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e e e Ms. Bascom said new City Councilors should have the latitude to choose which issues they wished to become involved in. She suggested the council allow the coalition to continue to be staffed by the City, and stay informed about its progress. Mr. 'Bo)es suggested the council determine the coalition's costs and attempt to ~e~p it find other intergovernmental funding sources. He said the City should ho~ have to carry the full burden of the costs for a project which served the ent~e region. U. Downtown Development District Task Force It was suggested that representation on this committee be reduced from two councilors to one, with present members, Mr. Bennett and Ms. Ehrman, deciding which of them would remain on the committee. V. Fairgrounds Master Plan Ms. Ehrman said that although this committee had not yet met, it would meet in the future. She suggested the committee be represented by one councilor whose ward abutted the fairgrounds property. Mr. Boles said the council should encourage this committee to get started with its task. Mr. Gleason said he had discussed this situation with Lane County Administrator Jim Johnson and the problem was that the Fair Board was trying to deal with Fairgrounds management problems. He said the board would deal with the Fairgrounds master plan when this problem was resolved and would want the City to participate in this process. Mr. Rutan said the council should go on record by sending the board a memo from the Mayor, dated June 1, 1990, requesting that the master plan process get underway. Mayor Miller said he would do this. Mr. Boles volunteered to serve as the council's representative to the Fair- grounds Master Plan Committee. He said he would ask for the council's help if necessary. W. Ferry Street Bridge Citizen Advisory Committee Ms. Ehrman suggested only one councilor be a member of this committee. The council agreed. X. Metropolitan Policy Committee Mr. Bennett said he had asked the Mayor to appoint him to this committee, but had been disappointed in the two meetings he attended. He said he supported the idea that elected officials of intergovernmental agencies should get to know one another and work together. However, he said the committee is not serving the purpose for which it was created. He said he feared a great deal of ground could be lost. MINUTES--Eugene City Council Monthly Process Session May 29, 1990 Page 7