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Transportation Technical Team, Environment Technical Team, Resources Task Force and Communication Task Force. She said groups were also formed to provide logistical and technical support for the commit- tees' work. She said the WEC would meet for two days in October to review maps and potential routes from the perspectives of environment, land use and transportation. She said to the greatest extent possible committees included representation from not only those with a specific interest in the issue, but those who would need to accept recommendations and implement them. Ms. Proudfoot pointed out that the committee's membership roster was included as an attachment to the AIS and demonstrated the unique, grass roots nature of the collaborative of diverse interests gathered to work on a single issue. She said it was encouraging to note that every WEC member and the groups they represented had stated support for the effort at some level. She reported that the WEC had already completed a significant amount of work, including white papers, a website, establishing committees, obtaining funding, hiring facilitators and identifying consultants. She said that funding included $5,000 each from Lane Transit District (LTD) and the City of Eugene, environmental interests and business interests for a total of $20,000 in seed money. Mr. Zako said the WEC purpose statement was to address transportation and livability problems in West Eugene and try to identify solutions that the community would accept and want to implement. He said the focus was on West Eugene near West 11th Avenue and the commercial area there, but the scope of work actually focused on the impact of issues in a broader geographic area that extended from downtown Eugene to Veneta and from the ridgeline to the airport. He said the WEC work plan took into consideration the other planning efforts in progress such as scoping for LTD's extension of EmX along West 11th Avenue. Mr. Gaydos thanked Rob Zako, Kevin Matthews, Rusty Rexius and Kitty Piercy for their support and contributions to the collaborative effort and recognized the financial contributions to the project from jurisdictions and groups. Ms. Solomon arrived at 5:50 p.m. Mr. Gaydos said one of the challenges was coordinating long- and short-term planning efforts and developing recommendations that complimented each other. He emphasized that the WEC recognized the authority of the LTD Board of Directors and the Eugene City Council and was acting as an advisory body MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 4, 2007 Page 2 Work Session