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VI I. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S QUARTERLY REPORT (memo, report distributed) e City Manager Michea1 Gleason introduced the agenda item. Jeff Budd, Chair of the Eugene Commi ss i on on the Ri ghts of Youth, stated that the Quarterly Report had been distributed to the council. Mr. Budd highlighted the Jobs Faire held severa 1 months prior, stating that it provi ded hi gh sc hoo1 age students the opportuni ty to perfonn practice job interviews. He said 90 businesses and over 1,000 students participated in the Job Faire sponsored by the Human Rights Commissions, South Eugene High School, and Looking Glass Youth & Family Services, Inc. Mr. Budd stated that the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor the event in 1985. He thanked Mr. Gleason for giving the keynote speech at the Job Faire and thanked Councilors Obie and Holmer for their attendance. He a1 so thanked Chri s Mahoney, the Human Ri ghts staffperson, for her efforts. He sai d he a1 so appreci ated the support from the City Council in the area of human rights. VIII. REPORT ON RECENT ECONOMIC IND ICATORS FOR LANE COUNTY AND EUGENE ( memo distributed City Manager Michea1 Gleason introduced the agenda item. Jim Carlson of L-COG presented the staff report which addressed issues re 1 ated to the upcomi ng updates of the T -2000 P1 an and Metro P1 an. He explained that L-COG performed research to study the activi ti es of the past seven years in order to develop some indication of the trends expected in the near future. Mr. Carlson presented a series of graphs providing statistics from the period of 1977 to e 1984 on wage and salary levels, population for Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County, vacancy rates, growth in manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries, and employment levels. Summarizing the statistics, he exp1 ained that the Eugene area had experienced a period of rapid growth in the late 1970s, followed by a sharp de1ine in most industrial and commercial areas. He explained that manufacturing levels had remained relatively stable over the seven-year period, non-lumber industries experiencing a growth which balanced out the decline in the lumber manufacturing field. He added that the decline has apparently reversed and that the present 1 eve1 s are close to the normal trend 1 i ne as calculated by L-COG. While he believed that the Eugene area will again achieve the same levels in industry and employment as experienced during the period of rapid growth in the late 1970s, he said that such levels will not appear the same in comparison due to the recession of the past few years. Mr. Gleason added that the 60 to 70 percent drop in the construction industry was re1 ated to the intense focus that occurred around the Bui 1 di ng Department. He felt that people usually focused on that area when distressed. Councilors Wooten and Ehrman left the meeting prior to this time. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 8, 1984 Page 8