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e e e be deleted. Also, in order to adopt a more positive stancer the criterion should refer to "opportunities" as well as "problems." Criterion 1 was re- worded as follows: Produces information needed to define and quantify the problem and opportunities. The council also discussed the n~d to add an additional criterion which speaks to the need to prioritize City funds to meet the parameters laid out by Ballot Measure 5. It agreed on the following wording for Criterion 9: 9. Design strategies for funding priorities. For efficiency's sake, Mr. Green encouraged the council to reuse many of the City's existing processes for public involvement. Mr. Nicholson encouraged the council to identify new sources of funding to pay for existing service needs. The council discussed the time line which is being anticipated for this pro- cess. It also discussed to what extent the public should be asked to approve this plan and timing of that vote. Ms. Bellamy said that staff initially hoped that the process would be con- cluded by October in order to put some alternatives before the community for a vote in November. She noted that the consultants have indicated that it would be unrealistic to expect the process to move more quickly than that because of the amount of time that is required to educate and involve the community. Mayor Miller questioned whether it was realistic to expect the process to be completed by October. Mr. Robinette encouraged the council not to adopt a time line for this process that would preclude a November vote, if possible. Because the design of the strategic process allows for extensive public par- ticipation and input, the council generally agreed that it would not ask citizens to vote on alternative scenarios until the process had been complet- ed. Recognizing that the council is in the process of developing its long-term budgeting strategies, the council discussed how it should deal with short- term financing needs that are not currently allocated for in the budget, but in which timing is critical. It acknowledged the need to keep as much money as possible in the budget to await as-yet-unidentified impacts of Ballot Measure 5, Ms. Bascom encouraged the council not to neglect entirely interim funding requests, such as affordable housing, that require immediate council action, and that would be substantially beneficial to the community over the long term. Mr. Boles stressed that the annual community attitudes survey could provide a good tool to test the community's reaction to certain issues, including is- sues of a budgetary nature. MINUTES--Eugene City Council Strategic Planning Process March 2, 1991 Page 4