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outlined the respective roles of the five organizations involved in economic development and committed those organizations to cOOlmunicate and coordinate in e that area. She said the agreement had been acknowledged by the four other organizations and that staff was recOOlmending that the council formally acknow- ledge the Memorandum of Understanding. In response to a question, City Attorney Tim SercOOlbe said he did not feel that Councilor Holmer had any pecuniary interest in the memorandum and therefore he did not see any confl ict between Councilor Holmer. s part-time employment wi th the Chamber of Commerce and the agreement. Councilor Ball questioned the purpose of the memorandum. Mayor Keller responded that concern had been raised over who was to perform certain roles in local economic development. He said it was strongly fel t that the actions shoul d be recognized by the other jurisdictions, as well as establish a cOOlmitment by these jurisdictions to create economic diversification. He sa i d the doc lJl1ent had been created to define the roles of the involved parties. Mr. Ball agreed that delineation of roles was important. but he felt the document was defining rol es wi thout any previous di scussion of the issue by the council. He said that such di scussi on was important and that no attempt had been made to incorporate the public-at-large in the formulation of roles. He said that he woul d presently oppose any definitive statement of the various parties. Mayor Keller said the task force had developed the memorandum and had presented it to the Council Committee on Economic Diversification for submission to the council. He sa i d i t was immaterial whether the council accepted the memorandum that day or not and that any discussion or questions were appropriate. Mr. Ball said the discussion bore on every aspect of economic development in the community. He sa i d the e separation of assignments between the public and private sectors required wider community consideration. Mr. Gleason reviewed the process by which the goal of economic development and the subsequent policies and programs leading to the present memorandum were developed. He said the role issues were extensively debated in terms of the Six-Point Program and the individual groups and agencies. He sai d he fel t that the relationships had been clearly worked out over the past two years. He referred to the discussions of the Marketing Plan and the Buy Oregon Program which were similar to the present issue. He said that there had been approxi- mately 15 public opportunities and at least five public hearings on the Six-Point Program and the public/private partnership. Councilor Li ndberg said he thought the memorandum did an excell ent job of spelling out the traditional roles of the City and the private sector and it helped to clarify that process. He said the memorandum suggested that the City role was in an evolutionary state. He disagreed with Section 3(e), stating that he felt the role of community promotion would more appropriately be listed in Section 4 as a non-customary role, thereby reflecting the evolution of the City's role during the past year, which started with discussions of the private side performing the promotion while the public side would be delivering services. He said he would be more comfortable with keeping the City.s legitimate role in Section 3. Mayor Keller, referring to the Six-Point Economic Diversification - MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 26, 1983 Page 6