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"9IIl I e 730 11/1/71 if II ,. I I! II " jI Mayor Anderson asked Mr. Mohr to act as chairman of the conmlittee, and call a rreeting Ii " " as soon as possible. Mr. Williams, Mr. Teague and Mrs. Beal will serve with him. " " I I He suggested that Councilmen indicate which suggestions they are particularly interested , in. " Miss Larson, speaking as a member of the ASUO, said they have been trying to encourage i, better coordination betwe'en the Council and the ASUO. A representative attended " I meetings last year and another will be designated for Council meetings this year. They would like to get the students involved and contributing. This sugge9ted program has full support of the ASuO Senate. Affirm 10/27/71 Report from Student Project,"Community Problem Solving" - Councilman Mohr reported that the Council's Subcommi ttee had listed' three projec~s which !night be assigi1t~d , to Mr. Allman's class for a: student project, as they requested at the meeting of Oct- , " " ober 1,3. They are as follows: I; e 1) Use or abuse of the Mall - who is using it and who not; why using or not; reaction of people' living or working on mall to mall use regulations; how business is doing; how Urban Renewal Agency is functioning in terms of " development downtown. i ~ Data base for this kind of report would be a community survey designed by students to elicit these kinds'of reactions. " I I, 'I 2) Fact book for solid waste disposal in our community. " 'I Fact book would tell us what is going on in terms of solid waste disposal throughout the metropolitan area. 3) Defini tion of communi ty as far as kinds of thingsci tizens would expect in 'i terms of alwocations by the city. I :! What are citizens interested in having provided and what would they support in terms of property taxes. Mr. Mohr continued that there would be certain constraints put upon the students in terms of how they would represent the city, what kinds of appearance would b~ made in the community and what the relationship would be between student projects and the City " Council. How information and reports were to be presented; whether gi ven out to media ,: " " prior to Council review. As soon as Mr. Mohr has discusse,d this with the students, he will wri te a formal memorandum of understanding to ,the class in terms of describing the project and developing a letter of constraint. " Stephanie Larsen said she had presented' all three of the commi ttee' s projects to the class. Interest was expressed in all three, but most were interested in the mall, so it was decided to 'concentrate'on that item. They are curr.ent1y gathering infermation and coordinating things already done by others. ,It is felt this project will pccupy more I than a term. She explained the manner _in which the project would be dealt with, and I liaison that would be maintained with city staff. She' felt the group was interested in I personal contact wi th councilmen, and offered to get them together for discussion .. wi th indi vi dual councilmen, if they were interested. : Mayor Anderson said he was sure Councilmen would be availabl~ to discuss matters wi th students informally. He sai d the group ,s,eemed to be moving along very qui ckly and that he was quite pleased with the progress. Affirm e I !: ~ o. LElJA PrTbrity for Jail Improvement - Councilman Mohr asked for a copy of the TAC lO/13/71 report made by LEAA concerning priorities for jail rehabilitation. Assistant City I, Manager said he had expressed concern when he had seen the plan schedule for improve- " :, ment, and that i.t now appeared the priori ty would b? increased sooner than scheduled. File P. Park Vandalism - Copies of a report concerning increased park vandalism were previously 10/13/71 circulated to Councilmen. Mr. Ed Smith, Director of Parks and Recreation, explained that part of the increase in vandalism stemmed from increased usage. No one age group h~s been responsible for the various destructive acts. Steps taken to decrease vandalism include improved alarm and lighting systems, increased supervision and immediate repair of damage. " Mayor Anderson asked what progress had been made to replace flags in the Mall. Mr. Smith replied that the Police Depaxtment has been pursuing this matter, and has recovered I three flags. If it is impossible to re.cdver'jthe remaining flags, they will have, to be remade. Mrs. Campbell had been contacted by a Camp Fire Girls leader who, when leading a group on a hJi:ke up Spencer Butte, had taken a wrong turn on an unmarked trail. She had ; volunteered the services of her group to put up signs marking the trails on the Butte. Mr. Smith said it has been difficult to maintain sign's on Spencer Butte, but if she e would contact his Department, arrangements could be made to begin a project to install new signs. l1/l/71 - 11 ....