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<br /> Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Ms. Smith, that the bills be <br /> e approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all coun- <br /> cilors present voting aye, the bills were declared passed (became <br /> Ordinance No. 19184 [CB 2672J and Ordinance No. 19185 [CB 2685]). <br /> IV. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS' FY84 WORK PLAN (memo distributed) <br /> Mr. Gleason introduced the agenda item. H. Marshall Peter, Chair of the <br /> Disabled Commission and Vice-Chair of the Presidents' Council, presented the <br /> report on behalf of Jean Names, the Chair of the Presidents' Council. He said <br /> that the report was to inform the council of the actions of the commissions and <br /> to meet a self-imposed performance standard. He said that the list of work <br /> plans for the commissions as distributed to the council covered only the major <br /> projects. He outlined the major projects undertaken by the various commissions. <br /> Mr. Peter encouraged the councilors to attend the commission meetings and <br /> announced that the Presidents' Council would return to the council for presenta- <br /> tion of its quarterly report. <br /> Ms. Wooten said she appreciated the work plans and that she was looking forward <br /> to the Quarterly Report and information on how cooperation with staff was <br /> progressing. Mr. Peter said 'that the council had been concerned with the staff <br /> cuts and that the program was presently working better than he had expected, but <br /> still not as well as it might. He stated that Kent Gorham was performing a <br /> wonderful job in staffing the commissions, but added that staff was not getting <br /> to all the meetings. He said that some staff support might take longer than it <br /> e previously had taken. <br /> V. DOWNTOWN RETAIL DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT (memo, <br /> resolution distributed) <br /> Mr. Gleason introduced the agenda item. Elaine Stewart of the Eugene Develop- <br /> ment Department (EDD) presented the staff report. She said that the exclusive <br /> agreement before the council was consistent with adopted City plans and policies. <br /> She stated that presentations would be made by Jim McCoy, Chair of the Eugene <br /> Downtown Commission; Mike Schwartz, Vice-Chair of the Eugene Downtown Commission; <br /> and Jim Burns, a principal of the Sonoma Finance Corporation. Ms. Stewart <br /> reviewed the terms of the agreement as stated in the September 22, 1983, EDD <br /> memorandum to the City Council. <br /> Mr. McCoy said he was present to communicate the unanimous support of the Eugene <br /> Downtown Commission for the agreement. He said that the agreement was in line <br /> with the commission's goals of restoring economic and social diversity and <br /> health to the downtown area. He said the commission had accomplished much of <br /> its work plan, but there was still much to do to improve the overall management <br /> of downtown Eugene. He said that several of the commissioners had been active <br /> in the Eugene Celebration event and that all the commissioners were eager to <br /> begin work on the present project. He asked that the council support the <br /> agreement so that the study could begin. <br /> e <br /> , MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 28, 1983 Page 4 <br />