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arrange for Ms. Wooten to speak to the lead staff person on gut issues, Christine Donahue. He added that the City has been examining whether an anti- e cruising ordinance--such as the one used by Portland--could be used to address the problems caused by Eugene's gut. E. Eugene Celebration Ms. Ehrman said the Celebration went well. Mayor Obie said the Celebration Steering Committee is low profile, but hard working. He said the council should invite the committee to one of its lunch work sessions in order to express thanks to the committee. F. Kakegawa Trip Ms. Ehrman said she would leave for Kakegawa, Japan, Eugene's Sister City, on October 5 and return October 18. In response to a question, she said the six other members of Eugene's delegation will bear the cost of thei r tri ps individually. She said Kakegawa's delegations to Eugene have been larger because the cost of their trips have been subsidized. She said the City is examining whether the cost of future trips could be subsidized in order to increase the size of Eugene's delegation. Mr. Holmer suggested that future Eugene delegation trips to Kakegawa be timed to correspond with either the council's August or spring break. G. Financial Process Mayor Obie said he recently spoke with Mr. Gleason and expressed a desire to e have staff reground the council in the City I s financial situation, particularly what the City's deficit is projected to be in upcoming years. He said he would like staff to suggest where budget cuts might be made. He suggested that the council dedicate a Saturday to discuss its priorities and to give some direction to staff. Mayor Obie outlined in general terms how this session might proceed: the council woul d be updated on the City's financial situation; it would determine what the City's basic services are (a large number of votes, perhaps seven, would be required to place an item on the list of basic services); the cost of providing these basic services could be determined; then, the council would go through another process, during which a reasonable number of votes, perhaps five, would be required to place other items on the list of basic services that would receive funding. Mayor Obie asked councilors to comment on this general proposal. Mr. Holmer suggested that the Budget Committee be present to observe this council's discussion of its financial priorities. He also said the council should not vote on whether the broad City programs should be on the list of basic services. Instead, the general categories should be subdivided (perhaps into the list of the City's 100 or so service packages), and the council should decide whether these components are basic services. In response to a question from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Holmer said he did not think this would mean the council would be discussing the budget with line item specificity. Mr. Holmer added that staff, in addition to proposing budget cuts, should also suggest possible additions to the budget. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 30, 1987 Page 2