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e Ms. Bellamy highlighted the committee's suggestions for public involvement included in the agenda packet. She emphasized that the activities are not all-inclusive and could be modified, as recommended by council. The commit- tee recommends concentrating publiC involvement activities in late July and early August to get the greatest citizen participation. Ms. Bellamy said that the annual community survey will provide another opportunity for public input. Responding to a question from Mr. MacDonald, Ms. Bellamy said that the Coun- cil Committee on Eugene Decisions will decide when the annual community sur- vey should be conducted, and noted that it would be conducted before strategy development occurs. Mr. MacDonald encouraged the committee not to conduct public involvement activities in the middle of August when many citizens leave town. Ms. Bellamy said that staff will summarize the public input from the first round of workshops in August and deliver it to council in early September for its review. If the process proceeds as planned, strategies should be ready for review by late October. Mr. Boles noted that the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC) has asked that it be involved in the checkpoint process in order to monitor the adequacy of citizen involvement. Responding to concerns raised by Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Boles said that CIC has agreed to schedule additional meetings as needed to ensure that its review does not interfere with existing Eugene Decisions time lines. e Mr. Boles said that he has been contacted by Neighborhood leaders who have asked that the existing organization be used to process Eugene Decisions information. Referring to a memo to council from the Council Committee on Eugene Deci- sions, Mr. MacDonald said that he is not comfortable with two of the assump- tions that are being made with respect to this process. Specifically, he voiced his concern that the three- to five-year planning horizon is unrealis- tic for this complicated process and suggested that the time line be extend- ed. In response, Mr. Boles said that the committee has discovered, through the Eugene Decisions planning process, that there is a need for both short- and long-range strategies. The short-range strategies are needed to handle on- going daily operations while the long-range strategies set a broader plan for the future. While periodic updates will always be necessary, they will never be as extensive or detailed as the strategy which is being formulated in the Eugene Decisions process. Mr. MacDonald said that he is also concerned with the assumption that strate- gies for interagency cooperation might not be the focus of this round of the Eugene Decisions process. He noted that cooperation among agencies will prove to be very valuable, particularly with agencies such as the school district. These strategies need to be developed now, rather than targeted as e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 12, 1991 Page 3