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e Mr. Gleason referred to the council's past decision to have some matters handled by a Hearings Official and noted that a survey done by the Citizen Involvement Committee of participants in City planning processes had found that citizens are highly satisifed with the Hearings Official process. Mr. Gleason felt that this was because the Hearings Official is highly trained in his work and consistently follows specific criteria and policies in making his decisions. Mr. Gleason recognized that items in the guidelines represented a break in tradition for the City but felt that regular appellate review by the council was not a satisfactory process. He did not feel that streamlining processes automatically meant eliminating public access to the council. Councilor Schue noted that all councilors had expressed frustration with the Council Hearing Panel process. She felt that the suggested guidelines were good since they reserved for the council review of major policies and cnsideration of major policy matters. Councilor Ball agreed that there was a need to streamline processes. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to approve the seven process guidelines and the process for public review of the land use application revisions. Councilor Obie urged that public access to the council not be eliminated. He suggested that when staff returns with proposed amendments, two alternatives be presented for consideration by the council, providing varying degrees of access to the council. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. e V. CITylS FY82 JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS REPORT (memo, entire report, supplementary materials distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Doug Booth, Director, Eugene Job Training Program. Mr. Booth reported to the council on the program's activities for the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and on the relation of program activities to the Cityls economic development efforts. He said an aim of the Job Training Program was to assure a supply of appropriately trained people to fill jobs created through the City's efforts. Mr. Booth distributed materials and used visual aids to compare figures on Eugene's program with those of other job training programs in the Northwest Region. He said that the entered employment rate for Eugene programs was 79 percent, compared with an Oregon average of 57 percent. He attributed the success to the Eugene programls work with the private sector to determine job training needs. Mr. Booth said that the average cost per placement for the Eugene program was $1,854, which was the lowest in the region. He said that over 500 people had been placed this year through Eugene's program, and that a total of 900 had been placed since the beginning of the program in Eugene. Mr. Booth said that in addition to providing a supply of trained employees, the program was also working to create employment demand through aiding in business recruitment and expansion efforts. He said that $40,000 in uncommitted program funds would probably be used to promote Eugene as a center for training conferences. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 12, 1983 Page 9