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f' - M E M 0 RAN DUM May 9, 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. Based on discussion at a Council work session on May 8, the Council is not expected to take action immediately following the hearing. During the Planning Commission's review of the Culture/Leisure Plan the major issues addressed included: 1) the relationship of the Culture/Leisure Plan to the Community Goal s and Pol icies document; 2) the city. s financial role in culture and leisure; 3) the role of city departments; and 4) the role of the proposed Culture/Leisure Team. Plan Highliohts e The plan assumes that culture and leisure opportunities contribute to the community's quality of life as well as its economic vitality. The three major issue areas addressed by the plan include: 1) coordination; 2) resource development; and 3) community image and marketing. The Introduction to the plan summarizes these issues. The planls policies reflect these issue areas beginning on page II-I. The plan recommends that the city work in cooperation with 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 cul ture/l ei sure center. Di scuss i on of the ci ty IS ro 1 e in the Culture/Leisure Team begins on page III-3. The Appendix includes suggested actions, background data, and an inventory of culture/leisure resources. The Planning Process In 1981, the City Council adopte.d 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 lei.sure activities can have on the long-term stability of the community's economy as well as the quality of life. ~ On December 15, 1983, work began on the Culture/Leisure Plan with a citizen roundtab 1 e 1 uncheon, 11184 and Beyond: Setting the Stage for Arts, Sports, and Leisure.1I At the event, discussion focussed on culture and leisure 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 represented many of the organizations involved in culture and leisure activities in the community and the public at large.