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e sometimes took committees so long to process issues that the council had forgotten the original intent of the committee by the time a report was issued. Mr. Rutan said the council did not have enough interaction with the Downtown Commission and suggested councilors start an "adopt a Downtown Commissioner" program. He further suggested 15 minutes of each council meeting be dedicated to an update from a commission. Mr. Rutan said the Council Committee on Economic Diversification (CCED) should be disbanded because all economic development could be handled by the council. Ms. Bascom said Mr. Rutan had not attended a CCED meeting in three months and was, therefore, unaware that the committee was doing important work. She said the committee had pursued a useful process, but that it was possible the committee could be disbanded now that the special events issue had been addressed. Ms. Bascom said the council's agenda should include a work item related to the environment, and that the community was ahead of the council on this issue. Mr. Holmer suggested that City representation on the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission be delegated to staff. In addition, he said citizens working on the Willakenzie Refinement Plan were not receiving enough staff support. e Mr. Bennett said the CCED's work on special events had been good, but the group could have been more task-oriented. He said the Tree Commission was useful, but it had gone into issues beyond its work scope. Mr. Rutan suggested the council use every third Monday night to review its work plan. He said every councilor could take responsibility for a certain area of the work plan, although no area would be exclusively assigned to just one councilor. Ms. Schue said that who was assigned to which task would make a great deal of difference politically. Mr. Rutan said two or more people could represent each area. Ms. Ehrman suggested the statute mandating representation for the lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) be changed from the present requirement that it be staffed by three City Councilors. Mr. Miller suggested staff bring the council a list of goals and a work program, and that the council begin working on committees at its next available Monday meeting. Mr. Bennett said the council should begin to set goals at this meeting. Mr. Holmer recommended that the Committee on Committees work on the committee issue. Mr. Boles said goals should be reviewed with staffing and budgeting in mind. He suggested the council's annual goal-setting session be held in September, at which time the council could review the citizen involvement survey. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Quarterly Process Session April 23, 1990 Page 2