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e B. To study how the City Council, Performing Arts Commission, Eugene Arts Foundation and local arts groups should relate to each other and the roles each should assume to effectively carry out the new financing strategy. Target date: June 30 Mayor Keller announced that the task force will hold a pubic heering on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber to listen to public input on these issues. He stated that other meetings will be scheduled as necessary. He asked that Mr. Obie chair the task force and Ms. Wooten serve as vice chair. II. DISCUSSION OF PARTNERSHIP (background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason presented the staff report, briefly describing the history and the relationship between the City of Eugene and the Private Industry Council. He stated that he appreciated the work of Mr. Pryor and the other EPIC members. e Chris Pryor, President of the EPIC, voiced his appreciation for those in atten- dance. He said one of the reasons for the meeting was a discussion of the partnership role that the EPIC has with the City Council. In achieving its goal, he said the EPIC wants to maintain a close link with the council. He reviewed the agenda for the meeting and, referring to the EPIC mememorandum of February 24, 1984, to the City Council, stated that the matrix in the memorandum described the responsibility and actions of the involved players: the City Council, the EPIC, the EPIC President, and the Executive Committee of the EPIC. He reviewed the matrix system which indicated the actions of the individual players, stating that the matrix was being presented to the council and the EPIC for their reaction and input. He noted that equal capacity was given to the council whenever the full EPIC was given the capacity to act. He explained that the EPIC was now a more autonomous partner with the City Council as opposed to being an advisory group as in the past. Ms. Hooten asked how the matrix served to provide the council with the informa- tion necessary for the coordination of activities. Mr. Pryor stated that the Employment Training Program is linked with economic development and that the Eugene Development Department provides the staffing under the Job Center ~'anager to operate that program. In addition, he stated that two members of the EPIC serve on the City's BATeam. In response to another question by Ms. Wooten, Mr. Pryor stated that job training priorities are based on economic development projections and local/state employment estimates. He said the program attempts to be market driven and to resond to the reaction from the community. Mr. Beyer stated that the program operates on the economic development sphere at two levels: attempting to target where the jobs will be, and training employees for incoming as well as existing industries. He stated that the other member of the Development Department staff often reference employment training as part of their business contacts. Mr. Pryor commented that the program attempts to anticipate the industries in order to attract industries into the area and to provide a good environment for industry. e ~1INUTES--Eugene City Council/Private Industry Council February 29, 1984 Page 2