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'. =:j e M E M 0 RAN DUM May 6, 1985 TO: FROM: SUBJ: Eugene City Council Planning and Parks and Recreation Departments CULTURE/LEISURE PLAN . The Culture/Leisure Plan draft is scheduled for a public hearing with the City Council Monday, May 13. Staff will present plan highlights and will be available for questions at a Council work session set for May 8. Eugene's Culture/Leisure Plan and Appendix is enclosed under separate cover for your review. During its review of the plan the Planning Commission discussed a number of issues including: 1) the relationship of the Culture/Leisure Plan to the Community Goals and Policies document; 2) the city's financial role in culture and leisure; 3) the role of city departments; and 4) the role of the Culture/Leisure Team. Plan Highlights e The plan assumes that culture community's quality of life as issue areas addressed by the development; and 3) community plan summarizes these issues. beginning on page II-I. and leisure opportunities contribute to the well as its economic vitality. The three major plan include: 1) coordination; 2) resource image and marketing. The Introduction to the The plan's policies reflect these issue areas The plan recommends that the city work in cooperation witn other public and private organizations to implement the Plan. It suggests that a Cul ture/Lei sure Team be formed to enhance communi cat i on among the vari ous groups to coordinate culture/leisure activities, and to effectively market Eugene as a culture/leisure center. Discussion of the city's role in the Culture/Leisure Team begins on page 111-3. The Appendix includes suggested actions, background data, and an inventory of culture/leisure resources. The Planning Process In 1981, the City Council adopted the Eugene Six-Point Economic Diversi- fication Program to improve the economic welfare of Eugene citizens. The program recognized the significant impact that culture and leisure activities can have on the long-term stability of the community's economy as well as the quality of life. e On December 15, 1983, work began on the Culture/Leisure Plan with a citizen roundtable luncheon, 11'84 and Beyond: Setting the Stage for Arts, Sports, and Lei sure. II At the event, di scussion focussed on culture and lei sure opportunities through economic diversification. As a result of the luncheon, approximately 60 citizens volunteered to serve on the Culture/Leisure Planning Team to prepare a draft Culture/Leisure Plan. These citizens