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e Mr. Holmer, chair of the council Audit Committee, said the committee reviewed the audit and recommended the council take the proposed action. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to adopt the resolution. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. V. EUGENE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (URBAN RENEWAL PLAN UPDATE) (memo, resolution distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Bob Hibschman of the Development Department gave the staff report. He said the proposed resolution will initiate the update process for the Urban Renewal Plan. He said the Urban Renewal Plan should be revised to conform to the Downtown Plan. He said the resolution designates the Downtown Commission as the study group for the revision and indicates the Planning Commission will review the revision before it is considered by the council. He said there will be opportunities for community involvement during the revisions which will take about eight months. e Answering a question from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Hibschman said improvements to the Overpark will be started in June. Mr. Holmer wondered why the Urban Renewal Plan needs to be updated and why there should be public involvement in the updating when the Downtown Plan has been adopted by the council. Mr. Hibschman responded that the Renewal Plan is a financial document. He said the Renewal Plan implements the Downtown Plan and should conform to the Downtown Plan and the State statutes which now govern urban renewal. He said public involvement is needed because some of the projects in the Downtown area are of interest to many people in the community. Answering a question from Mr. Holmer, Mr. Hibschman said the update of the Urban Renewal Plan may result in proposals to change the Downtown Plan. Answering another question from Mr. Holmer, City Attorney Tim Sercombe said the word "may" could be substituted for "shall" in Section F on page two of the resolution. Res. No. 919--A resolution of the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency initiating the process to amend the Urban Renewal Plan for the Central Eugene Project. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to adopt the resolution. Mr. Holmer moved to amend Section F on Page 2 of the resolution as follows: (Bracketed material should be deleted. Underlined material should be added) e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 19, 1986 Pa ge 4