phase, that the EAF could work with the Downtown Commission. The Downtown Commission has identified three specific project areas of marketing and promotion. They are space and property management, development of a marketing strategy and development of a unified marketing effort. Specifically considered was a centralized position or office to keep track of downtown vacancies and to make an effort to fill those vacancies. Also discussed was a marketing strategy to identify the downtown market and to communicate the diversity of downtown and to communicate the type of things and projects that are going on. A unified marketing program has been discussed. It included collaborating with LTD and the Performing Arts Center to market the downtown. Marketing is significant to all other areas of the work plan. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 15, 1982 Page 3