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VI. COOPERATIVE MUSEUM COMMISSION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZATION (memo, agreement distributed) ~ Mr. Gleason introduced Gary Long, Administrative Services Director. Mr. Long introduced Carole Daly, executive director of the Cooperative Museum Commission. Mr. Long referred councilors to the staff memorandum which had been distributed and which summarized the proposed agreement. He said that all the jurisdictions and agencies which participate on the commission agree that there is a need to establish the commission as an independent intergovernmental agency, with a more formal relationship to the participating jurisdictions. He said that the role of the commission is to manage the facilities located in Alton Baker Park. Ms. Daly displayed a master plan for the site which will house the existing planetarium and Willamette Science and Technology Center as well as the Lane County Museum, the State Museum of Natural History, and educational gardens containing plant materials from various local ecological zones. She said the museum complex would play an active role in the City's tourism and destination point activities. Councilor Schue asked if the proposed agreement was a part of efforts currently under discussion to establish closer coordination between intergovernmental agencies. Mr. Long responded that the Cooperative Museum Commission had been included in these discussions, but that, because it requires an on-site director and staff, it would probably only be able to share in the support systems that can be provided by the staff of the Lane Council of Governments (L-COG). Councilor Smith asked the financial implications of the proposed agreement. Mr. Long responded that the agreement did not include any additional financial obligation for the City beyond commitments already made to support the work of ~ the commission. Ms. Schue noted that all the current members of the commission board and execu- tive committee were males. She urged that Affirmative Action be used in any future appointments to these groups. Mr. Long said that the new representative of the the City of Eugene on the board would be a woman, Paget Engen. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, to authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with other jurisdictions to establish a Cooperative Museum Commission. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. VII. WOMENSPACE--PRESENTATION BY PROGRAM DIRECTOR (memo, background information distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Chris Mahoney, City human rights specialist. Ms. Mahoney said she was speaking for the president of the Women's Commission who was unable to be present. She cited the ongoing support of the commission, the council, and the community for the victims of domestic violence. She said that this concern had been manifested in the work of the Women1s Commission, in the support of the commission and of the council for legislation concerning this e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 14, 1982 Page 7