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e e e REC. 3 The City should establish a city-wide publication that is distributed quarterly to all households. We recommend that the Parks and Recreation Leisure Schedule be used, if possible. Ms. Schue said she would like more information about a city-wide publication because the City and the citizens need to communicate. Mr. Miller suggested the neighborhood newsletter, a city-wide publication, and a voter's pamphlet be combined. Ms. Bascom and Ms. Ehrman favored the suggestion that the publication begin as a one-page insert in the Parks and Recreation Leisure Schedule. Ms. Ehrman would like to get a response from the public before increasing the publication. Ms. Wooten suggested the Parks and Recreation Leisure Schedule be an insert in a city-wide publication. Mayor Obie summarized that the councilors would like more information and cost estimates of a city-wide publication. REC. 6 The City Council should consider publishing a voter's pamphlet. Mr. Holmer and Mr. Hansen said they supported Mr. Miller's suggestion to consolidate the voter's pamphlet with other publications. Ms. Schue said the council should decide very carefully what will be included in a voter's pamphlet if it is approved. Ms. Bascom noted that the CIe and neighborhood leaders did not give a voter's pamphlet a priority. Ms. Wooten said she was only interested in a voter's pamphlet if it could be incorporated into other publications. Ms. Ehrman wondered if only City issues would be included in the voter's pamphlet. Mr. Holmer responded that he had proposed an impartial explanation of City issues in a voter's pamphlet. Ms. Schue said an impartial explanation to some seems to be a biased state- ment to others. She said people perceive that statements written by City staff members are biased. She was not sure a voter's pamphlet is worth the hassle. Ms. Wooten agreed with Ms. Schue. Mr. Hansen said the pamphlet should be simple and rules are not necessary. He said the City provides explanations of City issues now. Mayor Obie summarized by saying the councilors will consider developing a simple, low-budget voter's pamphlet. REC. 12 Formal public hearings should be held at a variety of times to allow more people to attend. Mr. Hansen, Mr. Miller, and Ms. Ehrman said they would like to consider holding formal public hearings in other locations. Mr. Holmer said CPRT members were told that many people do not want to attend evenings meetings. He suggested the CIC consider the matter. Mayor Obie summarized by saying the councilors will consider holding meetings at other times and in other places. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 23, 1986 Page 4