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e nesses for the downtown area. She said the task force report recommended a more focused effort at retail recruitment. She said this effort could be made by DEI, but was not at present. Lew Bowers, Planning and Development, said the first public vote on the downtown redesign plan had been on the creation of a mall downtown. He said no specific design was tied to this vote. Mr. Boles said the City Council had a memo from the Downtown Commission recommending changes to the Retail Task Force Report and that he would like to incorporate these changes into the task force plan. CB 4241--An ordinance concerning a Downtown Tenant Mix Plan; amending Section 2.153 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the bill, with unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at this time. In response to questions from the councilors, Mr. Gleason suggested that if the council wished to amend the bill, it do so at this time. Mr. Rutan said the final report of the task force was outstanding, but that he did not feel a strong commitment to the report's fourth proposal, relating e to public policy. He said change would only occur downtown if the council focused on downtown issues, and that an attempt to deal with issues of public policy could diffuse the council's energies. Mr. Rutan said the City has many public policies, all of which would have to be reviewed if the council recommended approval of the task force's public policy statement. He said this would cause an extensive debate on public policy to occur, and that this would do little to further downtown issues. Mr. Rutan suggested that the council not adopt the fourth proposal and, in addition, that this proposal not be passed on to the Planning Commission. He said he would be willing to consider making specific, clearly refined refer- rals about public policy in relation to downtown issues to the commission. Mr. Boles said the Retail Task Force had recommended its fourth proposal because it felt that some of the existing public policies for downtown devel- opment were contradictory to the overall goal of compact urban growth. He said the task force did not have sufficient time to deal with this issue, but hoped the council and the Planning Commission would comment on this percep- tion. Ms. Bascom suggested the council vote on the task force's fourth proposal since it was the current topic of discussion. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 25, 1990 Page 2 ~