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II. ROUTINE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL e A. City Council Minutes of: Dinner/Work Session and Meeting of February 24, 1986; Joint Meeting of March 13, 1986; and Lunch/Work Session of March 19, 1986 (minutes distributed) Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to approve the City Council minutes of February 24, 1986; March 13, 1986; and March 19, 1986. Roll call vote; the motion carried unani- mously, 7:0. B. Call for Public Hearing Concerning Unsafe Building at 2800 City View (memo distributed) Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to call a public hearing for May 27, 1986, to consider an unsafe building at 2800 City View. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. III. PUBLIC HEARING: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION REVIEW TEAM REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS (memo, background information distributed) e City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the discussion of the recommendations of the Citizen Participation Review Team (CPRT). Marjorie Beck of the City Manager's Office gave the staff report. She said CPRT was appointed by the council to review the City's major public information and citizen participation programs and policies. She said implementation of nine of the recommendations in the final report of CPRT require either changes in policy or increases in funds and staff. She asked the council for direction on those recommendations. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. Richard Guske, 278 North Grand, is chairperson of the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC). He discussed the CPRT recommendations. Referring to the third recommendation, he said CIC members indicated that a quarterly, city-wide publication would be a good way to publicize a calendar of City events with hearing dates and times for intervention in City plans. Mr. Guske said the CIC did not give a high priority to the sixth recommendation, which concerns a voter's pamphlet. He said the intent of the formal public hearings in Recommendation #12 could be accomplished by informal public briefings and informational sessions. e Referring to Recommendation #16, concerning a change in the CIC role, Mr. Guske said a change in role may not be necessary. He said the CIC was created to review citizen involvement in land use planning, but many other departments want the CIC to review citizen involvement in their projects. He said the committee has drafted a document which identifies the elements of citizen involvement and is useful to those departments. He suggested an administrative procedure to establish a citizen involvement component which the CIC could then clarify for each City department. He did not know if the Planning Department would continue staffing the CIC. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 23, 1986 Page 2