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e e e Mr. Nicholson pointed out that the Community Involvement Plan included citi- zen involvement in identifying preliminary strategies. Mr. Robinette said the council officers were recommending that the Community Leaders group, plus additional citizens such as business representatives, be involved at this level, but that public workshops not take place until the next step of the plan, the evaluation of the premises and preliminary strategies. In response to comments by Ms. Bascom tha~ the public was involved in the Eugene Decisions process at two all-day meetings of the Joint Parks Commit- tee, Mr. Nicholson said he did not object to the change in timing of citizen involvement, but was merely attempting to clarify that this change had been recommended. Mr. Boles asked if the council was in agreement that the public would evalu- ate preliminary strategies and comment on guiding premises at the next sched- uled public workshops. Mr. Gleason pointed out that the council's preliminary strategies must have the approval of the public before substantial staff time was spent developing these strategies. Tony Mounts of the Finance Division said that before staff spent a great deal of time describing what City services would look like in five years if cer- tain gUiding premises and strategies were utilized, these premises and strat- egies should be taken back to the public one last time for comment. Mr. Gleason said the two factors being balanced for each step of Eugene Deci- sions were public involvement and the time line. He said it was important not to waste staff time preparing analyses for strategies which the public did not support. He asked if backtracking for a second public approval of premises and guidelines would still allow for a February deadline. Ms. Bellamy said the participants at the Community Leaders workshop in July would need to realize that the preliminary strategies they identified were only in rough drafts because of the need for review by the public. Mr. Gleason said the council would have a chance to review and change various aspects of the strategic plan at the two decision points in the planning process. Mr. Boles asked when the City planned to issue its annual survey of citizens. Ms. Bellamy said the survey would be conducted soon because staff wanted to submit the results to the council with the SWOT analyses. Mr. MacDonald said he had envisioned conducting this survey later in the Eugene Decisions process. He asked the cost of the survey and whether the City had considered conducting a survey on Eugene Decisions strategies. Ms. Bellamy said a survey would probably be needed as part of evaluating premises and preliminary strategies, and detailed strategies. Mr. Boles said the general community survey cost about $10,000. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 22, 1991 Page 3