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e - - of Earth Week. She said the council IS support taken by the City by ordinance and principle. of Oregon and Lane Community College will host Annual Earth Week. would reaffirm the position She added that the University events to celebrate the 14th Ms. Wooten moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to adopt the state- ment concerning Earth Week as presented. The motion carried unanimously, 8:0. Mr. Ball announced that he would present a slide show on the Oregon desert as part of the Universityls activities. D. City Council Financial Planning Committee Meeting Councilor Obie stated that he will be traveling with Richard Hersch of the University of Oregon to Portland to meet with a series of venture capital firms in attempt to encourage such development in the Eugene area. He stated that he has asked staff to provide him a briefing on the council's Financial Planning Committee and has asked Roger Rutan to attend the council meeting. E. Eugene Representation on State Boards and Commissions In response to a question on the Economic Development Commission meeting the previous day, Mr. Obie stated that he had presented testimony as a private citizen. He said much of the testimony presented reflected the disappointment with the barriers to industry or the lack of facilitative economic development at the state level. He said he reinforced the comments addressing the trend in higher education and encouraged the commission to relay these basic concerns to the Governor. Ms. Wooten expressed the concern with the lack of representa- tion from the Eugene area on the State Board of Tourism and the Economic Development Commission. She recommended that a letter be sent to Governor Atiyeh requesting that he seek applicants from the City of Eugene to fill any vacancies on that board and commission. Mr. Obie agreed, stating that Ted Baker of Oregon Pacific had focused on that issue during the commission meeting. He said the commission had agreed to convey that thought to the Governor, to the extent of recommending that the size of the commission and board be expanded to allow that representation. He felt that a letter in follow-up would be appro- priate. He also voiced his disappointment with a film produced by the Oregon State Department which focused on Portland rather than being representative of the entire state. Ms. Wooten requested that a letter to the Governor be drafted to focus his attention on the need for representation by Eugene on the board and commission mentioned. She asked Jody Miller of Intergovernmental Relations to survey other relevant boards and commissions to determine the level of Eugene representation. Ms. Schue said she shared the concerns, stating that she had attended a meeting of the State Board of Tourism in Ashland. She said Doug Eveleth and Mike Hartnett had requested $30,000 in support of the Olympic Scientific Congress but Eugene did not receive any funding. Mayor Keller agreed, stating that the expectations from the Tourism Council were high six months ago but had recently been reversed. He stated that he had received a phone call from the Tourism Council in which he was informed that any expendi- tures were best spent outside the state. He commented that failure of the State to support the international conventions in Eugene would negatively impact the State. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 1984 Page 2