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e II. REPORT FROM THE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE (CIC) ON CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT NEEDS FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS Keli Osborn, Planning and Development Department, provided the council with an overview of the topic. She reported that in its annual report to the City Council last July, the CIC included a special section on Site Development Partnerships and Effective Citizen Involvement. These are partnerships formed by the City and private sector, and combine funds or resources to create facilities and infrastructure for private gain and public benefits. Because they challenge traditional forms of citizen involvement, the CIC has discussed ways to help define and safeguard the public's decision-making role and provide greater certainty to developers. At the council's request, the CIC has refined citizen involvement guidelines for such public/private ven- tures. Joining the council for the work session were Jon Stafford and Anne Morrow, CIC; Ken Tollenaar, Planning Commission; and John Brown, Downtown Commission. Mr. Stafford reviewed the concepts laid forth in the CIe-generated Pub- lic/Private Site Development Partnership Policy. He noted that this policy represents what the CIC perceives to be the council's policy toward pub- lic/private partnerships and encouraged council discussion on whether this document is an accurate reflection of the council's policy. Mr. Stafford provided an overview of the Guidelines for Citizen Involvement e in Public/Private Site Developments as generated by the CIC. He highlighted as most important Guideline 1, which states that each public/private site development partnership requires a basis in existing policy. Ms. Morrow indicated that although it is not normally the CIC's role to become involved in substantive issues such as this, the CIC decided on the need to define this policy because of several past public/private partnership relationships in which the CIC felt that citizen involvement needs were not met adequately. One example in particular was the proposed Pankow develop- ment project, which CIC felt did not have an adequate level of public review in its early stages. The CIC-generated guidelines are an attempt to make such projects go more smoothly, with debate focusing on project merits rather than citizen involvement processes. Mr. Holmer stated that the City has a responsibility to conduct its public activities in open public discussion. At Ms. Ehrman's request, Mr. Stafford walked through the guidelines for citizen involvement which would be used for the 8th Avenue and Willamette Street Request for Proposal (RFP) currently being issued by the City. He noted that the sense of urgency surrounding this RFP had a profound effect on its capacity for early citizen involvement. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 1990 Page 4 Dinner/Work Session