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e come from the Downtown Development District Fund, the Tax Allocation Fund, and the General Fund within the Development Department. She said the manager would be a contract employee with the City of Eugene, housed in EDD, and supervised by Ms. Stewart. Screening and interviewing for the position would be performed by City staff and representives of the DC and the EDA. In response to a question, Mr. Schwartz said he believed that any conflicts in regard to the role of the manager had been resolved. He said the EDA would still coordinate activities. He said the issue of developing venture capital was just a concept at that time and that no discussion had been performed on obtaining properties for management by the manager. The issue of how to compen- sate the manager for his work was also raised. Ms. Stewart said the downtown manager would be initially working with public property and that this land had already been assembled. She said the manager would provide information to the private sector to encourage development in the downtown. She said a relationship between the City and the manager would be utilized to manage the downtown properties. In response to a question, Ms. Stewart said that EDAls present budget was $140,000 from ODD taxes and it would continue to receive funding for administrative and promotional actitivities, with a $20,000 reduction for the downtown manager position and marketing budget. City Councilor Cynthia Wooten stressed the importance of continuing the promo- tional activities for the downtown. In response to a question, Mr. Schwartz said that downtown recovery would be difficult unless the local economy changed or diversified. He added that it would take some time for the downtown manager to learn the area. He said the role of the manager would be to recruit more e customers for the downtown, thus creating more traffic to the downtown and increasing the strength of the area. Downtown Commissioner Anne Bennett said the commission had also discussed the possibility of having the manager coordinate a marketing survey to analyze the downtown market, with such information to be available to the EDA for their sales and promotional activities. She said she anticipated the manager would be in tune with the feedback on the parking program for the downtown. In response to a question, Ms. Stewart said the downtown manager program was designed for $50,000 for the salary and support services. The $30,000 not covered by the EDA budget reduction would come from a reallocation of Downtown Development District Funds, Tax Allocation Funds, and General Funds. Councilor Holmer asked if it would be possible to simplify the funding for downtown programs. In a review of comments by the City Council, the council was generally in favor of opening Willamette Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. Mr. Lindberg said he felt positive about the downtown plan, stating that the river and the Millrace concepts were bold, new ideas. He said the ideas had been discussed before but this was the first real attempt to directly address those goals. Ms. Smith said she was extremely positive toward the plan and that she was anxious to see the results of the DTC recommendations. Mr. Hansen said she was pleased to address the issues along the Willamette River. He stated that he was concerned with the structuring of the downtown manager program. Ms. Wooten said she was pleased with the short- and long-term framework for the plan and the e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner Session December 12, 1983 Page 3