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. e e ,\ M I NUT E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber April 11, 1984 12:08 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Brian Obie, Cynthia Wooten, John Ball, Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Joyce Nichols, Emily Schue, Betty Smith. The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller. I. ITEMS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA ADJUSTMENTS A. Notification to Downtown Merchants of City Events Councilor Smith stated that several retailers and merchants in the downtown had expressed concern with the lack of coordination by the City in planning events which were held in the downtown. She felt that a stricter process for notifying the merchants of these events was needed when they may be impacted. She asked staff to develop a report addressing notification procedures to be used in the future, including the use of a contact person to convey a positive attitude to the downtown merchants. B. Council Participation in the Community Goals Conference Councilor Hansen, stating that he was troubled over the involvement of the City Council in the last Community Goals Conference, suggested that the councilors not actively participate in the structuring and go~s of the April 21 conference. He stated that he would not vote during the upcoming conference since he felt he would have that opportunity as part of the council review. While he felt the councilors should attend to gain input and answer Questions, he did not feel the council should vote. Ms. Schue said the issue should be settled as a group and, stating that reaching a decision would be difficult without studying the conference material, suggested that the council consider the question at the next Wednesday meeting. Mr. Obie suggested obtaining some input from the Community Goals Committee. Ms. Wooten said the issue had been discussed by the committee but no decision had been reached. She commented that the committee had voiced an opinion similar to that of Mr. Hansenls. Mr. Holmer suggested that councilors participate in the conference discussion but not vote. Mayor Keller agreed that it was an appropriate issue for a discussion; he stated that the item would be added to the council IS agenda for the following week. C. Earth Week Statement Councilor Wooten, referring to the information which she had distributed to the council, suggested that the City Council adopt the statement in recognition MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 1984 Page 1