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< . Councilor Holmer stated that he was proud of the goals, policies, and actions - included in the various City plans and had great respect for the participants of the April and January conference delegates. However, he did not feel that those delegates represented a cross-section of the community, stating that the manner in which those individuals were selected created an elite group. He felt that any citizen who desired should have been allowed to participate even though that still might not have been a true cross-section. He stated that he had urged the acceptance, rather than the adoption, of the document, stating that he felt the document was flawed and unnecessary. He said the document as developed by the conference would have been useful as a reference tool. He said that he would not support the resolution. Mayor Keller stated that he appreciated Mr. Holmer's comments. Ms. Ehrman said the City Council took on the task of reviewing the document when faced with the issue of adopting the document. She added that not everyone was able to attend the two conferences but that public input was allowed through additional hearings. She said the council had made few changes to the document as developed at the conference and thus she favored its adoption. Roll call vote; the motion to adopt the amended resolution carried, 6:2, Councilors Obie, Wooten, Ball, Bascom, Ehrman, and Schue voting aye and Councilors Hansen and Holmer voting nay. The meeting was recessed at 9 p.m. and reconvened at 9:08 p.m. B. Parks and Recreation Master Plan (memo, resolution, plan distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Director of Parks e and Recreation Ernie Drapela presented the staff report. He briefly reviewed the August 29, 1984, Parks and Recreation Deparment memorandum which outlined the technical and substantive changes to the plan as recommended by the Joint Parks Committee and the Planning Commission. He stated that the intent of the plan was unchanged from the document adopted by the City Council on May 9, 1983. He added that the Joint Parks Committee will review any items scheduled for improvement or correction to the plan in 1985. Referring to a staff memorandum regarding a $700,000 positive cash flow from the Portland public golf course, Councilor Hansen asked if staff had made any determination on giving higher priority to the Laurelwood Golf Course to generate a positive cash flow similar to that experienced by the City of Portl and. Mr. Drapela stated that the history of the Portland Park Program in relation to its golf program was substantially different from Eugene's. He said the investments required to produce revenues comparable to those received by Portland were not currently available. He said the golf course proposed for the Bethel area would not occur for several years. While he felt there was potential for revenues, he said it would not match the amount produced by Portl and. In response to another question by Mr. Hansen, Mr. Drapela stated that the City owned portions of the land required for the proposed Bethel golf course. Councilor Holmer asked if it would be feasible to postpone action on the item so that the council would have a better picture of its financial situation. He stated that he would not have so readily concurred with numerous items in e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 10, 1984 Page 8